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# Setting Up an Apple Remote Desktop Client Computer for the First Time

The following section contains information about setting up Apple Remote Desktop 3 on client computers. Depending on the version of Mac OS X, different versions of the Apple Remote Desktop client software are installed.

Mac OS X version installed | Apple Remote Desktop client version included
--- | ---
10.3 | 1.2
10.4 | 2.2
10.5 | 3.2

If a client computer uses an older version of the Apple Remote Desktop client, you must perform an upgrade installation, even if you are setting up the client for the first time.

See Upgrading the Client Software for more information.

If the Apple Remote Desktop client software was removed from the computer, you can install a fresh copy of the most recent client software by installing Apple Remote Desktop manually.

See Method -Manual Installation for more information.

If you're setting up Mac OS X Server for the first time using Server Setup Assistant, you can enable Apple Remote Desktop as one of the initial services. This allows you to administer a server immediately after server software installation by providing Remote Desktop with the user name and password of the default system administrator.