Purpose

To update the minimum PaySR workstation requirements for Year 2000 compliancy.

Background

The following minimum hardware requirements are necessary to permit access to all PaySR applications including data entry, query and training.

Employees Affected

All PaySR System End Users

Minimum Workstation Requirements

The personal computer (PC) or workstation accessing PaySR and NYSTEP will need to run either Windows 95 or Windows NT. The amount of memory required in the PC is based upon the Windows version used (see lists below).

Minimum Hardware Requirements for All PCs

• Y2K Compliant 486 or Pentium-based microprocessor; Pentium recommended. (Y2K compliancy should be confirmed with your technical support staff or your PC's manufacturer.)
• 25 MB of free disk space minimum; 50 MB recommended
• VGA or SVGA video adapter (256 color)
• Network interface card (NIC) or Serial port for use with modem connection
• Microsoft serial mouse or 100% compatible
• PCs running:
  • Windows 95 - Require at Least - 16 MB of memory (RAM) (32 MB recommended)
  • Windows NT - Require at Least - 32 MB of memory (RAM) (64 MB recommended)

Y2K compliancy of the operating system should be confirmed with your technical staff. Agencies should be aware that multiple Citrix sessions (having PaySR and any other Citrix application open at the same time) cannot be established simultaneously with dial-up access.

Note that the minimum requirements listed above include only the resources required for access to PaySR and NYSTEP. Other applications or functions, including word processing, printing, etc., on each workstation should also be taken into consideration in determining the actual workstation requirements.

Questions

Questions regarding this bulletin may be directed to the OSC Help Desk at (518) 486-6745.