HP Intelligent Management Center Standard Software Platform - Manual (Page 40)

service packs each time you open Crystal Reports; if you disable it, you
cannot activate it later.
14. Click Next to begin copying files to your local drive.
Creating an installation point and
installing from a network server
Installing Crystal Reports from a central network location involves two steps:
1. Make a copy of your Crystal Reports product distribution on a server
machine on the network (this copy becomes your installation point). See
Creating an installation point for Crystal Reports .
2. Access the server machine from a workstation, and run Setup.exe to
install Crystal Reports on the workstation. See
Installing Crystal Reports
from a network .
Creating an installation point for Crystal Reports
This procedure must be performed by a network administrator who has write
access and network privileges. When this procedure is complete, end users
will be able to access Setup.exe from the network to install Crystal Reports
onto their local machines.
Note:
If users do not have the Microsoft Windows Installer configured on their
machines, the setup process detects the workstation's operating system and
installs the appropriate Microsoft Windows Installer package.
To create an installation point
1. Create a folder on your network, and share this folder for the users who
need to run the Setup.exe.
2. Copy the entire contents of your Crystal Reports product distribution to
the folder that you created in step 1.
3. Assign rights to the users who need to install Crystal Reports from this
folder.
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Creating an installation point and installing from a network server