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Installation Methods

This section provides a summary of the different client installation methods to perform a fresh installation of the OfficeScan client. All installation methods require local administrator rights on the target computers.

If you are installing clients and want to enable IPv6 support, read the guidelines in Client Installation and IPv6 Support.

Installation Methods

Installation Method/ Operating System Support

Deployment Considerations

 

WAN Deploy­ment

Cen­trally Man­aged

Requires
User Interven­tion

Requires
IT Resource

Mass deploy­ment

Bandwidth
Consumed

Web install page

Supported on all operating systems except Windows Server Core 2008

No

No

Yes

No

No

High

Login Script Setup

Supported on all operating systems

No

No

Yes

Yes

No

High, if installations start at the same time

Client Packager

Supported on all operating systems

No

No

Yes

Yes

No

Low, if scheduled

Client Packager (MSI package deployed through Microsoft SMS)

Supported on all operating systems

Yes

Yes

Yes/No

Yes

Yes

Low, if scheduled

Client Packager (MSI package deployed through Active Directory)

Supported on all operating systems

Yes

Yes

Yes/No

Yes

Yes

High, if installations start at the same time

From the Remote Installation page

Supported on all operating systems except:

  • Windows Vista Home Basic and Home Premium Editions

  • Windows XP Home Edition

  • Windows 7 Home Basic/Home Premium

No

Yes

No

Yes

No

High

Client disk image

Supported on all operating systems

No

No

No

Yes

No

Low

Trend Micro Vulnerability Scanner (TMVS)

Supported on all operating systems except:

  • Windows Vista Home Basic and Home Premium Editions

  • Windows XP Home Edition

No

Yes

No

Yes

No

High

See also: