DameWare Mini Remote Control System Requirements
* MRC requires the TCP Protocol.
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Minimum Requirements |
| MRC Installed on the remote machine
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Version 7 of the MRC program is officially supported on all Microsoft Windows Operating Systems beginning with Windows 2000. The local machine, where the MRC application is installed, must be running one of the following Microsoft Windows Operating Systems: Windows 2000, XP, Server 2003/2003 R2, Vista, Server 2008/2008 R2, Windows 7. All service pack levels for these Operating Systems are supported. Both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of these Operating Systems are supported.
***It is possible that older Operating Systems will still be able to run the MRC application, however DameWare cannot guarantee it can be done without issues.
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| MRC Client Agent Service (Installed on the remote machine) |
Version 7 of the MRC client agent service can be installed and run on machines running all Microsoft Windows Operating Systems beginning with and including Windows 95, 98, ME, NT 4.0, XP, Server 2003/2003 R2, Vista, Server 2008/2008 R2, and Windows 7. All service pack levels are supported with these operating systems except where noted in parentheses. Both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of these operating systems are supported. For 64-bit remote machines, the new 64-bit MRC Client Agent Service can be used.
***Note: To connect to a Windows 95 machine it must have Winsock2 as well as upgraded Comctl32.dll (to version 4.70) and the upgraded Unicode layer.
The following downloads are available from Microsoft:
Com32upd.exe for Windows 95 (Upgrades Comctl32.dll to version 4.70)
Windows Sockets 2.0 (Winsock2) for Windows 95
Platform Software Development Kit Redistributable: Microsoft Layer for Unicode on Windows 95, 98, and Me Systems, 1.1.3790.0 |
| MRC Mirror Driver (supported on Windows 2000 or higher
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The video card of the remote machine must support the following raster capabilities:
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Transferring bitmaps (RC_BITBLT)
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Supporting the Windows APIs, SetDIBits and GetDIBits functions (RC_DI_BITMAP)
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Support only one color plane.
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| Smart Card Login & Authentication (v5.5 and above only) |
According to Microsoft, Smart Card Login & Authentication is only supported on Windows 2000 and above. Including:
- Windows 2000 Workstation
- Windows 2000 Server
- Windows XP Professional
- Windows 2003 Server
- Windows Vista
- Windows 2008 Server
- Windows 7
Other than Microsoft's implemented Smart Card Services (scardsvr), no additional middleware is directly required by our software for Smart Card Authentication & Login.
A Smart Card reader is not required on the remote machine.
Your Operating System and network implementation must be configured properly for Smart Card authentication. |