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Internet
Polling requires the communications workstation to be running Windows
NT/2000/XP. Internet Polling requires the communications workstation
to be running Windows NT/2000/XP.
CPU
486 processors are supported, but Pentium or better processors are
recommended. 
Browser
Internet Explorer Version 5 or higher (or Version 4 with XML
updates supplied on CounterPoint installation CD). CounterPoint
will not run on a Windows workstation that is not running IE4 or
higher.
Networks
CounterPoint can operate over Local Area Networks (LANs) and
Wide Area Networks (WANs).
Local Area Network Protocol
TCP/IP network protocol is required for both clients and servers
for Windows NT/2000 networks. The Novell client software is required
for NetWare networks.
Wide Area Networks
CounterPoint supports WAN installations (where programs are
installed separately from data files) as long as the WAN contains
at least one server that is running Microsoft Windows NT/2000 or
Novell NetWare as the network operating system.
In a WAN configuration, only data file access requests
are passed to the remote server. Programs are loaded locally, either
from a local hard drive or a local server, to reduce network traffic
over the remote link and to increase throughput.
Synchronics recommends Citrix be used as the server
application to perform all processing for remote workstations. For
example, several workstations can connect to a Citrix server (using
either a dial-in or internet connection) to run CounterPoint. All
of the actual CounterPoint processing takes place on the Citrix
server itself, which acts as a CounterPoint workstation on the network.
Citrix MetaFrame is required for the Citrix server,
which must be a workstation on a NetWare or Windows NT/2000 network.
Synchronics does not support running Citrix simultaneously as a
network server and a workstation.
The WAN/Workgroup Option provides capabilities
that are valuable in WAN environments.
Pervasive.SQL 2000
Pervasive.SQL 2000 is required for proper operation of CounterPoint
with Windows. Pervasive.SQL 2000 Service Pack 3 is included as part
of V7.5 for Windows. Pervasive.SQL 2000 Service Pack 2 is the minimum
level required for a Windows 2000 network.
Earlier versions of Pervasive are not supported.
The Pervasive.SQL 2000 Workgroup Engine is not supported.
The Pervasive Workstation Engine is provided
for single-user systems. The Pervasive.SQL 2000 Server Engine is
provided for multi-user systems. The Pervasive server must have
64MB memory and run Windows NT Server, Windows NT Workstation, Windows
2000, or NetWare for a multi-user system. The server on a Windows
network can also function as a CounterPoint workstation.
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