Administrative Installation

An administrative installation copies a source image of Personal Communications installation files onto a network drive. The resulting location of this source image is called the installation point. After you complete an administrative installation, any user connected to the network can install Personal Communications to their own workstation by pointing to the installation point and running the setup. An administrative installation offers two installation choices to users:

Installation directly to their system from the network server
Installation to run from the network server

To begin an administrative installation, disable the AutoPlay function on your system or simply close the Personal Communications welcome window when it opens. With the installation image in the drive:

Open a command prompt and switch to the Personal Communications installation directory by typing
```
E:
```
where E: is the installation image drive.
At the command prompt, enter:
- ```
cd pcomm_pkgs\mls\install\pcomm
```
  for languages such as English, Japanese, Spanish, etc.
- ```
cd pcomm_pkgs\chs\install\pcomm
```
- for Simplified Chinese
- ```
cd pcomm_pkgs\cht\install\pcomm
```
  for Traditional Chinese
- ```
cd pcomm_pkgs\kor\install\pcomm
```
  for Korean
From this directory, type
```
setup.exe /a
```
The Windows Installer welcome dialog for Personal Communications opens. Click Next to continue with the installation.
The License Agreement dialog opens. Click the button to accept the terms of agreement. You can print the license agreement by clicking Print. If you decline the license agreement, the installation process terminates. Click Next to continue.
Note:

Windows® administrators have the option to accept the license agreement on behalf of all users. This allows users who install Personal Communications from the network server to skip the license agreement window during installation.
The Network Location dialog opens. You can type the desired network installation point in the command line or click Change to browse for a location.
Click Install to complete the installation process.

Note:

To remove the source image of Personal Communications from your network server you must manually delete the source image directory from the network location.

Installing from Network Server

After the administrative installation is complete, any user connected to the network can install Personal Communications from the network server. To install from the network server:

Click Run... on the Windows Start menu.
Type
```
X:\MyLocation\setup.exe
```
in the command line (where X: is your network server and MyLocation is the installation point designated in the administrative installation) or click Browse to browse for the location on the network.
The Windows Installer welcome dialog opens. Proceed with the installation as described in Installing to a Local Hard Drive.

Installing to Run from Source, Where Source Medium Is a Network Server

After the administrative installation is complete, any user connected to the network can install Personal Communications to their workstation and designate any available features to run from source, where source medium is a network server (see Feature Selection for a description of available features). In this scenario, feature shortcuts are placed on the Personal Communications menu but are not installed to the local hard drive. To install and run from the network server:

Click Run... on the Windows Start menu.
Type
```
X:\MyLocation\setup.exe
```
in the command line (where X: is your network server and MyLocation is the installation point designated in the administrative installation) or click Browse to browse for the location on the network.
The Windows Installer welcome dialog opens. Proceed with the installation as described in Installing to a Local Hard Drive, selecting Custom as your setup type.
In the Feature Selection dialog, click on the icon to the right of a desired feature to view its available installation options.
To select the feature to run from the network server, click on one of the following two options:
- This feature will be installed to run from network to select a single feature to run from the network.
- This feature, and all subfeatures, will be installed to run from the network to select the feature and all of its associated subfeatures to run from the network.
After making feature selection choices, proceed with the installation as described in Custom Installation.

Note:

If you choose to run from source, all subfeatures are available, regardless of which subfeatures were selected or deselected using the feature tree.

Installing Patches

The recommended method for installing Personal Communications fix packs in conjunction with administrative installation images is as follows:

Install Personal Communications from an administrative installation image that has no fix packs applied.
Distribute the fix pack patch (.msp) files to the client machines.
Install the patch files locally on the client machines.

This procedure significantly reduces the data that need to be transferred to each client machine. This also avoids the restriction detailed in Applying Fix Packs to a Local Client. If the recommended procedure cannot be used, see Applying Fix Packs to an Image for the necessary conditions.

For more information on using Windows Installer command-line parameters to install patches, refer to the Microsoft® Windows Installer SDK at http://www.msdn.microsoft.com.

Applying Fix Packs to an Image

In order to apply a fix pack to an administrative installation image, you must begin with an image with no fix packs applied. That is, you must restore the image to the base release and manufacturing refresh level. You do not need to revert to an earlier manufacturing refresh level.

For example, you must restore Version 5.7, Manufacturing Refresh 2, Fix Pack 1 (V5.7.2.1) to a level with no fix packs applied (Version 5.7.2.0). You cannot apply a fix pack to an image that includes any prior fix pack.

Applying Fix Packs to a Local Client

You cannot apply a fix pack on a machine where Personal Communications was installed with an administrative installation image that had a fix pack applied. In addition, you cannot use the Personal Communications Product Update Tool to commit an update.

You must apply the fix pack to the administrative installation image (using the procedure indicated in Applying Fix Packs to an Image) and reinstall the client on the machine.

This restriction does not exist for client installations using an administrative installation image that has had no fix packs applied--local updates can be applied in that situation. The restriction is also not applicable for installations from the product CD.