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Installing the full version of Spartan on Rose-Hulman computers (this procedure works on Windows XP and Windows 7; it has not been checked on other versions of Windows).

Procedure:
1.    Log in to the computer using an account with Administrator privileges.
2.    Select Run in the Start Menu, and type \\rose-hulman.edu\dfs\Software
3.    Open the Course Software folder
4.    Open the Spartan folder and then the Spartan 10 folder
5.    Run 1-Sp10V101
6.    Install the software; you will need to accept the license agreement, and change the Licensing Option to USB hardware key.
7.    After Spartan installs, it will run the Sentinel installer; again, you will need to accept the license agreement.
8.    When the Install Wizard exits, you will need to copy the hasplm file from the Spartan 10 folder to: C:\Program Files\Common Files\Aladdin Shared\HASP
9.    Reboot your computer; this should allow Spartan to run correctly as long as the computer is connected to the Rose-Hulman network.
10.    Please Note: Rose-Hulman has 40 licenses; when you are finished running the software, please exit the software before disconnecting from the network so that others may use the software.

11. If your computer has a multi-core processor (e.g., any Core2Duo or i7 processor), each molecule being calculated will use (at most) one core. If you need to perform calculations on more than one molecule, and you may save time by setting up calculations for at least one molecule per core, and running the calculations concurrently.

12. Please Note: If you see a dialog box asking for an activation code, and you followed the directions above, this means that either you are not connected to the Rose-Hulman network, or all of the available licenses are currently in use.


Optional
Spartan 10 has a Molecular Database. Installing this database takes a few minutes and uses several gigabytes of hard disk space.

Procedure:
1.    Log in to the computer using an account with Administrator privileges.
2.    Select Run in the Start Menu, and type \\rose-hulman.edu\dfs\Software
3.    Open the Course Software folder and then the Spartan 10 folder
4.    Run 2-SMDV100
5.    Use the default installation location.
6.    Allow the installation to proceed.

To check whether the installation of the database worked, run Spartan, and build a molecule. As you add atoms, you should see the name of the molecule you are building appear in the lower right of the Spartan window as long as you build a molecule that is part of the database.






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