Cybera installation guide

Windows Users

Cybera Server needs to access the Workstation computer's registries in order to lockdown user rights. In order for this to work correctly care must be taken to set up specific Windows users that will be used for running Cybera server and Cybera Workstation.

In the folowing procedure logins names are an example.

Workstation Windows users

Create an account called 'user'

This user should be a normal, basic Windows user with basic user rights.

This will be the main user under which Cybera Workstation will be run on a daily basis.

Create an account called 'manager'

This user must have administrative rights on the workstation, he must be part of the Administrators user group.

This user must not be used to run the Cyber cafe and in normal operation should never be used directly. This user will be used by Cybera Server during user rights lockdown and can also be used by the Cyber café administrator in order to perform administrative tasks.

Server Windows users

Create an account called 'user'

This user should be a normal, basic Windows user with basic user rights.

This user is not mandatory on the server but needs to be present if you will want to access the Server from the workstations (for shared folders etc).

Create an account called 'manager'

Contrary to the workstations, this user can be a simple user on the server.

This is the user under which Cybera Server will be run on a daily basis.

The accounts on the server and the workstations must have the same passwords !

ex: the 'user' account has no password and the 'manager' account has 'cybera' as a password on both the server AND the workstations.

Notes

The system works because the windows user on the server PC has admin rights on the workstation PCs and therefore the server can access the workstation's registry remotely. When you get an error message on the server about not being able to lockdown the workstations this means that this condition is not fulfilled.

The 'user' account on the server is only useful if you want to enable file sharing from the server (for in-house IT training courses or for use with session start & Stop scripts).
The 'manager' account does not need to have admin privileges on the server, only on the workstations. This means that you can control how the managers use the server PC as well (if you are a windows admin).
In normal usage the 'manager' account on the clients is never used, it is only there to enable remote registry access from the server (and maybe for computer maintenance).