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ABBYY FineReader 14 System Administrator’s Guide Table of Contents Installation and activation methods by license type and product version .......... 6 Deployment methods ........................................................................................................................ 6 Deploying ABBYY FineReader 14 in a LAN (installation on more than one computer) .............................................................................................................
ABBYY FineReader 14 System Administrator’s Guide Installation and activation methods by license type and product version Availability of deployment methods for each license type Standalone Per Seat Concurrent Terminal Server Installation on one computer (standard software installation) + + Not recommended + Installation on a terminal server - - + + Installation on more than one computer: administrative installation with License Manager - + + - Installation on more than one computer: mult
ABBYY FineReader 14 System Administrator’s Guide manually in interactive mode The standard software installation method. This method is preferable for Standalone and Terminal Server licenses. via the command line You can use Silent installation type. No dialog boxes will be displayed during setup. Active Directory a) This method can only be used with Group Policy Management to deploy FineReader to specific computers or a group of domains.
ABBYY FineReader 14 System Administrator’s Guide Deploying ABBYY FineReader 14 in a LAN (installation on more than one computer) ABBYY FineReader 14 can be installed and used on a local area network. The automated installation methods give you speed and flexibility when installing ABBYY FineReader 14 Corporate on a local area network, as you do not have to install the program manually on each individual workstation.
ABBYY FineReader 14 System Administrator’s Guide Administrative installation folder requirements 1. 1,2 GB free hard-drive space to create an administrative installation point. 2. Read access to the administrative installation folder (e.g.\\MyFileServer\Distribs\ABBYY FineReader 14) for all users on whose computers ABBYY FineReader is to be installed. 3.
ABBYY FineReader 14 System Administrator’s Guide Administrative installation with License Server and License Manager Installing the License Server and the License Manager 1. Place the setup disk into the DVD drive and wait for it to start automatically or run the file License Server\Setup.exe on the setup disk or other installation media. 2. Select Mass Installation > Install and activate using the License Manager > Step 1.
ABBYY FineReader 14 System Administrator’s Guide %commonprogramfiles(х86)%\ ABBYY\FineReader\14.00\Licensing\NetworkLicenseServer.ini if you are using a 64-bit system) This file is located on the computer where the License Server has been installed. Add the following parameter to this file: [Licensing] EnableManagerAuthorization = false Important! For the changes to take effect, you must restart the ABBYY FineReader 14 CE Licensing Service. Creating an administrative installation point 1.
ABBYY FineReader 14 System Administrator’s Guide Managing Licenses ABBYY FineReader 14 License Manager is a special application provided with ABBYY FineReader 14 and intended for managing ABBYY FineReader licenses. The application is installed on the License Administration Station when ABBYY FineReader 14 is deployed in a local area network (see Installing the License Server and the License Manager for details).
ABBYY FineReader 14 System Administrator’s Guide Deploying a multi-user distribution package with per-seat licenses and automatic activation Unlike a regular distribution package, a multi-user distribution package does not require installing the License Server and the License Manager. Deploying a multi-user distribution package on a local area network comprises the following steps: 1.
ABBYY FineReader 14 System Administrator’s Guide Creating a multi-user administrative installation point with per-seat licenses 1. Run the Autorun.exe file on the ABBYY FineReader 14 DVD-ROM or in the folder where you copied the distribution package. Or You can run the file Setup.exe /a on the setup disk or other installation media. Note: see Additional command-line options for silent installation with additional options for command line installation 2.
ABBYY FineReader 14 System Administrator’s Guide Installing ABBYY FineReader 14 on Workstations Important! Prior to installing ABBYY FineReader 14 Corporate on workstations, you must: Create an administrative installation point and configure licenses using the ABBYY FineReader 14 License Manager (see Installing the License Server and the License Manager, Creating an administrative installation point, Managing Licenses).
ABBYY FineReader 14 System Administrator’s Guide 2. Run the setup.exe file in the administrative installation folder using the command line parameters described below. Silent installation For silent installation, type Setup.exe /qn In the case of silent installation, no setup dialog boxes are displayed and the program is installed in default configuration (the interface language is selected automatically based on the regional settings of the computer).
ABBYY FineReader 14 System Administrator’s Guide 1066 Vietnamese 2052 Chinese (Simplified) *The number of available interface languages depends on the type of your distribution package. /a – allow to create an administrative installation point /V"" passes the specified command line directly to msiexec.exe. Instead of the words "command line" you can specify the following: NO_HF=Yes - prohibits installing ABBYY Hot Folder.
