Step by Step - Installing Horizon

Step by Step - Installing Horizon 7.5.2 sp2

You will need to have an administrative login on the computer to install and use Horizon.

1. Installing on a computer that does not have Horizon a. Insert disk b. The disk should “autorun” and ask you to Run “browser”. If it does, accept this choice. c. If it does not autorun, on your computer, navigate to CD/DVD drive and double click on the icon. Allow it to run if prompted d. After a few minutes (it seems like nothing is happening), the Horizon install program appears. e. Choose “Install Horizon 7.5” f. Choose “Install Horizon Client” g. You may get a message that Java needs to be installed. If so, accept this choice. h. Click Next, then Next. Accept all defaults i. Agree to the license agreement. j. After accepting the license agreement, click next. k. Administration and Staff should be checked on the left and AdHoc Reports on the right. Uncheck the other options on the right. l. Click Next, then Next. m. Click Finish, but don’t click the box to “Start Horizon.” n. You should be back in the “browser” screen, with the option to Install Horizon 7.5. Click on that option, then on Third Party Products. o. Back at the screen that shows the third party products, choose “Microsoft Open Client” p. Choose all the defaults to install this, and if prompted to restart, go ahead.

2. Final Details a. After the restart go to Start and choose “All Programs” b. Find Microsoft SQL Server, and click on Client Network Utility c. Go to the Alias tab. d. Click Add e. Choose “TCP/IP” on the left. f. Type Horizon in the Server Alias blank at the top. g. For the Server Name, type 64.19.75.210, replacing what is in the blank. h. Uncheck “Dynamically Determine Port Number” i. Type 5000 in the Port Number Blank. j. Click OK and the window should close. k. To prevent Horizon from being disconnected, disable power saving settings on the computer by going to the control panel. l. Choose Power options (in classic view) or Performance and Maintenance then Power options in the new-style view. m. Change all settings to “Never”, then go to the Hibernate tab and disable hibernation. If you do this on a laptop you should usually keep the laptop plugged in to power in order to keep the battery from completely draining.

3. First Login a. Double click on Horizon icon on desktop b. Fill in User with your User name c. Fill in Password with your Password d. For Server, choose “Horizon” e. A box pops up for Server Login. This should happen only the first time you use Horizon on your login on this computer. f. For Server, Horizon should be in the blank. g. For Login, type PLAStaff (or your library’s 3-letter location code plus the word Staff). Capitalization doesn’t matter. No spaces. h. For Password, type hzstaff i. Now you are back to the main login. Choose horizon for the Database blank. If you wish to increase font size, click Options and make changes there. Click OK to login. j. The first time any fines pop up, you will see a dialog box for the “cash drawer.” Fill in anything in the blanks and click OK.

If you get a middle-tier error, you will need to uninstall Java from your computer and install the version (6) on the disk.