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ABBYY® FineReader PDF User’s Guide
Contents
Installation and activation methods by license type and product version ........................................ 5
Deployment methods ................................................................................................................................................................ 5
Installation on one computer (standard software installation) ............................................................... 5
Installation on more than one computer ............................................................................................................. 6
Installation on a terminal server ............................................................................................................................... 7
Deploying ABBYY FineReader PDF 16 in a LAN (installation on more than one computer) .......... 8
Administrative installation folder requirements ......................................................................................................... 9
License Server requirements ................................................................................................................................................... 9
License Administrator Station requirements ................................................................................................................. 9
Workstation requirements .................................................................................................................................................... 10
Administrative installation with License Server and License Manager ........................................... 10
Installing the License Server and the License Manager ........................................................................................ 11
Creating an administrative installation point ............................................................................................................. 13
Managing Licenses ................................................................................................................................. 15
Activating licenses in Azure Blob storage .................................................................................................................... 17
Deploying a multi-user distribution package with per-seat licenses and automatic
activation ................................................................................................................................................. 18
Administrative installation folder requirements ....................................................................................................... 19
Creating a multi-user administrative installation point with Per-Seat licenses ............................. 20
Installing ABBYY FineReader PDF 16 on Workstations ..................................................................... 21
Interactive installation............................................................................................................................................................. 21
Command line installation ................................................................................................................................................... 22
Silent installation ............................................................................................................................................................ 22
Using Windows Installer ..................................................................................................................................... 23
Additional command-line options for silent installation......................................................................... 24
Uninstalling ABBYY FineReader PDF 16 in silent mode ............................................................................. 27
Using Active Directory ............................................................................................................................................................ 28
Example: deploying ABBYY FineReader PDF 16 using Active Directory .......................................... 29
Using Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) .................................................................... 34
Example: Using SCCM to deploy ABBYY FineReader PDF 16 ................................................................. 35
Installing ABBYY FineReader PDF 16 on a Terminal Server .............................................................. 42
Terminal server system requirements ............................................................................................................................. 43
Setting Up Windows RemoteApp .................................................................................................................................... 44
Setting up Citrix Workspace App ...................................................................................................................................... 47
Using a group policy to configure ABBYY FineReader PDF 16 ......................................................... 53
Setting up ABBYY FineReader PDF 16 on a local machine ................................................................................. 55