Installing, first run and the licence
You will be able to: Describe the install choices that protect existing data; Complete the first-run steps; Read licence state, seats and grace, and activate, renew or move a licence.
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Zeyto has two Windows installers. The server installer goes on the Zeyto computer and lays down the database, the Edge service, a firewall rule for port 8443 on private and domain networks, and the Start Menu tools. The client installer goes on staff PCs and installs only the desktop app.
If Zeyto is already installed
When the installer finds existing data, a page asks what to do. The default is Keep my data. Back up my data first is ticked by default and saves a file in Documents\Zeyto Backups. Choosing Delete my data and start empty asks for a second confirmation. A page also lets someone who cannot sign in set a new login during the install. Silent installs never delete data unless given an exact phrase.
First run
- Open Zeyto. It asks you to set the administrator password and name your company.
- Open Settings ▸ Company Profile and complete it, especially the TRN and Base Currency (next lessons).
- Add your users, then take a first backup and switch on the daily backup.
Start Menu tools on the Zeyto computer
| Item | Use it to |
|---|---|
| Restart Zeyto Edge | Restart the service. It waits until Zeyto answers again, which can take longer after an update |
| Back up Zeyto data | Make a plain backup file in Documents\Zeyto Backups, checked after writing |
| Restore Zeyto data | Restore a plain backup. Asks you to type RESTORE and saves a safety copy of today first |
| Reset Zeyto login | Set a new password, or create an Administrator, when nobody can sign in |
The licence
Settings ▸ License shows the state, end date, modules (Features) and seats. Only people with the settings.amend permission, Admin included, can activate.
| State | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Valid | In date and working |
| Grace | The end date has passed but Zeyto works in full for the grace days written into the licence (normally 7 for a paid licence, none for a trial) |
| Suspect | The computer clock looks set back by more than a day; correct the date |
| ReadOnly | The licence has ended, or no valid licence is loaded; data is kept but modules stop working |
Activate, renew or move
- Copy the licence key from your purchase email or the portal at zeyto.app/my.
- Paste it into Licence key on the License screen and press Activate. This is the one step that needs the internet.
- Restart Zeyto Edge. The new licence only starts working after the restart.
To renew, buy or upgrade in the portal, then activate the key again and restart. To move to a new computer: install Zeyto, restore your backup first, then release the old device in the portal, then paste the key and activate on the new computer. Restoring first matters because activating first wastes a seat.
Try it in the demo
- Open Settings ▸ License in the demo and read the state, Expires, Features and Seats & Limits.
- Find the Renew / Upgrade in Portal button and the Licence key box (do not activate anything).
- Read the list of Start Menu tools above and note where each one writes its files.
Public demo company, sign in as admin / demoAdmin123. Data refreshes nightly.
- Install choices default to keeping data and backing up first.
- First run: set the admin password, name the company, complete Company Profile.
- Licence states: Valid, Grace, Suspect, ReadOnly; activation needs the internet and a restart.
- Moving computers: restore, release the old device, then activate.
Check yourself
5 questions on this lesson. Not timed, not the exam, and you can try again. Score 60% or more, and read the lesson, to complete it.