HSMAdvisor Installation (standalone)
HSMAdvisor is supplied as a single installer file.
Installer filename will contain the name of the product, its version and the version of .NET framework it is compiled to work with.
Currently, we only support .NET 4.5.
To install HSMAdvisor on your computer you need to get it from our Download page.
From three download links choose the one that corresponds to your .NET version.
Hardware / OS Requirements
HSMAdvisor is designed to run on Microsoft's Windows Operational System.
It requires Windows XP or later.
Just like thousands of other software products it also requires Microsoft's .NET framework that most often comes pre-installed with your copy of Windows.
Permissions required to install and run HSMAdvisor
HSMAdvisor installer requires Administrative permissions to install into Program Files folder.
If a .ZIP folder is used, its contents should be extracted into "User Documents" folder.
After installation HSMAdvisor needs to be able to access its own data files located in "C:\Users\{User_Name}\AppData\Roaming\HSMAdvisor" for reading and writing.
Also initial Permanent License Activation and and Floating License require internet access.
See Also
HSMAdvisor Internet Access Permissions
Certain features in HSMAdvisor require Internet access.
Such as all Floating License types require Internet connection at least once a month to our licensing server.
Permanent Licenses do not depend on licensing server for license authorizations, so they do not require Internet access.
We care for our customers and we want them to receive latest updates that improve stability, performance and overall user experience.
Thus HSMAdvisor will, by default, connect to the Internet upon startup to check for updates and notify our users when updates are available.
You can turn this feature off on "Settings" tab.
Whenever a firewall or anti-virus is installed on computer, you may be prompted by it to either deny or allow HSMAdvisor Internet connection.
It is advised to allow HSMAdvisor to connect to the Internet as you may be denied your Floating License renewal or you may not receive notifications about important updates.
See Also
Silent or automatic installation/uninstall
Installation
HSMAdvisor is using an open-source installer builder called Inno Setup. So you can refer to the Inno Setup documentation page for reference.
If you are a system administrator and wish to install HSMAdvisor silently using the command line you can use the following parameters:
- /silent
- /verysilent
For example:
You can also install the HSMAdvisor license key file with license credentials:
- /firstname=FirstName (required)
- /lastname=LastName (required)
- /email=Email (required)
- /password=LicensePassword (optional)
For example:
Upon the very first launch, HSMAdvisor will try to connect to the licensing server and register the seat.
Please note that HSMAdvisor installation requires elevated Administrator privileges.
The license file will be installed into the current user's AppData/Roaming/HSMAdvisor folder
Uninstall
If you need to uninstall the app silently, please refer to the Inno Setup documentation:
https://jrsoftware.org/ishelp/index.php?topic=uninstcmdline
The uninstall file is located in C:\Program Files (x86)\HSMAdvisor\unins000.exe
Resolving Built-in Browser Content Restrictions (Reference and Geometry pages don't work)
Reference and Geometry pages within HSMAdvisor require Medium security level for the Internet zone.
If you navigate to those tabs and see content not displayed or displayed incorrectly, please perform the following steps: