System requirements and pre-installation checklist
System requirements
- Microsoft .NET Framework 4 Full on workstations
- Disk space
- x86 - 1 GB
- x64 - 2 GB
- Windows XP SP3 or later
- Pentium 1 GHz or higher with 512 MB RAM or more
- 600 MB available disk space for the install
- 1 GB minimum of available disk space on the shared network location (size of databases will affect what's needed)
- Approximately 500 MB of space is required to download regular product updates each year. These downloads can be moved offsite after installed.
- Nightly backup of entire shared location highly recommended.
- Available USB port for hardware dongle.
- Default printer driver requirements - PCL6 or later
- Read, write, create, and delete permissions required to the shared data location including subdirectories during and post-installation.
- During installation:
- Admin permissions to the local workstation (turn off UAC in Vista and Windows 7).
- Drive letter mapped to the shared location.
- Post installation:
- Read and write permissions to <WINDIR>\windstar99.ini.
- Read, write, and execute permissions to <PROGRAM FILES>\Windstar including subdirectories.
- FTPS access over port 990 along with a dynamic secondary port for data channels range 50000-50100 for:
- WSSendFTP.exe: ITN.ssl.ftp.thomsonreuters.com (upload only)
- WsTnFtpDnld.exe: Taxnav.ssl.ftp.thomsonreuters.com (download only)
- Access to the internet via 443 for:
- International Tax Navigator.exe
- WSSendStat.exe
- WSRecordCount.exe
Web-based data collection and forms delivery - FNIS requirements
FNIS = Foreign National Information System
- Access to the internet via port 443 for:
- FNISAdministrator.exe
- SecurityAdministrator.exe
- International Tax Navigator.exe
- Background SMTP connection to the mail server (optional FNIS feature)
- Required for:
- FNISAdministrator.exe
- International Tax Navigator.exe
- Send access only
- User ID is for the connection only. The outbound emails will be from the appropriate FNIS administrator.
- SMTP or SMTPS Server Name
- SMTP or SMTPS Server Port number
- Requires a secure connection (SSL), if required by your SMTP or SMTPS server
- User ID, if required by your SMTP or SMTPS server
- Password, if required by your SMTP or SMTPS server