A shared installation on a workstation

[rogershera]

we use Lotus Notes R5, and have day and night users sharing machines. Anyone experienced with this? Specifically, the 'shared installation' option. We need to know the steps needed. We found a process in Administrator ' Help ' but that wasn't the right one. We come across the "shred installation" during the standard 'Lotus Notes Client Configuration'.

help?

 

[FredWagner]

The simplest solution will be for everyone to use the Notes Web client or iNotes client - then the machine login can be the same for everyone, and they can bookmark their own mailbox link. The iNotes client is really nice now.
If Windows 2000 or XP is the client, then yopu can have the default data directory for Notes be a mapped drive with the client data directory for each user. When a new user logs in, they'll get a box where they have to click on their own ID file, but that will be the only hassle, and they can use the full client. Much easier than the way they teach it in class. Fred Wagner
frwagne@longbeach.gov

 

[Jackdaw]

If all you want to do is allow several users to use the same machine easily then just create a seperate location document for each. That way if Fred logs in he just changes location to Fred and it open's his mail with his user ID

 

[LookupHandle]

Have a specific Notes data directory for each user on a personal config (network) drive. You will need to have a personal config directory mapped for each user. Change the datapath value in the key HKLM>Software>Lotus>notes & HKLM>Software>Lotus>notes>5.0 (if R5.0 is being used) to point to the mapped user-specific config drive. Then it's just a case of deleting the notes.ini on the local machine, and repointing the datapath settings in each user's notes.ini to the new drive. Works well in a Terminal Server environment too.

 

[rogershera]

thanks,
we will check these suggestions out.
appreciate your time.