Special Considerations For Windows 7 - Siemens SIMATIC WinCC V11 System Manual

Special considerations for Windows 7

Contents
Information that could not be included in the online help.
Permission for the starting Runtime
To start WinCC Runtime Professional or WinCC Runtime Advanced, a user must be a member
of the automatically created group, "Siemens TIA Engineer".
Working with standard user rights
If you are working with standard user rights in Windows 7, "User Account Control (UAC)" cannot
be disabled.
The "User Account Control" is enabled in Windows 7 by default.
For more information on the "User Account Control, refer to the online help for Windows 7.
Slow response from the screen keyboard and SmartServer
The following programs may start and respond very slowly under Windows 7 and Windows
2008 servers:
● Microsoft OSK screen keyboard and HMI TouchInputPC
● SmartServer: <Ctrl+Alt+Del> shortcut in the logon dialog
The delay is caused by the callback for the Internet certificate validation.
Remedy:
Locate the following files on the product DVD under:
Support\Windows7\CRL_Check or CD_RT\ Support\Windows7\CRL_Check\
:
● DisableCRLCheck_LocalSystem.cmd
● DisableCRLCheck_CurrentUser.cmd
1. Run the "DisableCRLCheck_LocalSystem.cmd" file with administrator rights. Select the
2. Reboot the PC.
If the problem persists, follow these steps:
Readme WinCC Runtime Advanced V11 SP2 Second Edition
System Manual, 03/2012,
command "Run as administrator" from the shortcut menu of the file.
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