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 == Windows ==
-Cumulus MX initiates a web server, to do this it may need administrative access, consequently to avoid having to run it as an administrator you can issue a command that allows all users to bind to port 8998 (used for the Cumulus interface). Note that if you change the interface port as described below, you should change the 8998 to whatever port you are using. To enter the command, first open a command window as administrator. One way to do this is to right click the windows symbol at the start of the windows task bar. The option to choose there (on windows 10) is '''Windows PowerShell (admin)''', but an option called '''Command Prompt (Administrator)''' will also work. Once that opens a new window type:
+Cumulus MX initiates a web server, to do this it may need administrative access, consequently to avoid having to run MX as an administrator you can issue a command that allows all users to bind to port 8998 which is the web server it initiates (this is used for the Cumulus MX user interface). Note that if you plan to change the interface port by using the port parameter in your launch of MX, you should change the 8998 to whatever port you are planning on using. To enter the command, first open a command window as administrator. One way to do this is to right click the windows symbol at the start of the windows task bar. The option to choose there (on windows 10) is '''Windows PowerShell (admin)''', but an option called '''Command Prompt (Administrator)''' will also work. Once that opens a new window type:
 <pre>
 netsh http add urlacl url=http://*:8998/ user=\users
 </pre>
-You only need to do that once.
+You only need to do that once. After than you can initiate MX from any user, you don't need to run as administrator.
-#Each time you want to run Cumulus:
+'''Each time you want to run Cumulus:'''
-#*Open the folder where you installed MX and click on the CumulusMX.exe to run it.  (There are some optional parameters that can be used)
+#First start the engine in one of the following 3 ways  (there are some optional parameters that can be used with the .exe call as mentioned earlier):
+#*Open the folder where you installed MX and click on the CumulusMX.exe to run it.
 #* OR create a shortcut on your desktop (and/or the taskbar) for that executable and click the shortcut to start the engine.
 #* OR place the shortcut in the start up folder for the user account so MX automatically starts when you connect/log in.
-# Start the user interface, when you need it (when you first use MX you will need it to access the settings where you tell MX what type of station you have and what units you want to use, and set various timing options), it normally runs on port 8998 (to vary that there is a '''-port''' parameter that is followed by required port and has to be entered every time you start MX).
+# Next start the user interface, it does not need to run all the time, but only when you need it (when you first use MX you will need it to access the settings where you tell MX what type of station you have and what units you want to use, and set various timing options), it normally runs on port 8998 (to vary that there is a '''-port''' parameter that is followed by required port and that port parameter has to be entered every time you start MX if you are not using the default port).
 == Linux and OS X ==