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Hi Peter,
i have installed idv(version 1.2b2) on window 2000 machine by using webstart. And i have installed it as administrator,but users of the system cannot see it when they log on using their accounts. i wonder what might be the problem?
Here are the instructions for running the IDV under webstart: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/content/software/IDV/webstart/IDV/index.htmlIf you have webstart properly installed on the machines then, to start the IDV, just bring up
this link in a browser: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/content/software/IDV/webstart/IDV/idv.jnlp -Jeff