Hi all, I haven't messed with Diva as much as with the FACSarray control software (yet), but as the latter one is based on Diva I'd expect most of my conclusions to be valid for Diva as well. Together with our IT guy, I've given the "all users" group full rights to the BD software folder (under "programs") and all underlying folders (log in as admin, right-click the folder icon, check the rightmost tabs you usually don't bother with for the access/modification rights). This solved the "adminstrator only" runmode problem for us; any ordinary user logged into those modded PC's can run the software that way, which -as Adrian already pointed out- also makes IT guys happy. Incidentally, we've also had some success hacking together a method for running more than one Java VM on machines having the FACSarray software installed, which made it easier to also run more recent Java applets on the same machine (in-house software, online spectra viewers etc.). Not easy to communicate briefly, but if anyone's interested in voiding their BD warranty ;-), feel free to contact me directly. And just to avoid the obvious question: no, I haven't worked out a way of running Diva and FACSarray control software on the same machine yet; I'm hoping BD will fix that problem some time soon. Happy flowing to all, Guy ------------------------------------ Ablynx NV Guy Hermans, PhD Senior Scientist guy.hermans@ablynx.com Technologiepark 4 B-9052 Zwijnaarde Belgium tel: +32 (0)9 261 06 57 fax: +32 (0)9 261 06 27 mobile: +32 (0)486 788 551 ------------------------------------ -----Original Message----- From: Adrian Smith [mailto:a.smith@centenary.usyd.edu.AU] Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 1:24 AM To: cyto-inbox Subject: Re: Networking flow cytometers On 08/03/2006, at 11:52 PM, Pyle, Robert H wrote: > I am a BD shop moving from the Mac platform (CellQuest) to the PC > platform (Diva). This may either make things easier or more > challenging, I don't know. Well the DiVa software as shipped from BD will only run under an administrator account on Windows. Our network people consider this a considerable security risk, even with a full border firewall in place. This can also make it difficult to integrate the machine into a Windows domain. So I would suggest discussing with your IT department before proceeding any further. Several of our pieces of equipment that are controlled by Windows- based software have the same issue. It is pity that most of the manufactures don't seem to be able to write robust and/or secure software and at the same time trumpet the "advantages" of running on the Windows platform. Regards, Adrian Smith Centenary Institute, Sydney, Australia ----------------------------------------------------------------------- THIS E-MAIL MESSAGE IS INTENDED ONLY FOR THE USE OF THE INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY TO WHICH IT IS ADDRESSED AND MAY CONTAIN INFORMATION THAT IS PRIVILEGED, CONFIDENTIAL AND EXEMPT FROM DISCLOSURE. If the reader of this E-mail message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately at ablynx@ablynx.com. Thank you for your co-operation. "NANOBODY" and "NANOCLONE" are registered trademarks of Ablynx N.V. -----------------------------------------------------------------------Received on Fri Mar 10 18:58:00 2006
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