ABBYY FineReader 14 System Administrator’s Guide Setup.exe /qn /L1049 /v INSTALLDIR="C:\ABBYY FineReader 14" STATISTICS_ALLOWED=0 This will install ABBYY FineReader 14 into C:\ABBYY FineReader 14. The menus, dialog boxes and other interface elements will be in Russian. Information about the selected ABBYY FineReader settings will not be send to ABBYY over the Internet. The set of available OCR languages depends on the type of the distribution package.
ABBYY FineReader 14 System Administrator’s Guide 5. Type a descriptive name and click OK. 6. Click the Add… button in the Security Filtering group and specify the groups that contain the computers where you want to install ABBYY FineReader 14.
ABBYY FineReader 14 System Administrator’s Guide 7. Right-click the Group Policy Object (GPO) you created and click Edit... on the shortcut menu 8. In the Group Policy Management Editor dialog box, click Computer Configuration>Policies>Software Settings>Software installation. 9. Click New>Package... on the shortcut menu.
ABBYY FineReader 14 System Administrator’s Guide 10. Specify the network path to the ABBYY FineReader 14.msi file (when installing on 32-bit systems) or the ABBYY FineReader 14 x64.msi file (when installing on 64-bit systems). These files are located in the ABBYY FineReader 14 distribution folder on the server. 11. Select the Advanced deployment method. 12. A dialog box will open.
ABBYY FineReader 14 System Administrator’s Guide machines option is disabled. 13. Select the Modifications tab and click Add... 14. Select the interface language file of the desired ABBYY FineReader 14 interface language. The language files are located in the the administrative installation folder on the server.
ABBYY FineReader 14 System Administrator’s Guide File names and their languages: 1026.mst Bulgarian 1028.mst Chinese (Traditional) 1029.mst Czech 1030.mst Danish 1031.mst German 1032.mst Greek 1033.mst English 1034.mst Spanish 1036.mst French 1038.mst Hungarian 1040.mst Italian 1041.mst Japanese 1042.mst Korean 1043.mst Dutch 1045.mst Polish 1046.mst Portuguese (Brazilian) 1049.mst Russian 1051.mst Slovak 1053.mst Swedish 1055.mst Turkish 1058.mst Ukrainian 1061.
ABBYY FineReader 14 System Administrator’s Guide To change the interface of ABBYY FineReader 14, complete the following steps: 1. Open the Group Policy Management console (for details, see steps 4-6 in the Example: Using Active Directory to deploy ABBYY FineReader 14 section). 2. In the Group Policy Management Editor, click User Configuration>Policies>Administrative Templates>Add/Remove Templates… and open the *.adm file you received. 3.
ABBYY FineReader 14 System Administrator’s Guide 5. To save the changes you made, update the group policies on the server and restart ABBYY FineReader 14 on the workstation. Note. The options listed above can also be disabled in ABBYY Hot Folder, ABBYY Compare Documents и ABBYY Screenshot Reader. Contact technical support to get *.adm files for these products.
ABBYY FineReader 14 System Administrator’s Guide 3. Installing the software on the specified computers by SCCM in accordance with the installation parameters specified in the script. Example: Using SCCM to deploy ABBYY FineReader 14 This example illustrates the deployment process on Microsoft Windows Server 2012. Create an administrative installation point (see Administrative installation) or a multi-user administrative installation point (see Creating a multi-user administrative installation point). 2.
ABBYY FineReader 14 System Administrator’s Guide down list. Specify the path to the administrative installation point in the Location box and click Next. Note. The 32-bit version of ABBYY FineReader 14 cannot be installed on a 64-bit system. The same is true for the 64-bit version on a 32-bit system. 6. Specify any required information about ABBYY FineReader. Do not make any changes in the Installation Program field. Click Next.
ABBYY FineReader 14 System Administrator’s Guide 7. Check that the application has been created successfully and close the Create Application Wizard.
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ABBYY FineReader 14 System Administrator’s Guide 8. To automatically upload installation files to workstations: a. Right-click the application you created and click Properties on the shortcut menu. b. In the dialog box that opens, select the Distribution Settings tab and enable the Automatically download content when packages are assigned to distribution points option.
