User`s guide
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We recommend creating a new special account for
this purpose (e. g. noduser) and using it for downloading
updates (company\noduser etc.)
NOD32 Program component
upgrades
Besides the virus signatures database update, a licen-
se also includes program updates – program component
upgrades, which require a restart of the operating sys-
tem and bring a lot of new features and improvements
to NOD32 (it is an upgrade to a completely new version, e.
g. from 2.0 to 2.5). Choose “Require permission to perform
program component upgrade” in the Mirror Setup window
to ensure that the program component upgrade will not
be applied to a local update server immediately it is avai-
lable on the servers of the Eset company. NOD32 on the
workstations will remain in the current version, and the
workstations will only accept virus signatures updates
from the mirror.This feature is suitable if the administra-
tor tests new program updates before applying them to
all workstations in the network.
If “Require permission to perform program compo-
nent upgrade” is active and there is a newer program
update available than the one saved in the Mirror direc-
tory, the “Components Update” in NOD32 Control Center
> Mirror will be active. By clicking on this button the ad-
ministrator agrees that the program update will be avai-
lable to the workstations via Mirror.
Installation of NOD32 for Windows
on workstations
The above-mentioned conguration le can serve
also for a new installation of NOD32 according to the re-
quested setup. Place the conguration le into the folder
with the installation of NOD32, i.e. where SETUP.EXE is lo-
cated and name the conguration le NOD32.XML.
It may be useful to remember the parameter /SILENT-
MODE connected with SETUP.EXE (i.e. SETUP.EXE /SILENT-
MODE), which installs NOD32 in silent mode – no dialog
window will be displayed during installation.
chapter 1 / Basic network features of NOD32 for Windows
Now there follows a list of all useful parameters that
can be used during installation of NOD32:
/SILENTMODE – a mode without dialog windows – si-
lent installation.
/UNINSTALL – uninstall of existing installation.
/FORCEOLD – will also install over newer version.
/CFG= – switch with a conguration name (if this para-
meter is not present, NOD32.XML is used by default).
/SETTINGS= – name with obligatory SETUP.XML le (en-
tered only if SETUP.XML is not present in the installation
folder, or has a dierent name).
/TEST – if the installation is launched with this parame-
ter, NSETUP.LOG is created, where the installation progress
is described in details. Here you can exact reasons of even-
tual problem when installing.
/REBOOT – after a silent installation is complete, the
PC is not restarted by default, even though it may be re-
quired. Using this parameter will switch the restart op-
tion on.
/SHOWRESTART – if this parameter is combined with the
previous one, conrmation for restart will be required.
/PWD= – entering password for uninstall. This is impor-
tant in case a current version of NOD32 is protected by
a password, and the administrator intends to reinstall in
silent mode.
/NUP= – if the value of this parameter is set (name of
the le with component), the installation does not re-
quire SETUP.XML for the whole installation, but you can
install only one component.
/INSTMFC – this parameter turns on installation of MFC
libraries – if it is necessary – without asking. The MFC li-
brary must be located in the same directory as SETUP.EXE.
The installation program will check whether there are
newer libraries in the system (or none) and will proceed
according to the verdict (e. g. install).
The switches with “=” require entering of a thread. It
can be put into quote marks, but does not have to. Quote
marks are obligatory only if the thread contains spaces.
Should this version of the installation be applied, for
example using logon scripts, then make sure that the in-
stallation will not be repeated by every start of the logon
script. SETUP.EXE can not decide by itself whether there is
NOD32 already installed on the workstation.