Adding Activation

Hi,

I have an MSI for a program we purchased with a site licence. When I
install the MSI using group policy, I then have to log on as administrator to
each workstation and enter the authorisation key and site name.

What would be the best way to automate that process?

I did wonder about capturing the machine before and after activation then
creating a second MSI?

Thanks in advance

Hi If Not A Giraffe Then What (?!?),
It depends on the application's licensing mechanism. The best thing is to
start by looking for volume licensing or silent installation information
from the vendor. A silent installation usually (not always) implies a method
of licensing.
It it is intended for volume licensing then you often have a public property
you can append to msiexec, e.g SERIAL=xxxx. You can equally put this in a
transform.
Creating a second msi is generally not a good idea, as you will miss the
logic built in to the original msi.
Anthony,
http://www.airdesk.co.uk


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> Hi,
>
> I have an MSI for a program we purchased with a site licence. When I
> install the MSI using group policy, I then have to log on as administrator
> to
> each workstation and enter the authorisation key and site name.
>
> What would be the best way to automate that process?
>
> I did wonder about capturing the machine before and after activation then
> creating a second MSI?
>
> Thanks in advance