Essay About Omnikey Cardman And Release Notes Of The Omnikey Cardman

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README.TXT File
README file for OMNIKEY CardMan 2020/6020, Version 3.7.3.21
Copyright (c) 2000 – 2005 OMNIKEY
This document describes the release notes of the OMNIKEY CardMan 2020/6020 Driver
I. General
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PLEASE NOTE: NEVER INSTALL THE MICROSOFT SMART CARD BASE COMPONENTS
MANUALLY!!(scbase.exe and smclib.exe)
Supported Operating Systems:
This driver supports the operating systems
Windows 98
Windows Millennium Edition
Windows 2000
Windows XP
The installation of the driver is done by Plug and Play under all operating systems.
II. New Installation:
Plug the CardMan XXXX into a free USB port.
A New Hardware Found dialog box will appear and you will be asked to select the
directory where the driver files are stored.
During driver installation the CardMan Diagnostic Tool will be installed. This tool is
listed in the control panel and displays version and status information.
You can remove the CardMan Diagnostic Tool by deleting the following files:
cmdiag.cpl
cmdiag.ini
cmabout.dll
cmabout.ini
ok.bmp
Please find these files in the SYSTEM directory under Windows 98 and ME,
in the SYSTEM32 directory under W2000 and XP.
MS Smart Card Base Components
The CardMan 2020/6020 needs the Microsoft Smartcard Base Components for proper
operation.
The Microsoft Smartcard Base Components are automatically installed by the driver
files for Windows 98 and ME. Under W2000 and XP they are already integrated into
the operating system.
If you have accidentally installed the Base Components under Windows 2000 or XP, you
can recover the smartcard subsystem with the following commands on an
administrators console window:
Regsvr32 %windir%system32scardssp.dll
Scardsvr reinstall
Note: Only for Windows XP you must additionally create a .reg file.
DO NOT TRY THIS UNDER W2000 !
To create this file do the following:
a) Open an editor (e. g. Notepad)
b) Type in the text as listed below:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesSCardSvr]
“ObjectName”=”NT AUTHORITYLocalService”
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesSCardDrv]
“ObjectName”=”NT AUTHORITYLocalService”
c) Click on File –> Save as, choose a directory and name the file
(e. g. Scard_xp.reg.