ABBYY FineReader 14 System Administrator’s Guide 9. Recommended settings: On the Deployment Types tab, select the ABBYY FineReader 14 Windows Installer and click Edit. In the properties dialog box, select the Content tab and set Deployment options to Download content from distribution point and run locally. 10. To deploy the application to workstations, right-click it and click Deploy on the shortcut menu. Select the desired Device Collection in Collection.
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ABBYY FineReader 14 System Administrator’s Guide Installing ABBYY FineReader 14 on a Terminal Server The Terminal Server license Terminal Server licenses allow limiting the maximum number of ABBYY FineReader 14 users. The total number of users can be monitored by the administrator using Windows credentials. When the maximum number of users has been reached, the administrator can: 1. Remove specific users from the list in the License users dialog.
ABBYY FineReader 14 System Administrator’s Guide 1. Open the Server Manager and click Remote Desktop Services > Collections. 2. Click TASKS>Create Session Collection. 3. Specify the name of the collection. 4. Select the servers that will run the applications.
ABBYY FineReader 14 System Administrator’s Guide 5. Select the groups that will have access to the applications.
ABBYY FineReader 14 System Administrator’s Guide 6. Specify whether you would like to add a User Profile Disc. 7. Click Create. Add ABBYY FineReader 14 to the collection: 1. Open the Server Manager and click Remote Desktop Services>Collection>[name of collection]. 2. Click TASKS>Publish RemoteApp Programs 3. Select ABBYY FineReader 14 and click Next.
ABBYY FineReader 14 System Administrator’s Guide 4. Click Publish. Setting up Citrix XenApp When deploying ABBYY FineReader 14 using Citrix XenApp, use the Installed application accessed from a server scenario. To deploy ABBYY FineReader 14 Corporate: 1. Install FineReader on all servers in the Delivery Group of the Citrix farm*. 2. Create a Licensing Server with a sufficient number of Concurrent licenses.
ABBYY FineReader 14 System Administrator’s Guide 3. On the Users step, specify which users will have access to the Delivery Group or limit the Delivery Group to specific users. 4.
ABBYY FineReader 14 System Administrator’s Guide 5. a. From start menu… Select ABBYY FineReader 14 from the list. If you want users to have access to bundled applications without first starting FineReader, select these applications. Click OK. b. Manually… If several application directories are available on the selected servers, select the directory with ABBYY FineReader 14 in the Working directory box. Under Path to the executable file, specify the path to FineReader.
ABBYY FineReader 14 System Administrator’s Guide c. Add any applications you want to appear in the same Delivery Group as ABBYY FineReader 14 and click Next. 6. On the Destops step, add the desktops that will be provided by the Delivery Group. If you do not want to provide access to desktops, skip this step.
ABBYY FineReader 14 System Administrator’s Guide 7. On the Summary step, specify a name for the Delivery Group under Delivery Group name and a description under Delivery Group description, used as label in Receiver (optional). Complete the Delivery Group creation process. 8. Select the Delivery Group you just created and click Edit Delivery Group.
ABBYY FineReader 14 System Administrator’s Guide Frequently Asked Questions Can I clone an operating system that has ABBYY FineReader 14 installed? To deploy ABBYY FineReader 14 you can clone your Microsoft Windows 7/8/10 operating system. After cloning your OS, you will need to activate ABBYY FineReader 14. An unactivated copy of ABBYY FineReader 14 will not run or will run in trail mode, depending on your version of the product.
ABBYY FineReader 14 System Administrator’s Guide Note: If ABBYY FineReader is already installed on the workstations, repair ABBYY FineReader on all the workstations. For detailed instructions, see How can I repair ABBYY FineReader 14 on the workstations? Setting up the connection protocol [Licensing] ConnectionProtocolType=[TCP\IP | NAMED PIPES] This parameter allows you to specify the protocol to be used (TCP\IP) or Named Pipes.
ABBYY FineReader 14 System Administrator’s Guide 1. Remove the License Server from the computer on which it was installed. Note: If this computer is inaccessible, go to step 2. a. In Start>Control Panel, select Programs and Features. b. In the list of installed programs, select ABBYY FineReader 14 CE License Server and click Remove. 2. Install the License Server on a different computer, for example on \\NewServer. 3.
ABBYY FineReader 14 System Administrator’s Guide Technical Support If you have any questions about how to install and use ABBYY FineReader 14 to which you cannot find answers in this System Administrator's Guide, please contact the ABBYY technical support service or ABBYY partners. For contact information, please refer to the "Support" section at www.abbyy.com.
