Acronis Backup for PC - Installation Guide - Manual (Page 8)

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2.2.1 Installation mode
Choose the installation mode depending on whether you have a license key or subscription.
Installing in the trial mode
Select I want to start a free trial.
The product will be installed in the trial mode (p. 3).
Installing for cloud backup only
1. Select I purchased a license or a subscription, and then click Next.
2. In License for backup of disks/files, select Cloud backup only - license not required.
3. Click Next, and then click Yes in the confirmation window.
Prior to backing up to the cloud storage, you need to activate a subscription to the cloud backup
service on the machine.
Installing in the full mode
1. Select I purchased a license or a subscription, and then click Next.
2. Click Add licenses.
3. Enter a license key and then click Next.
2.2.2 Specifying credentials for the Acronis service
Acronis Backup uses the Acronis Managed Machine Service, also referred to as the agent service.
When installing Acronis Backup, you need to specify the account under which the service will run.
You can either create a dedicated user account or specify an existing account of a local or domain
user; for example: .\LocalUser or DomainName\DomainUser
By default, the setup program will create a new dedicated account for the service.
When to choose an existing account?
The new account fits most cases. You must specify an existing account when installing the product on
a domain controller in an Active Directory domain (provided that the product supports Windows
Server operating systems). This restriction does not apply to ordinary members of a domain.
Privileges for the account
The account (whether existing or newly created) is given the following privileges:
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The account is included in the Backup Operators group.
The new account for the service is also included in the Administrators group. For security
reasons, the setup program does not automatically include the existing account in this group.
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The account is granted the Full Control permission on the folder %PROGRAMDATA%\Acronis (in
Windows XP and Server 2003, %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\Acronis) and on its
subfolders.
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The account is granted the Full Control permission on registry keys in the following key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Acronis.
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The account is assigned the Log on as a service, Adjust memory quotas for a process, Replace a
process level token, and Modify firmware environment values user rights.