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Establishing a dedicated system user with formatting information on Microsoft Windows 2008R2

The SDL LiveContent Architect components need a dedicated OS local administrator per server to host all components. Specifying the Region and Language settings.

Before you begin

It is expected that a designated operating system user will run all SDL LiveContent Architect related components. This separate user allows you to change user settings with little interference with the rest of the system.

About this task

A Windows Domain user is required when using Microsoft ADFS as STS. Ask your Active Directory system administrator to create a service account.

Procedure

  1. Create the local or domain InfoShare system user:
    1. Click Start > Administrative Tools > Server Manager
    2. Open Configuration > Local Users and Groups, then select Users.
    3. Open the Action menu and select New user.
    4. Enter InfoShare as the User name.
    5. Enter a Full name and Description.
    6. Enter a Password. Enter the password again in the Confirm password field.
    7. Select User cannot change password and Password never expires.
    8. Click Create.
    9. Open Configuration > Local Users and Groups then select Groups.
    10. Open the local Administrators group of the machine and add the InfoShare system user.
  2. Allow the InfoShare user to run services. If not done, it can cause service startup failures.
    1. As an administrator user, open Start > Administrative Tools > Local Security Policy on your server.
    2. Open Local Policies then click User Rights Assignment.
    3. Select Log on as a service click Add User or Group and add the InfoShare user created above.
    4. Click OK to activate the settings.
    5. Open the File menu and select Exit to close the window.
  3. Set the Regional and Language of the InfoShare system user on each application server:
    1. Login on your system as the InfoShare user to validate the user account.
    2. Click Control Panel > Clock, Language and Region.
    3. Click Region and Language.
    4. Click the Formats tab, for the Format field, select the entry English (United States).
    5. Set the following Date and time formatsusing Additional Settings > Time and Additional Settings > Date. Afterwards, click OK to activate the settings.
      • Short date: dd/MM/yyyy
      • Long date: ddddd d MMMM yyyy
      • Short time: HH:mm:ss
      • Long time: HH:mm:ss
    6. Click the Location tab, for the Current location field, select the entry United States.
    7. Click OK.
  4. Set the Regional and Language of the System on each application server:
    1. As an administrator user, click Control Panel > Clock, Language and Region.
    2. Click Region and Language.
    3. Click the Administrative tab and select Change system locale.
    4. Select English (United States).
    5. Click OK.