Creating an administrative (network) installation

An administrative installation (distribution copy) of NetSupport School is designed to assist administrators to install NetSupport School on networked PCs where the installation media or licence details may not be readily available and it is anticipated that a number of installs will be performed either at once or over a period of time.

This type of installation can also be pre-configured to setup NetSupport School with certain options, therefore ensuring that all NetSupport School installations are configured the same.

Once created, the distribution copy can be used when performing a standard installation, a silent installation or as part of a remote deployment.

To set up a distribution copy of NetSupport School on a Server

  1. Create a folder on the network that is accessible to all PCs that you may want to install on.

  2. Copy, from your original source media, the file SETUP.EXE.

  3. Create and copy a valid NSM.LIC file to this folder. If a licence file is not present in the folder when running the install, NetSupport School will be installed using the default evaluation licence.

  4. Create and copy a CLIENT32U.INI file to this folder.

Note: You can make the network folder 'read-only' to avoid the configuration being altered by unauthorised users.

To install NetSupport School from a Server onto individual workstations

  1. At the required machine, navigate to the network folder containing the NetSupport School setup files.

  2. Run Setup.exe.

  3. Follow instructions in Starting the Installation.

See also:

Silent installation

NetSupport School Deploy