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## Contacting Technical Support Officer
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<p class="trigger"><a href="#">Overview of the ticketing system</a></p>
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<p class="trigger"><a href="#">Do I need a license key to install Team Pulse Standard and Community Editions?</a></p>
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<p>The installation of Team Pulse Community Edition does not require a license key, while Team Pulse Standard Edition does. Your license key will be generated upon purchase. To activate it you will need to provide your login credentials upon starting the product on your machine. Instructions on how to install are provided in the purchase notification e-mail.</p>
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## Administrative Level Access
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<p class="trigger"><a href="#why-test-studio-requires-administrative-level-access.">Does Test Studio Require Administrative Level Access?</a></p>
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<p>After release R2 2021 (v.2021.2.727) Test Studio features do not require administrative rights to function properly. </p>
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<p>Test Studio features do not require administrative rights to function properly. </p>
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<p>Only certain configuration tasks require to be initiated from Windows Administrator account. Here is a list of these:</p>
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<li><strong>1. <a href="/prerequisites/installation/install-procedure" target="_blank">Test Studio installation</a></strong> – initial install, modification of existing installation, uninstall.</li>
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<li><strong>2. <a href="/automated-tests/scheduling/overview" target="_blank">Configuration of the Test Studio Services</a></strong> – Test Studio starts Windows services and registers certain ports to be available for non-admin users.</li>
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<li><strong>3. Collect Performance counters data during <a href="/automated-tests/load/overview" target="_blank">Load</a> and <a href="/automated-tests/performance/overview" target="_blank">Performance</a> testing</strong> – Test Studio gathers system and network traffic related data. </li>
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<li><strong>4. <a href="/automated-tests/source-control/tfs/overview-tfs" target="_blank">TFS Source Control</a> and <a href="/features/integration/bug-tracking/configuration" target="_blank">Bug Tracking</a></strong> - TFS prompts for admin user to download the repo locally, this is a TFS requirement. </li>
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## Test Recording
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<p class="trigger"><a href="#">Why can't I record my Silverlight application in Chrome/Firefox/Safari?</a></p>
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<p>Silverlight recording only works when using Internet Explorer. The other browsers are not capable of recording Silverlight UI elements.</p>
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<p>Recording requires Test Studio (including the Visual Studio plug-in) to run at Administrator level access. Anything less than this and Windows blocks our connection attempt to Internet Explorer as a "security threat". You must run Visual Studio as Administrator.<br><br>
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<a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/ff431742.aspx" target="_blank">This</a> article explains how to configure an application to always run as an administrator.</p>
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<p class="trigger"><a href="#">Can I automate CAPTCHA?</a></p>
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<p>Test Studio cannot be used to automate it. CAPTCHA is specifically designed to ensure the response is generated by a person and not a computer.<br><br>The best we can offer is to add a <a href="/features/custom-steps/manual-step" target="_blank">Manual Step</a> to your test script and you manually enter the correct CAPTCHA phrase into the application. The rest of the application can be automated via the script.</p>
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<p>Test Studio cannot be used to automate it. CAPTCHA is specifically designed to ensure the response is generated by a person and not a computer.<br><br>The best we can offer in terms of testing phase for an application is as follows:
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<p>Test Studio has built-in support for TFS source control. However you can use other source control systems as well. Since all Test Studio projects are file based, you can use any source control system outside of Test Studio that will check files in and out.</p>
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<p>Test Studio has built-in support for Git-based repositories. However you can use other source control systems as well. Since all Test Studio projects are file based, you can use any source control system outside of Test Studio that will check files in and out.</p>
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<p class="trigger"><a href="#">When I try to open a test project from TFS I get the error "Settings.aiis file is missing".</a></p>
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<p>When selecting the folder on your local hard drive to put the project files, you should select the parent folder to add the project to. Test Studio will create a new folder in that parent folder, put the files into this new child folder then open the project from there. If there is already a TFS workspace mapping in place Test Studio will try to open the test project from the wrong folder resulting in this error.</p>
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<p>To hook into the browser or your WPF application in order to drive it as if a real person would, Yes Test Studio requires administrator level access to accomplish this. Anything less than administrator level access and Windows will block our attempt to hook into it viewing it as a "security" threat.<br><br>
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If you're using the Visual Studio plug-in and trying to run your test in Internet Explorer, make sure that Visual Studio was started as administrator. Our plug-in requires administrator level access in order to take control of Internet Explorer. Anything less than this and Windows will block our connection attempt believing it to be a security threat. See this article for additional information: <a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/ff431742.aspx" target="_blank">Configure Applications to Always Run as an Administrator</a>
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<p class="trigger"><a href="#">Is there a way I can run my tests in different versions of the same browser on the same machine, such as IE8 & 9 & 10?</a></p>
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<p>To run your tests in multiple versions of the same browser requires you to setup multiple machines. Test Studio can only use the version of the browser that is currently installed on one machine. If you want to do something like run your tests in Chrome v.130, v.131, and v.133 requires you to setup 3 different machines (which can be VM's) each with a different version of Chrome installed on it.</p>
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