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5.2 System Requirements

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5.2.1 PC Workstation

 

Windows 10 / 8 / 7 / Vista / XP

Microsoft .NET Framework 4

Internet Explorer 11 / 10/ 9 / 8 / 7, Firefox 6 / 4 / 3.6 or Chrome for Help System

Internet Explorer 11/ 10/ 9 / 8 / 7, Firefox 6 / 4 / 3.6 or Chrome for LatiWeb clients

Full or run-time versions of Access 2010 / 2007 on all Latitude Windows clients

 

5.2.2 Network OS:

 

Windows peer to peer

Windows10 / 8 / 7 / Vista / XP, Windows Server, Linux , Mac OS or Novell Netware to host shared database files

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 / 2005 or SQL Express

 

5.2.3 Network Speed:

 

10 Mb

100 Mb

1000 Mb (Gigabit)

 

5.2.4 CPU:

 

500 megahertz (MHz) processor or higher with enough RAM and disk space.

 

5.2.5 RAM:

 

Enough RAM to simultaneously run Latitude (about 256 MB of RAM or higher)

 

To fully utilize Latitude we suggest you keep it running all day, consequently you will need enough RAM to run Latitude plus the other applications you run during the day.

 

5.2.6 Disk Space:

 

Workstation - up to 50 MB for the Latitude client plus additional space for optional components.

 

Server - depends on the volume of data in your Latitude database - this typically starts at 10 to 20 MB and expands to 50+MB after a few years. Business Edition / Corporate Edition requires a minimum of 100MB for its database.

 

5.2.7 Screen:

 

Minimum resolution 1024 x 768 with 256 colors

 

5.2.8 Map drive

 

The server mapping must be common across all PC's. If you are using a regular client PC as the server machine, you need to share your C:\Latitude folder and then map it as drive L:\

 

 

To create a map drive in Windows XP

From Windows Explorer, click Tools -> Map Network Drive…

Drive: Dropdown List and select L:

Folder: type \\computer name\Latitude or you can click Browse -> My Network Places -> Entire Network -> Microsoft Windows Network -> Workgroup -> select the computer where everyone connects to from the list -> select the Latitude folder and click OK

Click Finish

 

To create a map drive in Windows 7

Click Start -> Computer -> Click Map network drive

Drive: Dropdown List and select L:

Folder: type \\computer name\Latitude or you can click Browse -> My Network Places -> Entire Network -> Microsoft Windows Network -> Workgroup -> select the computer where everyone connects to from the list -> select the Latitude folder and click OK

Click Finish

 

Note: Map drives must be the same. If the Server's L:\drive is pointing to L:\Data\Latitude then the drive mapping for workstations must also be L:\Data\Latitude and not as L:\Latitude as these are not the same.

 

5.2.9 User Access Rights

 

All Latitude users must have Read/Write access to both their workstation's C:\Lati99 and the mapped drive where Latitude data file is located (Normally set as L:\Latitude)