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==Step by Step Instructions==
 
==Step by Step Instructions==
  
===Method 1 - Installing SmartPSS on a Non-System Disk===
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===Installing SmartPSS for a Non-Administrator Account===
  
1. Login with the Admin account
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1. First step is to install SmartPSS using an admin account in Windows. After SmartPSS was installed under the admin, you can then logged out of the admin, and log into a “standard user” account that will be using SmartPSS without admin credentials. All the steps below were done using the “standard user” account, but the first time you run the shortcut, you will need to know the admin credentials.
  
2. Run the SmartPSS Installer file, and change the installation path to a non-system disk
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2. First, we need to make a manual shortcut for SmartPSS so we can add our syntax. Right click on the desktop, choose new and then choose shortcut.
  
[[File:SmartPSSNonAdminAccount1.png|600px]]
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[[File:spssadmin1.png|600px]]
  
3. After finishing the installation process, run SmartPSS with the Admin account once to allow the program access through the firewall
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3. You will get a screen that asks you to choose the file location. Click on the browse button and then navigate to the SmartPSS.exe. '''The default location is C:\Program Files\Smart Professional Surveillance System\SmartPSS\SmartPSS.exe'''. Once you locate the file, click ok.
  
4. Log out of the admin account, then log in with the specific User account and run SmartPSS
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[[File:spssadmin2.png|600px]]
  
===Method 2 - Installing SmartPSS on the System Disk===
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[[File:spssadmin3.png|600px]]
  
1. Login with the Admin account
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4. Once you navigate to the file and click ok, it will add the location in the location bar. Now you want to take the example syntax and modify it to match your computer name and username. As an example our computer name is DahuaCan and our admin account username is admin. So in the second screenshot you can see we modified the syntax to include our computer name and username.
  
2. Run the SmartPSS Installer file, and change the installation path to the specific user's folder
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[[File:spssadmin4.png|600px]]
  
[[File:SmartPSSNonAdminAccount2.png|600px]]
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[[File:spssadmin5.png|600px]]
  
3. After finishing the installation process, run SmartPSS with the Admin account once to allow the program access through the firewall
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5. Now you want to add that syntax to the beginning of the location. After you fill that in like the screenshot below and click next, give your Shortcut a name. I called ours SmartPSS as Admin.
  
4. Log out of the admin account, then log in with the specific User account and run SmartPSS
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[[File:spssadmin6.png|600px]]
  
===Method 3 - Installing SmartPSS in the Default Folder===
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[[File:spssadmin7.png|600px]]
  
1. Login with the Admin account
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6. Now you want to double click on the new SmartPSS shortcut, and you will get a command line pop up. All you need to do is type in the password for the main Admin account. '''Of note, when you type in the password the line does not move and there is no indication that you are typing anything into the command prompt, this is normal. Make sure to type it in carefully and then click enter.'''
  
2. Run the Installer file, and install it in the default folder
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[[File:spssadmin8.png|600px]]
  
3. In Windows Explorer, navigate to Local Disk -> Program Files. Right click on "Smart Professional Surveillance System" and select "Properties"
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7. After you click Enter, it should then run SmartPSS using those admin credentials. Those credentials are now saved, so even if you close SmartPSS, even if you log out of the user account or reboot the computer, you can just click on the shortcut on the desktop and it will always use the credentials you already provided it. Your shortcut should now be good to go for that user. If you want to know how to change the shortcut icon, you can continue onto the following steps.
  
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===Steps to modify the shortcut icon===
  
4. Select the "Security" tab at the top
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8. Right click the shortcut, then choose change icon like in the screenshots below. It may give you an error about no icons being available. Just click ok. Now navigate your way to the SmartPSS folder again, choose the SmartPSS executable. Now on the next screen it will give you the SmartPSS icon. Choose it and click ok. Now your shortcut will have the proper icon.
<br>Select the User in the list under "Group or user names"
 
<br>Select "Edit..."
 
  
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[[File:spssadmin9.png|600px]]
  
5. Check the box next to "Full Control" and select "Apply" at the bottom
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[[File:spssadmin11.png|600px]]
  
6. Run SmartPSS with the Admin account once to allow the program access through the firewall
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[[File:spssadmin12.png|600px]]
  
7. Log out of the admin account, then log in with the specific User account and run SmartPSS
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[[File:spssadmin13.png|300px]]

Revision as of 14:40, 22 November 2022

How to Install SmartPSS in Windows with a Non-Administrator Account

Description

This guide aims to explain the process of installing SmartPSS with a non-administrator Windows account

NOTE: If none of the below methods are successful, the software will not run without an admin account on that computer

Prerequisites

  • A Windows Computer
  • The SmartPSS Installer: Download Here
  • A new Windows User Account that has been logged into at least once

Step by Step Instructions

Installing SmartPSS for a Non-Administrator Account

1. First step is to install SmartPSS using an admin account in Windows. After SmartPSS was installed under the admin, you can then logged out of the admin, and log into a “standard user” account that will be using SmartPSS without admin credentials. All the steps below were done using the “standard user” account, but the first time you run the shortcut, you will need to know the admin credentials.

2. First, we need to make a manual shortcut for SmartPSS so we can add our syntax. Right click on the desktop, choose new and then choose shortcut.

Spssadmin1.png

3. You will get a screen that asks you to choose the file location. Click on the browse button and then navigate to the SmartPSS.exe. The default location is C:\Program Files\Smart Professional Surveillance System\SmartPSS\SmartPSS.exe. Once you locate the file, click ok.

Spssadmin2.png

Spssadmin3.png

4. Once you navigate to the file and click ok, it will add the location in the location bar. Now you want to take the example syntax and modify it to match your computer name and username. As an example our computer name is DahuaCan and our admin account username is admin. So in the second screenshot you can see we modified the syntax to include our computer name and username.

Spssadmin4.png

Spssadmin5.png

5. Now you want to add that syntax to the beginning of the location. After you fill that in like the screenshot below and click next, give your Shortcut a name. I called ours SmartPSS as Admin.

Spssadmin6.png

Spssadmin7.png

6. Now you want to double click on the new SmartPSS shortcut, and you will get a command line pop up. All you need to do is type in the password for the main Admin account. Of note, when you type in the password the line does not move and there is no indication that you are typing anything into the command prompt, this is normal. Make sure to type it in carefully and then click enter.

Spssadmin8.png

7. After you click Enter, it should then run SmartPSS using those admin credentials. Those credentials are now saved, so even if you close SmartPSS, even if you log out of the user account or reboot the computer, you can just click on the shortcut on the desktop and it will always use the credentials you already provided it. Your shortcut should now be good to go for that user. If you want to know how to change the shortcut icon, you can continue onto the following steps.

Steps to modify the shortcut icon

8. Right click the shortcut, then choose change icon like in the screenshots below. It may give you an error about no icons being available. Just click ok. Now navigate your way to the SmartPSS folder again, choose the SmartPSS executable. Now on the next screen it will give you the SmartPSS icon. Choose it and click ok. Now your shortcut will have the proper icon.

Spssadmin9.png

Spssadmin10.png

Spssadmin11.png

Spssadmin12.png

Spssadmin13.png