Prepare Windows 7 for Wonderware Products

Installing Wonderware products to a computer has gotten far easier with the new one-disk install. There are a few things, however, the OS needs set as a best practice before installation.

Step 1 
Disable Data Execution Prevention: bcdedit.exe /set {current} nx AlwaysOff

Step 2 
Disable User Account Control: Control Panel, User Accounts, User Account Control, and lower the slider to the bottom. This will require a computer restart.

Step 3 
Firewalls can keep a computer safe from intrusions. They also hinder Wonderware communications if left with default settings. Either shut your firewall completely off or add a series of exceptions:

InTouch

• slssvc.exe
• wm.exe

InSQL or Historian

• InSQLData.exe
• InSQLConfig.exe
• InSQLSCM.exe
• InSQLRet.exe
• SQLServr.exe

General Ports

• 445 tcp
• 1434 udp
• 1433 tcp
• 135 tcp
• 102 DAS SI Direct
• 502 DAS MBTCP
• 2221 DAS ABTCP
• 2222 DAS ABTCP
• 2223 DAS ABTCP
• 5413 S/L DA Servers
• 44818 DASABCIP

For more details, visit the Security Settings for Wonderware Products pdf.
Now you're ready to begin Wonderware installation.

Interact for Windows 7

The release of Windows 7 has left most computer manufacturers with little choice but to abandon XP and include 7 instead. If your 3rd party software isn't ready for this then you're left with very few options. Parker's latest version of Interact is fully capable of working in Windows 7 but needs a compatibility check box to be set. After Interact 7 is launched, you'll be met with an error popup.

Click OK, find the shortcut once again, but right click on it and select properties.

Find the Compatability tab and check the box.

Once this is complete, the application will run unhindered and perfectly.