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How to Create an Administrative Installation Point for Installing Entrust Security Provider for Windows

An administrative installation point is a method of installing software to multiple computers on a network using Microsoft's install engine. This is advantageous to Administrators of a large group of users. It allows the administrator to...

Author: Kareem Winters1 minutes read
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    Un-pack/Unzip the software package that is going to be installed
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    Right Click the Zip package and choose 'Extract All...'
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    Extract the installation files to c:Entrust
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    Locate the main installation file eespwin32.msi
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    Click Start -> Run
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    Type 'CMD' without the quotes in the Open field, and click OK. This will bring up a command prompt.
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    Select the command prompt window.
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    Use 'cd' command to change directory to c:Entrust by typing "cdEntrust"
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    Type Msiexec.exe /a 'c:Entrusteespwin32.msi'
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    Follow the prompts to create the install point based on the documentation for your software.
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    When Prompted for what folder to create the installation point, type in c:eespwin9
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    Finish the installation process
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    Verify the administrative install point exists by navigating to the location you specified in step 6

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