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Published on: January 2004
Installing NeoExec® Administrative Console
Installing the NeoExec Professional kernel driver
This document explains how to install NeoExec Professional on your computer.
NeoExec Professional consists of two components:
1. NeoExec Professional Administrative Console (NAC).
2. NeoExec Professional kernel driver
The NAC is a Windows application that allows you to create and edit NeoExec
configuration files. A configuration file contains the list of applications that you wish
your users to run with elevated privileges. Such applications are known as
privileged applications. The configuration file needs to be deployed to
each workstation where the NeoExec kernel driver will parse it and apply the
policies contained therein.
Setting up NeoExec is straightforward and consist in setting up the NeoExec® Administrative Console on your computer and deploying the NeoExec Professional kernel driver on the computers you want to execute privileged applications.
This section explains how to install and uninstall the NeoExec® Administrative
Console.
The NeoExec® Administrative Console setup uses Microsoft Windows Installer to install
the NAC on Windows 2000 and Windows XP. NeoExec Professional does not support
Windows 2000 Server and the driver will refuse to start.
Please note that the setup for NeoExec® Administrative Console needs only be
installed on the administrators' computer.
Windows 2000 Professional, any service pack
Windows XP Professional, any service pack
Step 1
Log on with administrative privileges and close all programs running on the
computer.
Step 2
To begin the installation navigate to where the NeoExec® Administrative Console
setup files are located.
Double click on NeoExec Professional Administrative Console.msi to launch the installer. A series of screens will
be displayed, beginning with the welcome dialog.
Click "Next" to continue.
Step 3
The Release Notes are displayed.
Read the Release Notes thoroughly. They may contain updated information which
didn’t make it into this guide. Use the scroll bars to read all of the text, and
then click on Next to continue.
Step 4
The License Agreement is displayed.
Copyright and international treaties protect the NeoExec® software. Read the
license agreement carefully, and providing you agree with its terms, click on "I
accept the terms in the license agreement". Click Next to continue.
If you do not agree with the terms, click on "I do not accept the terms in the
license agreement". Setup will terminate without installing the NeoExec®
Administrative Console.
Step 5
The next screen shows the features available.
In this step you need to specify where to install the the NeoExec®
Administrative Console. The default destination path is \Program
Files\NeoValens\NeoExec Pro\.
To change the location, click on Change... to browse the system. Navigate to
the desired location and click OK, or click Cancel to return to the default
destination path.
Click Next to continue with the installation.
Step 6
You are now ready to begin installation. You can change any of the installation
settings by clicking Back. Otherwise, click Install to begin installation.
Step 7
The next screen shows the progress of the installation.
Step 8
Finally once the installation is complete the following screen is displayed.
Click Finish to exit the installation program.
There is no need to reboot.
Shortcuts
Once the installation is successfully completed, you should be able to access
the NeoExec® Administrative Console from the Start -> Programs -> NeoExec
Professional -> Administrative Console shortcut.
At any time after installing NeoExec® Administrative Console you can uninstall
it from your computer. To uninstall NeoExec you must log on with administrative
privileges.
To uninstall NeoExec® Administrative Console go to Start -> Settings -> Control
Panel and select Add or Remove Programs.
Select NeoExec® Administrative Console and click Change/Remove.
A series of prompts will be displayed to confirm that you want to remove the
application from your computer.
Click on Yes to uninstall.
A progress bar will be displayed as the program is uninstalled.
Once this has completed the NeoExec® Administrative Console has been removed
from your computer.
There is no need to reboot.
This section explains how to install and uninstall the NeoExec® Professional
kernel driver.
The NeoExec® software uses Microsoft Windows Installer to install NeoExec®
Professional on Windows 2000 professional and Windows XP Professional.
Windows 2000 Professional, any service pack
Windows XP Professional, any service pack
Step 1
Log on with administrative privileges and close all programs running on the
computer.
Step 2
To begin the installation navigate to where the NeoExec® Professional setup
files are located.
Double click on NeoExec Professional kernel driver.msi to launch the installer. A series of screens will be
displayed, beginning with the welcome dialog.
Click Next to continue.
Step 3
The Release Notes are displayed.
Read the Release Notes thoroughly. They may contain updated information which
didn’t make it into this guide. Use the scroll bars to read all of the text, and
then click on Next to continue.
Step 4
The License Agreement is displayed.
Copyright and international treaties protect the NeoExec® software. Read the
license agreement carefully, and providing you agree with its terms, click on "I
accept the terms in the license agreement". Click Next to continue.
If you do not agree with the terms, click on "I do not accept the terms in the
license agreement". Setup will terminate without installing NeoExec®
Professional.
Step 5
You are now ready to begin installation. You can change any of the installation
settings by clicking Back. Otherwise, click Install to begin installation.
The setup will copy the driver file neoexec.sys to the \SystemRoot\System32\Drivers
directory. It will also create a directory called Neo under \SystemRoot\System32\ which will hold the NeoExec®
configuration and
license files.
Step 6
The next screen shows the progress of the installation.
Step 7
Once the installation is complete the following screen is displayed.
Click Finish to exit the installation program.
There is no need to reboot.
Once the setup has completed you need to create a configuration file in order to use
the NeoExec® Professional software. This is done by means of the NeoExec®
Administrative Console.
The resulting file neoexec.cfg must be deployed to each target computer.
The neoexec.cfg
file must be copied to the Neo directory, where NeoExec will automatically
pick it up. NeoExec® monitors the directory for changes every 30 seconds.
For more information on creating configuration files refer to the
NeoExec Professional
Administration Guide.
Trial mode
Without the license file, NeoExec® Professional will start in Trial mode.
NeoExec® Professional can
be used for evaluation purposes for up to thirty days, after which the
product will be disabled unless a valid license file is supplied.
At any time after installing the NeoExec® Professional kernel
driver you can uninstall it from
your computer. To uninstall NeoExec you must log on with administrative
privileges.
To uninstall NeoExec® Professional go to Start -> Settings -> Control Panel
and select Add or Remove Programs.
Select NeoExec® Professional 1.0 kernel driver and click Change/Remove.
A series of prompts will be displayed to confirm that you want to remove the
application from your computer.
Click on Yes to uninstall.
A progress bar will be displayed as the program is uninstalled.
Once this has completed, NeoExec® Professional kernel driver has been removed from your
computer.
The final screen informs you that you need to reboot your system in order for the
uninstall to take effect. You can chose to do this now, or at a later date.
