Accessing the Document Server under Windows Vista

Accessing the Document Server under Windows Vista
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Step 1: Installing software update

Before using WebDAV under Windows Vista you have to install a Microsoft Software Update. Proceed as follows:

Open a web browser.

Enter following address: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/907306

Browse to More Information and click on Download the Software Update for Web Folders package now.

On the download page click on Download. The file Webfldrs-KB907306-ENU.exe will be downloaded.

Double-click on the file. The installation will be launched.

Step 2: Add network resource

In the Windows Start menu choose Computer.

In the Explorer right-click on the free area of the right window pane.

From the context menu choose Add a Network Location. The dialog window Add a Network Location opens.

Figure 7.2. Adding a network location

Step 3: Select network location

In the dialog window Add network location click on Next.

Select Choose a custom network location. Click on Next.

In the dialog window Add network path enter following address:

http://<address>/servlet/webdav.infostore

whereas <address> has to be replaced by the Open-Xchange Server's IP address or URL.

Step 4: Credentials

In the next dialog window enter your username and password. Use your login data for the Open-Xchange Server.

Step 5. Finish

In the next dialog window you can assign a name to the resource or keep the suggested name.

In the next dialog window click on Finish. The setting is then completed.

Access the infostore

In the Windows Explorer open Computer. The InfoStore can be found under the name assigned in step 5.

Delete

If you delete an entry in Windows Explorer, the whole document is deleted, i.e. all versions of this document are lost.

Explorer

Due to the Explorer functionality only the current version of a document is displayed. The version history and possibly existing additional information are not displayed in the browser window.