How to perform an administrative installation of the Microsoft TechNet documentation to a network shared folder (827053)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft TechNet

SUMMARY

This article describes how to perform an administrative installation of the Microsoft TechNet documentation to a network shared folder:

  1. On your computer, create a folder, and then create a subfolder in this folder. Share the first folder that you created as a network shared folder. Map this network shared folder to a network drive on your computer.

  2. At a command prompt, run the msiexec command to perform an administrative installation of the TechNet documentation.

After you perform an administrative installation of the TechNet documentation, users can double-click the Setup file of the TechNet documentation in the network shared folder to install the TechNet documentation from the network shared folder to their computers.

IN THIS TASK

INTRODUCTION

This step-by-step article describes how to install the Microsoft TechNet documentation from a CD to a network shared folder. From this network shared folder, a user can install the TechNet documentation to the user's computer.

back to the top

Create a network shared folder

To create a network shared folder, follow these steps:
  1. On your computer, create a folder, and then create a subfolder.
  2. Share the first folder that you created as a network shared folder.
  3. On your computer, start Windows Explorer.
  4. On the Tools menu, click Map Network Drive. The Map Network Drive dialog box appears.
  5. In the Drive list, select any disk drive other than your local disk drives.
  6. Click Browse. The Browse For Folder dialog box appears.
  7. Locate and then click the network shared folder that you want to map as a network drive, and then click OK. The absolute path of the network shared folder appears in the Folder list.

    Note To make sure that this step works correctly, share the network folder that you want to map as a network drive.
  8. In the Map Network Drive dialog box, click Finish.
back to the top

Perform an administrative installation of the TechNet documentation to the network shared folder

To perform an administrative installation of the TechNet documentation to the network shared folder that you created in the "Create a network shared folder" section, follow these steps:
  1. Insert the TechNet CD into your computer's CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive.

    Note If your computer is running Microsoft Windows 98 or Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition, double-click the Instmsia.exe file on the TechNet CD to upgrade your version of Microsoft Windows Installer.

    If your computer is running Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 or Microsoft Windows 2000, double-click the Instmsiw.exe file on the TechNet CD to upgrade your version of Windows Installer.
  2. Click Start, and then click Run. The Run dialog box appears.
  3. In the Open box, type cmd, and then click OK.
  4. At the command prompt, change the drive to your computer's system drive.
  5. Run the following command:

    msiexec /a MSIPath TARGETDIR="FolderPath"

    Note In this command, MSIPath is a placeholder for the absolute path of the Tn.msi file that is present in the TechNet CD, FolderPath is a placeholder for the absolute path of the network shared folder that you created in the "Create a network shared folder" section, and CDName is a placeholder for the name of the TechNet CD.

    The Technical Information: CDName - Setup Wizard dialog box appears.
  6. In the Technical Information: CDName - Setup Wizard dialog box, click Next. The License Agreement page appears.
  7. Click I accept the terms in the license agreement, and then click Next. The Network Location page appears.
  8. Click Install. The TechNet documentation is installed in the network shared folder that you specified.
  9. After the administrative installation process has completed, click Finish.
back to the top

Install the TechNet documentation from the network shared folder to your computer

To install the TechNet documentation from the network shared folder to your computer, follow these steps:
  1. In Windows Explorer, locate the mapped network drive that you created in the "Create a network shared folder" section.
  2. Open the folder where you installed the TechNet documentation in the "Perform an administrative installation of the TechNet documentation to the network shared folder" section. Notice that the Setup.msi file exists in the network shared folder.
  3. Double-click the Setup.msi file. The File Download dialog box appears.
  4. Click Open. The Technical Information: CDName - Setup Wizard appears.
  5. Click Next. The License Agreement page appears.
  6. Click I accept the terms in the license agreement, and then click Next. The Customer Information page appears.
  7. In the User Name box, type your user name.
  8. In the Organization box, type your organization name, and then click Next. The Please select a setup type page appears.
  9. Click Full, and then click Next. The Destination Folder page appears. The default path of the destination folder appears on the Destination Folder page. If you want to change the path of the destination folder, click Change.
  10. Click Next. The Ready to Install the Program page appears.
  11. Click Install to continue the installation process. After the installation process has completed, the Setup Wizard Completed page appears.
  12. Click Finish.
back to the top

REFERENCES

For more information about command-line options and about administrative installations, visit the following Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) Web sites:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/command_line_options.asp

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/msi/setup/administrative_installation.asp

For additional information about network drives, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

308582 HOW TO: Connect and disconnect a network drive in Windows XP

back to the top
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:4/20/2004
Keywords:kbnetwork kbsetup kbDeployment kbHOWTOmaster KB827053 kbAudDeveloper
©2004 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.