STEP 4-Navy: NAVY ACTIVCLIENT INSTALLATION ASSISTANCE PAGE (Everyone other than Navy look here) |
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WINDOWS 8.1 & 10 USERS: If your CAC are one of the 6 shown below you "may" be able to use your CAC without needing to install any middleware.A guide to help figure out which CAC you have Read more about the older CACs and how to replace them
The Navy download sites below require you to login with your CAC
Windows 10 users click here for information on how to use your CAC on your computer.
Windows 8.1 users click here for information on how to use your CAC on your computer.
NAVY personnel have these options to get ActivClient (I wish it was easier for you to get the software):
1. Navy Reserve personnel with installation questions and troubleshooting can contact:
2. Contact your Information Technology (IT) personnel to get the software. The Command Information Assurance Manager (IAM) controls the licensing through the INFOSEC website.
3. Further questions can be sent to:
You may purchase ActivClient 7.1 (Works with Windows 7, 8, 8.1, & 10)
Navy specific issues:
INFORMATION FOR APPLE MAC USERS ONLY
NOTE: For whatever reason, in order to access some of the Navy CAC-enabled sites, you must CANCEL when it first asks for your PIN. After canceling, you can then choose your certificate, and it will give you a second opportunity to enter your PIN. At this point, the PIN must be entered.
Information for NAVY personnel using Apple Computers: NROWS will not continue to the login page if it identifies your browser as non-compatible. This is easily fixed by having Safari report it "is" IE. Go to Safari->Preferences ->Advanced and ensure the "Show develop menu" check box is ticked. Now when you open NROWS and it gives the browser error, go to the Develop menu in the menu bar and select User Agent->Internet Explorer (any version 6.0 or greater) The "Unsupported" page will refresh, just hit the back button and voila, you're at the login screen. This works from the Navy Reserve Web site, or directly to the URL: https://nrows.sscno.nmci.navy.mil/nrows/
Here is a very helpful Navy specific page
You can try this as well for NROWS, but, you'll need
Google Chrome:
NROWS sets some narrow parameters when it comes to User Agent
identification. Thursby software has figured this out. You'll need
to build an AppleScript and use Google Chrome as your browser:
Code:
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