This topic is contained in the PDXpert help file: select Contents from the application's Help menu.

Logging into PDXpert

Your security account determines your permissions to system functions and database records within the context of a PDXpert database (server). Your account has two elements: a user account name and a password.

If no user accounts have been set up, use Admin as the account name and a blank password       .

1. From the Windows Start menu, select the PDXpert program folder, and then the PDXpert PLM item. (Or, double-click the PDXpert PLM desktop icon.)

2. When the Welcome to PDXpert PLM dialog appears, enter your account name.

3. Enter your account password.

   The password is case-sensitive, so enter the password exactly as it was originally created.

4. You may use log-in options:

   • Select a different application server by entering it into the Server computer's machine name control. If the PDXpert Application Server is installed on your local workstation, you can enter the value localhost.
   • Mark the Reset my account settings checkbox to delete your personal settings such as window locations, personal preferences and previously-opened items list. For example, if the Item Explorer window is "lost" (undocked & off screen) after you've moved from a PC with a large screen or multiple monitors to a smaller display, resetting your account settings will return the Item Explorer to its default location.

5. Click the OK button.

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