USER AND SERVER CONFIGURATION

Multi-user installations
Multi-user installation applies to Microsoft Windows (Win 32) users only. The multi-user installation is only supported for the Notes client installations; it is not supported for installing the Domino Administrator client or the Domino Designer. Therefore, the multi-user option is only available in the Notes installation kit.

Use the multi-user installation if your enterprise has multiple users who share a single workstation. Then when users log onto the system, they run the Lotus Notes 7 client setup and their own personal data files -- that is, BOOKMARK.NSF, NAMES.NSF, and other files are created.

The multi-user installation differs from a shared installation in that Program files are located on the local system in a multi-user install, which can be an advantage. This allows for access to the Notes client regardless of which network drives are available. In a shared installation, users are dependent on the availability of shared network drives.

In a multi-user installation, install the Domino Program files to a central location on the local system. Each user has their own data directory located in the system's application data directory for the current user. The actual location varies as follows according to operating system:

Each user's individual data files are created when the user logs on to the workstation, launches the Lotus Notes 7 client, and completes the client setup. The multi-user option is only visible to those users with administrative privileges on the local system. This installation option is not enabled for other users.

Note Individual Location documents are no longer needed for each user that utilizes the Notes client on the same workstation, as compared to previous releases where individual Location documents had to be created for each user when multiple users attempted to use the same Notes client installation on a workstation.

Multi-user install with multiple language Notes clients

You can install multiple copies of the Notes client in multiple languages on one operating system. The language files are installed in each MUI\language directory. For example, in a multi-user installation, if you first install a French Notes client and then install a Japanese Notes client the user interface (UI) files are installed in individual directories such as these:


The templates, modem, and help files are installed in the next directory, as shown
When a user starts the Notes client for the first time, the UI and database language are determined by the user's locale setting. If the locale language is not found in the directory \mui, the English user interface is used and English databases are created to set up the Notes client.

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