Installation Instructions (Windows XP): 1. Read the release notes to make sure you understand the licensing conditions of your use of SpectralNET. 2. Create a folder in "C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\" (or any web-served folder) where you will house the SpectralNET application. For example, you might create the folder "C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\SpectralNET". 3. Copy all contents of this ZIP file to the directory you just created. 4. Open the IIS (Internet Information Services) manager by going to the Start Menu, selecting "Run..." and entering "inetmgr" into the dialog box. Click "OK" to confirm your entry. 5. In the left-hand explorer panel, click on the plus sign ("+") to the left of your computer name. Click on the plus sign to the left of "Web Sites". Click on the plus sign to the left of "Default Web Site". Find the folder you created in step 2. Right-click the folder name and select "Properties". 6. Click the "Create" button in the middle-left of the dialog box. Click "OK" to confirm your selection and close the dialog box. Close the Internet Information Services Window. 8. If the disk drive housing the SpectralNET application is formatted using the FAT filesystem, installation is complete. If the disk drive is formatted using the NTFS filesystem, continue to step 9. If you're unsure which filesystem you have, try running the application over a test network. If you get "Access denied" messages, then you are probably using NTFS and should continue with installation. 9. Go to the Start menu, select "Run...", enter "cmd" in the dialog box and click "OK". In the resulting command window, input the following three commands, hitting after each: cacls {your installation folder}\export /E /G ASPNET:F cacls {your installation folder}\graphs /E /G ASPNET:F cacls {your installation folder} /T /E /G IUSR_{your computer name}:R If you are unsure of the name of your computer, enter in "systeminfo" (without the quotes) and hit at the command window, before typing the three commands above. Your computer name is listed after "Host Name:". For example, if you installed SpectralNET to the "C:\inetpub\wwwroot\SpectralNET" folder and your computer name is "WORKST", enter the following three commands (hitting after each): cacls C:\inetpub\wwwroot\SpectralNET\export /E /G ASPNET:F cacls C:\inetpub\wwwroot\SpectralNET\graphs /E /G ASPNET:F cacls c:\inetpub\wwwroot\SpectralNET /T /E /G IUSR_WORKST:R Type "exit" to close the command window. Installation of SpectralNET should be complete. TROUBLESHOOTING --------------- Some possible reasons why SpectralNET wouldn't work, and their solutions: 1. The .NET framework is not installed. The .NET framework is required for SpectralNET to run. Download Windows XP Service Pack 2, which includes the .NET framework. Alternatively, the following URL can be used: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=262d25e3-f589-4842-8157-034d1e7cf3a3&displaylang=en 2. ASP.NET is not properly installed. To install ASP.NET, run the following command from the command line (go to the Start menu, select "Run...", enter "cmd" in the dialog box and click "OK" to open a command window): C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.1.4322\aspnet_regiis.exe /i 3. default.aspx is not registered as a start page in IIS Open the IIS (Internet Information Services) manager by going to the Start Menu, selecting "Run..." and entering "inetmgr" into the dialog box. Click "OK" to confirm your entry. In the left-hand explorer panel, click on the plus sign ("+") to the left of your computer name. Click on the plus sign to the left of "Web Sites". Click on the plus sign to the left of "Default Web Site". Find the folder you created in step 1. Right-click the folder name and select "Properties". Click on the "Documents" tab at the top of the window. Click on the "Add..." button toward the top-right. Enter the text "default.aspx" (without quotation marks) and click "OK". Click "OK" to close the dialog window. 4. Windows Firewall (included with Windows XP Service Pack 2) is on Open the Windows Firewall control panel (from the Start menu, highlight "Settings..." and select "Control Panel" from the sub-menu, then double-click "Windows Firewall"). Click the "Exceptions" tab and then click on "Add Port...". Enter the text (without quotation marks) "HTTP" in the "Name" field, and enter the number 80 in the "Port Number" field. Click "OK". Click "OK" again to close the Windows Firewall control panel.