Deploying Client Software
Once the OfficeScan server
components have been installed, there are five different methods
that you can use to deploy the client software to the
workstations:
- Login scripts:
Adding a program called autopcc.exe to your login script
will ensure all users are installed and updated with the
latest client program and pattern/engine files.
- Web browser:
Using Internet Explorer browser, users can connect to
OfficeScan server (the URL is
http://<serverAddress>/officescan/clientinstall)
and initiate installation with a click of a button.
(Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.2 or above to be running
on the target workstation)
- Windows NT remote
installation: Users with administrator
privileges may remotely install OfficeScan clients to NT
workstations on the network. (Available only to Windows
NT clients)
- Microsoft System
Management Server (SMS): Companies that use
Microsofts SMS may add OfficeScan installation to a
SMS job and then deploy it when the task is run.
- Hard disk imaging:
Many companies are using HDD imaging utilities to clone
hard drives when deploying new systems. OfficeScan
provides a utility to assist deploying OfficeScan in this
manner.
Note: Since two
antivirus programs running on the same computer can interfere
with each others function, the client installation programs
will automatically uninstall existing antivirus programs,
including Norton Antivirus version 5.x and above, VirusScan
version 3.x (McAfee) and above, and all previous versions of
Trend Micros PC-cillin or OfficeScan.