Enforced Client Product Guide

Installing Enforced Client

 

Installing Enforced Client

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Installing Enforced Client

Install the client software in any of the following ways:

Standard URL installation

Use the URL you received in your welcome email message to install the software on your computer and access the SecurityCenter website. Then install the software on other computers using a standard or customized URL, or send the URL to users with instructions on how to install.

Advanced Installation options

From an administrative computer, visit the SecurityCenter website and use these methods to remotely install the software on one or more computers simultaneously without user interaction.

Silent installation

Download a program called VSSETUP.EXE, then run it at the command line. This method requires a third-party deployment tool, a login script, or a link to an executable file in an email message.

Push installation

Download the Push Install utility, then deploy the software directly from your service provider’s website.

Standard URL installation

URL installation is the most common installation method. Users install the client software individually, by downloading it from a company-specific URL.

„Requirements

„Sending an installation URL to users

„Installing on client computers

Requirements

To use the Internet URL installation method, the client computer’s user must have:

„Local administrator rights.

Administrator rights are not the default. You need to change the Windows configuration or deploy a standalone installation agent (see Install the standalone installation agent on page 34 for more information).

„Sufficient rights to install an ActiveX control and a product to the system. (This is not required for computers running Windows Vista.)

„An Internet connection.

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