<html><h3> Visual Studio 2008: Build and Run </h3></html>
 
-Parallel builds should be disabled. As much as we would love to support building projects in parallel, the constraints of current code-base will not allow for it.  By default, Visual Studio is configured to build _x_ number of projects in parallel, where _x_ is the number of physical CPUs or cores you have on the machine; you will need to disable this feature before being able to successfully build Condor.  These changes can be made as follows:
+Parallel builds should be disabled (*these can actually be used now, Ben Burnett [2009-07-10]*). As much as we would love to support building projects in parallel, the constraints of current code-base will not allow for it.  By default, Visual Studio is configured to build _x_ number of projects in parallel, where _x_ is the number of physical CPUs or cores you have on the machine; you will need to disable this feature before being able to successfully build Condor.  These changes can be made as follows:
 
 1: From the *Tools* menu, select *Options...*
 1: In the *Options* dialog, expand *Project and Solutions*, and select *Build and Run*
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 <html><h3> Environment </h3></html>
 
-<html><h4> Externals </h4></html>
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-Depending on how you have the externals checked-out on your system, you may need to set the following environment variable:
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-  EXTERN_DIR = C:\workspace\externals\externals
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-This can be set at the command line, or made permanent via the GUI:
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-1: Open the *Control Panel*
-1: Double click on the *System* applet
-1: In the left pane, under *Tasks*, click on *Advanced system settings*
-1: In *System Properties* select the *Advanced* tab
-1: Click on the *Environment Variables...*
-1: Click on *New...* and enter the path to the externals
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 <html><h4> NMI </h4></html>
 
 In NMI, the test lab we use here, you will also need to create a user account from which we will derive the slot user profiles from.  This is a fairly simple process, but for compleatness, the steps are included.