The following notes apply to the manager when the Windows 8/2012/7/2008/Vista Edition of JP1/Software Distribution Client is used:

• When the OS is Windows Vista, do one of the following for the OS type when you acquire registry information for the Windows 8/2012/7/2008/Vista Edition of JP1/Software Distribution Client:
  
  • If the manager's version is 08-00 or earlier, select Any for Operating system in the Edit dialog box.
  • If the manager's version is 08-10 or later, select Windows Vista or Any for Operating system in the Edit dialog box.
• When the OS is Windows Server 2008, do one of the following for the OS type when you acquire registry information for the Windows 8/2012/7/2008/Vista Edition of JP1/Software Distribution Client:
  
  • If the manager's version is 08-10 or earlier, select Any for Operating system in the Edit dialog box.
  • If the manager's version is 08-51 or later, select Windows Server 2008 or Any for Operating system in the Edit dialog box.
• When the OS is Windows Server 2008 R2, do one of the following for the OS type when you acquire registry information for the Windows 8/2012/7/2008/Vista Edition of JP1/Software Distribution Client:
  
  • If the manager's version is 09-00 or earlier, select Any for Operating system in the Edit dialog box.
  • If the manager's version is 09-50 or later, select Windows Server 2008 R2 or Any for Operating system in the Edit dialog box.
• When the OS is Windows 7, do one of the following for the OS type when you acquire registry information for the Windows 8/2012/7/2008/Vista Edition of JP1/Software Distribution Client:
  
  • If the manager's version is 09-00 or earlier, select Any for Operating system in the Edit dialog box.
  • If the manager's version is 09-50 or later, select Windows 7 or Any for Operating system in the Edit dialog box.
• When the OS is Windows 8, do one of the following for the OS type when you acquire registry information for the Windows 8//2012/7/2008/Vista Edition of JP1/Software Distribution Client:
  
  • If the manager's version is 09-50 or earlier, select Any for Operating system in the Edit dialog box.
  • If the manager's version is 09-51 or later, select Windows 8 or Any for Operating system in the Edit dialog box.
• When the OS is Windows Server 2012, do one of the following for the OS type when you acquire registry information for the Windows 8/2012/7/2008/Vista Edition of JP1/Software Distribution Client:
  
  • If the manager's version is 09-50 or earlier, select Any for Operating system in the Edit dialog box.
  • If the manager's version is 09-51 or later, select Windows Server 2012 or Any for Operating system in the Edit dialog box.
• A job that changes a file or registry protected as a Windows resource results in an error.
• Do not set a symbolic link, hard link, or junction to any of the following directories and files:
  
  • The installation directory specified during packaging or remote installation
  • Directories and files that are the target of remote collection
  If a symbolic link, hard link, or junction is set to any of these directories, such directories will not be subject to packaging, remote installation, or remote collection.
  
• When the Windows 8/2012/7/2008/Vista Edition of JP1/Software Distribution Client is an offline machine, use JP1/Software Distribution Manager version 08-10 or later to create a medium for installation and inventory acquisition. An error results if a medium created by JP1/Software Distribution version 08-00 or earlier is used by the Windows 8/2012/7/2008/Vista Edition of JP1/Software Distribution Client.

The following notes apply to the client when the OS is Windows 8, Windows 7 or Windows Vista and also the Windows 8/2012/7/2008/Vista Edition of JP1/Software Distribution Client is used:

For general notes about using the client, see 2.13.7 Notes on using a client in the manual Description and Planning Guide.

• If the OS is Windows 8, you can use Windows Task Manager to disable startup programs. However, you must not disable any programs registered by JP1/Software Distribution Client (relay system).
• When execution of any of the following operations is requested, the User Account Control dialog box appears. To execute the operation, enable program execution; to prevent execution, cancel execution.
  
  • Install Client
  • Start client setup^#
  • Start Packager^#
  • Start Client Manager^#
  • Acquire inventory information offline
  • Execute offline installation^#

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  If the executing user does not have administrator permissions for the OS, grant administrator permissions to the user beforehand.

• Characters that cannot be displayed in the OS's language environment are replaced by a question mark (?).
• The Fast User Switching feature cannot be used as a means for users to run multiple instances of the Windows 8/2012/7/2008/Vista Edition of JP1/Software Distribution Client application at the same time.