Operating system support improvements

The following operating system support improvements have been made:

• The Windows Installer packages for Meridian now support User Account Control (UAC) except when upgrading from release 2009a or earlier as described in "Windows Server 2008 setup" and "Windows Vista setup."
• By default, Meridian Enterprise client applications store Local Workspace tracking data in an MS Access-compatible database using the MS Jet database engine. To better support the 64-bit Windows operating systems, which do not include a 64-bit version of MS Jet, Meridian Enterprise now includes an option to install Microsoft SQL Server Compact Edition as a replacement, which is supported on 64-bit Windows operating systems. SQL Server Compact Edition is installed and used by default for all new Meridian Enterprise 64-bit installations. Upgrading to release 2010 on a 64-bit computer will retain existing MS Jet databases used for Local Workspace. By default, 32-bit installations will continue to use MS Jet databases but SQL Server Compact Edition is available as an option during installation. To enable the use of SQL Server Compact Edition requires a registry setting that is described in the BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise Administrator's Guide.

Note    Errors will result from using SQL Server Compact Edition for a Local Workspace on a UNC or mapped drive location. Use local drives only.

See also "Vault incompatibility between Windows operating system versions."

For more information, see the BlueCielo BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise Administrator's Guide.