Novell Doc: Sentinel 6.1 Installation Guide - Configuration Requirements

7.3 Configuration Requirements

Ensure that a local administrator account is used to install Crystal Reports Server.
Set Data Execution Prevention (DEP) to run on essential Windows programs and services only.
1. Go to Control Panel > System > Advanced tab > Performance Settings > Data Execution Prevention.
2. Select Turn on DEP for essential Windows programs and services only.
  
  NOTE:This is required to avoid Error 1920. Service Crystal Report Cache Server on Windows Server 2003.
Ensure that the Sentinel server and database is already installed.
Ensure that you know the authentication mode that was chosen for the Sentinel Report User. If you are using the local database authentication, esecrpt is the username. If you are using Windows authentication, the username can be anything of your choice. The authentication mode is set during the Sentinel installation process, as shown in the screen below. For more information on the Sentinel installation process, see Section 3.0, Installing Sentinel 6.1 SP2.

NOTE:The esecrpt password can be explicitly set in Windows.
Video resolution should be set to 1024 x 768 or higher.
Ensure that Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) and ASP.NET are installed. For more information, see Section 7.5.1, Installing Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) and ASP.NET.