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7.3
FIRST START
After a successful installation, you can start BTL-08 ABPM SW with the proper startup icon (shortcut). When you first
start BTL-08 ABPM SW, you will be logged in as a BTL-08 ABPM SW system administrator, and a first start wizard
will guide you through the following steps to personalize your installation:
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Welcome screen
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Change BTL-08 ABPM SW system administrator settings
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Add a BTL-08 ABPM SW user
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Modify default report header
Please note that these settings can be modified later during the regular use of BTL-08 ABPM SW, but are necessary
to start with from the beginning, so some steps above are a must before you start.
7.3.1
BTL-08 ABPM SW SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR SETTINGS
After a welcome screen on first start-up, BTL-08 ABPM SW will ask for the BTL-08 ABPM SW system administrator's
login name and password. Please note that these can (and maybe should) differ from your general Windows
administrator properties. The input boxes for both the login name and the password will be admin by default. Please
change this to your preferred admin login name and password to prevent system security problems. Write your
preferred admin login and password down on a piece of paper, and lock it away in a safe place. Do not lose the
system administrator's login and password, or you will be unable to access indispensable functions, such as adding
new users, changing data access levels. The system administrator cannot view medical measurement data nor edit
reports. If you use BTL-08 ABPM SW Personal Edition on your computer which only you have access to in a well
protected environment, it may seem overly cautious and therefore be annoying to have to use a password protection
in BTL-08 ABPM SW. Therefore it is possible to allow zero-length password for users in the admin settings screen, by
removing the tickmark from the password required box. This does not mean that users cannot use a password if they
like; it just means they may choose to leave the password empty.
7.3.2
ADDING A BTL-08 ABPM SW USER
Because his tasks are mainly administrative and technical, the BTL-08 ABPM SW system administrator by definition
cannot open and view medical measurement data. Therefore it is necessary to create at least one “normal” user in
BTL-08 ABPM SW, sometimes this is called a user account. More users can be added by the system administrator
later; the first startup procedure lets you – that is, requires you to – create only one. The bold labels in this screen
show that the last name, login name and password fields are necessary to proceed, others are optional. If the
password required checkbox has been unchecked in the previous screen, it is possible to leave the password box
here empty – technically this is known as a zero length password. In this case the label of the password box will not
be bold. With the create icon on desktop checkbox it is possible to create a personalized BTL-08 ABPM SW start-up
icon on the Windows desktop with the name of the user just added here. The properties of such an icon will include
the user's login name so if BTL-08 ABPM SW is started with such a personalized shortcut icon, the user will only have
to type a password, or, if the password is empty, a shortcut so personalized will log the user in directly to BTL-08
ABPM SW. Please note that this can mean a serious data security risk if anyone else other than the intended user has
access to the computer, so use this possibility of comfort with extra caution only.
Users can – in fact, they are strongly advised to – change their password when they log in to BTL-08 ABPM SW for
the first time, with the password originally selected by the system administrator during user account creation. If they
choose to use no password protection, that is, an empty (zero length) password. Users can change their password
any time using the New password command of the Tools menu in BTL-08 ABPM SW.
