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To be able to run and to have access to local files as well as to files available on other computers in your network, PlanetPress Suite applications and services must identify themselves using a local or network account.

The first time you start the PReS™ Workflow Configuration program, the application automatically asks you to choose an account (see procedure below).

You can also manually start this procedure from the PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tools by following this procedure:

  1. Click on the Tools tab in PReS™ Workflow Ribbon, then click Configure Services.
  2. Set the PlanetPress Suite applications permissions as required:
    • Local System account: Select to run all the PlanetPress Suite Services (including PReS™ Workflow, PReS™ Fax, and PReS™ Image) under the Local System account. The Local System account is distinct from the Administrator account. It requires no username or password, and its privileges may exceed those of the user currently logged in. Running under this account rather than a user account prevents problems that may arise if the user lacks a permission the service requires. If a configuration relies on any resources mapped to a particular user, such as mapped network drives or shared printers, they are unavailable. It is recommended that you create a configuration for a particular user. Clear Local System account to run all the PlanetPress Suite Services under the account you specify. Use the options that become available when you clear Local System account to enter the account information—you must enter a valid user name and password to use Microsoft Outlook as your email client for Email input and Send email output tasks.
    • Display network domains and usernames: Select to have PReS™ Workflow Configuration search for existing domains and display the domains it find in the Domain box, and the usernames in those domains in the Username box. Although this is useful if you do not know the domain name and username of the account you want to specify, it can also be very time-consuming if there are many domains.
    • Domain: Select the domain in which the user account resides, or enter the name of the domain manually.
    • Username: Enter the name of the user account.
    • Password: Enter the password for the user account you specified in the Username box.
    • Confirm password: Enter the password you entered in the Password box.
    • Services start automatically: Select to start the required PReS™ Workflow automatically.
  3. Click OK.. PReS™ Workflow applies the user account information to all the services (PReS™ Workflow, PReS™ Fax, PReS™ Image, LPD input, Serial input, Telnet input, FTP output, LPR output), that run on this computer (with the exception of PlanetPress Suite Messenger, which always runs under the Local System account).

The PReS™ Workflow Configuration program does not test usernames and passwords, but merely associates them with the services that require them. If you enter a bad username or password, these services will be denied access to the selected account.

The account you choose will be used by PReS™ Workflow and all its services, as well as by PReS™ Fax and PReS™ Image (only PlanetPress Suite Messenger is not affected, since it always uses the Local System account). If you install PReS™ Fax or PReS™ Image on the same computer after performing this procedure, you will have to perform it once again, so as to choose the same account for all the installed applications.