ACRONIS Backup & Recovery 10 Workstation Installation Manual

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Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009 75. Specify credentials for the Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Agent for Windows service. By default,the setup program will create a dedicated user account for the service. See "Specifyingcredentials for Acronis services (p. 7)".Note: When canceling the installation process, only the last package is removed. Other components, if any,remain installed.1.5.3. Specifying credentials for Acronis servicesAcronis Backup & Recovery 10 Agent for Windows runs as service. When installing this component,you need to specify the account under which the agent's service will run.You can either create a dedicated user account or specify an existing account of a local or domainuser.If you choose to create a dedicated user account for the service (recommended), the setup programwill create the following user account:• Acronis Agent UserFor security purposes, this account will be assigned only the user rights that are necessary to run thecorresponding service and perform backup and recovery:• The account is assigned the Log on as a service user right.• The account is additionally assigned the Log on locally, Back up files and directories, Restore filesand directories, and Shut down the system user rights.If you choose to specify an existing local or domain user account—for example, .\LocalUser orDomainName\DomainUser—make sure that the account is assigned the user rights listed above.The agent service additionally uses an auxiliary user account—by default, the newly created AcronisService User account (called "__acro_subst_user__" in the registry and in the list of users); you canspecify an existing user account instead. This auxiliary account is assigned the Log on as a service userright and need not have any other user rights. In an Active Directory domain, we recommend using anexisting domain user account instead of the default account.If the machine is part of an Active Directory domain, make sure that the domain's security policies donot prevent the accounts described in this section (whether existing or newly created) from havingthe user rights that were assigned to them.Important: After the installation, do not specify a different user account for the agent service and do not changethe password for the auxiliary account. Otherwise, the agent may stop working.1.5.4. UpdateTo update one or more Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 components:1. Run the installation package, containing the updated version of Acronis Backup & Recovery 10.2. Click Install Acronis Backup & Recovery 10.3. Click Update.4. Follow the on-screen instructions.