HELIOS Tech Info #172

Windows 10 client compatibility with PCShare UB64

We tested a pre-release version of Windows 10 (Build 10074, x86/x86_64) together with the current HELIOS PCShare UB64 version.

All client features work properly, including:

• PCShare UB64 SMB/CIFS file server access via UNC
• PCShare UB64 SMB/CIFS file server access via a mounted network drive
• Printing from a Windows 10 client to a PCShare UB64 server

PCShare client tools including:

• Changing permissions from Windows 10 clients
• Spotlight search from Windows 10 clients
• Changing color labels and file comments from Windows 10 clients
• HELIOS Admin (64-bit Java required)
• WebShare Manager (32-bit Java required for a 32-bit OS, 64-bit Java for a 64-bit OS)

Known limitation:

• Printing from a PCShare UB64 server via SMB (smbif) to a printer connected to a Windows 10 client does not work. We are investigating further into this, however users use this feature rarely, therefore it should be no problem.

Note: This Tech Info covers Windows 10 as a PCShare client only. HELIOS server services on Windows 10 have not been tested because the supported Windows Server platforms are Windows Server 2008 and 2012.