Companion Setup Tour Part 1: Companion Programs

When you insert the POSReady 2009 media into your machine, autorun will launch the Companion Setup wizard. Companion Setup is a simple tool that can be used to perform some common tasks relevant to your POSReady Installation. Our next three blog posts will comprise a quick three-part tour of everything that Companion Setup has to offer.

(Note: In addition to the topics these blog entries will cover, Companion Setup also provides quick links to the POSReady documentation, available in nine different languages. I’m not giving the doc links that much focus because, well, they’re a little bit more self-explanatory.)

Companion Programs

The POSReady media includes installers for several applications that you may want to add to your POSReady image after the initial installation. The Companion Programs wizard provides easy access to these installers. Just select the set of applications you wish to add, click Install, and the wizard will take care of the rest!

Applications included through the Companion Programs wizard include:

• .NET Framework (installers for both 2.0 SP2 and 3.5 SP1)
• Microsoft Office 2007 Compatibility Pack
• Microsoft Office Viewers (Excel, PowerPoint, and Word)
• POS for .NET 1.12
• Silverlight 2.0
• SQL Express 2008

It is worth noting that .NET Framework 2.0 and POS for .NET 2.0 are both also available as Optional Components that can be added during your initial POSready installation.

The Companion Programs wizard is only accessible when running on a POSReady installation.

-Ryan