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

In order for you to take full advantage of an administrative installation, Personal Communications is enabled to run from source. This permits administrators to leave only a minimal footprint on the users machine by allowing users to run program features directly from the network server.

Note:

An administrative installation must be completed prior to installing and running Personal Communications from source, where the source medium is a 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 NT®, 2000, and XP 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.

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.