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ABBYY FineReader 10 Corporate Edition
System Administrator’s Guide
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Deploying ABBYY FineReader 10 in a LAN
General
ABBYY FineReader 10 can be installed and used on a local area network.
The automated installation methods give you speed and flexibility when installing ABBYY FineReader 10 Corporate Edition on a
local area network, as you do not have to install the program manually on each individual workstation.
Deploying ABBYY FineReader 10
ABBYY FineReader can be deployed from any computer running under Microsoft® Windows® XP (or later).
The deployment process comprises the following steps:
1. Administrative installation
a. Installing ABBYY FineReader 10 CE License Server and ABBYY FineReader 10 CE License Manager
For detailed instructions, see Installing the License Server and the License Manager
.
Note: The computer on which ABBYY FineReader 10 License Manager is installed becomes a License Administrator
Station.
b. Creating an administrative installation point
An administrative installation point is created by providing a server name and simply copying the setup package from
the CD–ROM into a folder on the server.
For detailed instructions, see Creating an administrative installation point.
Note: You can change the network connection settings used by the License Server, the License Manager, and the
workstations. For details, see How can I change the network connection settings?
2. Managing the licenses
A special ABBYY FineReader 10 License Manager application is used for managing licenses.
For the licenses to be correctly distributed among the workstations when installing ABBYY FineReader 10, you must give
certain workstations priority in obtaining certain licenses. For this purpose, reserve licenses and pools of licenses for certain
workstations.
A pool of licenses is a set of licenses or serial numbers of equal standing. License pools make working with licenses easier.
For example, instead of reserving each license separately, you can add it into a pool and then reserve the pool for certain
workstations (see License Pools
).
For details, see Step 2. Managing Licenses
.
3. Installing ABBYY FineReader on workstations using one of the following methods:
● manually in interactive mode
● via the command line
● Active Directory
● Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS),
● Task Scheduler
For detailed instructions, see Step 3. Installing ABBYY FineReader 10 on Workstations
.
Note:
● The server (\\MyLicenseServer) on which the License Server is installed must run under Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft
Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7, or Microsoft Windows Server 2008.
● The server (\\MyFileServer) on which the administrative installation point is created must be a file server running under any
operating system that supports long file names.
● The administrative installation point and the License Server can be located either on the same or on different computers.
Important!
1. Do not place the License Server into the same folder with the administrative installation point.
2. Do not install several different versions of ABBYY FineReader on the same workstation.
Administrative installation folder requirements
1. 750 MB free hard–disk space to create an administrative installation point
2. Read access to the administrative installation folder (e.g.\\MyFileServer\Programs Distribs\ABBYY FineReader 10) for
all users on whose computers ABBYY FineReader is to be installed.
3. When using Active Directory® to deploy ABBYY FineReader 10, the Domain Computers accounts must have read
permissions for the administrative installation folder.