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New Installations

When installing a new instance of CA ControlMinder, note the following:

• Read the Release Notes.

  This document contains information about supported platforms, known issues, considerations, and other important information you should read before installing CA ControlMinder.

• The Windows Administrator or a member of the Administrators group must install CA ControlMinder.
• Install CA ControlMinder in a unique directory, different from any other product installation directory.
• You must have Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.x or 7.x installed.
• CA ControlMinder needs the Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable Package to complete the product installation.

  If this package is missing, the installation program installs it first.

• Using CA Technologies Licensing

  All CA Technologies enterprise products and their options require a license file, CA.OLF, for each computer within a network where CA Technologies software runs. When you purchase CA ControlMinder, you receive a license certificate that contains necessary information to successfully install and license the product.

  In order to install an enterprise license file, copy the CA.OLF file (with the addition of the CA ControlMinder line) to the CA_license directory (for example, C:\Program Files\CA\SharedComponents\CA_LIC).