Start Neotys Design Studio in non-privileged mode

On Windows

Neotys Design Studio 5.5 can be started in non-privileged mode with Windows. This is useful when the Neotys Design Studio 5.5 user is not the administrator of the Controller machine. To open the graphical interface of Neotys Design Studio 5.5 in non-privileged mode, it is necessary to double-click the file Neotys Design Studio 5.5\bin\NeoLoadGUI_NoPrivilege.exe

When started in non-privileged mode, Neotys Design Studio 5.5 displays a message box to warn that some Neotys Design Studio 5.5 functions are unavailable:

WAN Emulation on the local Load Generator, described in WAN emulation.
Recording RTMP applications, described in Record an Adobe RTMP application.
Recording applications in tunnel mode, described in Record an HTTP application in tunnel mode and Record a native application in tunnel mode.

Tip: It is often easier to ask for administration privileges on the Controller machine to avoid the downgraded mode and start Neotys Design Studio 5.5 as described in Open the Graphical User Interface.

To start Neotys Design Studio 5.5 in non-privileged mode with Windows

Execute Neotys Design Studio 5.5\bin\NeoLoadGUI_NoPrivilege.exe

On OS X

By default, Neotys Design Studio 5.5 is started as a normal user with OS X.

As a normal user, some NeoLoad functions are unavailable:

Recording RTMP applications, described in Record an Adobe RTMP application.
Recording applications in Tunnel mode, described in Record an HTTP application in tunnel mode and Record a native application in tunnel mode.

Activating these functions is considered advanced usage and requires running NeoLoad as the "root" user.

To start NeoLoad as the "root" user with OS X

Execute Neotys Design Studio 5.5/bin/advanced/NeoLoadGUIAsRoot.app

When NeoLoad is run on OS X as root, preferences, logs files, and project files are specific to the "root" user and separate from the currently logged-in user. Any projects saved as the root user are readable by normal users but cannot be modified.