You wouldn't trust any old program downloaded from the Internet to rummage through your PC, would you? The .NET Framework security settings limit the actions that a program from the Internet can run, and that's a good thing.

Our users, though, have asked us to have Vision Enterprise do things that go beyond the default security settings. We've enhanced our software to implement these features, but that means that you'll need tell your PC to "trust" the Vision Enterprise software you run from our servers. There are several ways to accomplish this task, and your system administrator may supply you with directions that are somewhat different than these steps we're showing. If that happens, follow your administrator's directions, not ours.

1. To establish this trust, you need to start the .NET Framework Wizard that enables you to adjust security settings. The exact steps differ based on the operating system you're running:

• For Windows 2000:
  On the Start menu, point to Settings and then Control Panel. Double-click Administrative Tools. Next click Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 Wizards.
  
• For Windows XP:
  On the Start menu, point to Control Panel. Then double-click Administrative Tools. Next click Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 Wizards. 
  
• If you have both .Net Framework 1.1 and 1.0 on your system you will have to do steps 2-10 on both versions.  To find out which version you have, hover your mouse over the file name and it will say if it is version 1.0 or 1.1.

2. The .net Wizards pop-up window appears.
   
3. Click Adjust .net Security.
   
4. Select the Make changes to this computer option.
   
5. Click the Next button.
   
6. Click the Trusted Sites option.
   
7. In the Choose the level of trust for assemblies from this zone area, move the slider to the top (to the Full Trust level).
   
8. Click the Next button.
   
9. Click the Finish button.
   
10. Close the .net Wizards pop-up window & adjust .net 2.0 permission by clicking on the link: http://vision.activant.com/fix_dotnet_2.bat

Finally, you need to add the Vision Enterprise web server to your system's list of trusted sites. The easiest way to do this is to use Microsoft Internet Explorer.

11. Start Internet Explorer.
    
12. On the Tools menu, click Internet Options. The Internet Options dialog box appears.
    
13. Click the Security tab.
    
14. Click the Trusted Sites option.
    
15. Click the Sites button. The Trusted Sites dialog box appears.
    
16. Uncheck the Required server verification (https:) for all sites in this zone check box.
    
17. In the Add this Web site to the zone field, type the following: http://vision.activant.com
    
18. Click the Add button. The Vision web site is added to the list in the Web sites box.
    
19. Click OK to save your changes and close the Trusted Sites dialog box.
    
20. Click OK to close the Internet Options dialog box.

Click here to move on to the third and final step!