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3. Create the location profiles, as described in section “Using the Administrator
Feature” on page 13.
4.
Create the deployment package, as described in section “Using the
Administrator Feature” on page 13.
5. While creating the location deployment package, mark the check box beside Do
not allow clients to become administrator in the Client Configuration Policy
window.
6. Save the *.loa and the *.sig files, which were created in “Using the
Administrator Feature” on page 13, to another computer, removable media, or
network drive to generate a collection of deployment packages.
Note: The *.sig file contains the signature data generated from the password
used in generating the deployment package. This file will be located in the
install directory of Access Connections, typically C:\PROGRAM
FILES\THINKPAD\CONNECTUTILITIES
7.
Install Access Connections on the image building system according to your
process.
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If the computer that you are using to create the build image is the same as a
computer on which you created the location profiles, uninstall Access
Connections from the build-image computer so that the Administrator
Feature is removed. Add Access Connections to the image in an uninstalled
state. Simply create a directory that contains the setup files plus the *.loa and
*.sig files, which were saved in step 6.
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Add a new DWORD value under
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce in the
registry.
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Name the value ACinstall and set it to <Path where Access Connection
setup files exist>\setup.exe -s
8. Upon the first boot of the client computers, Access Connections will silently
install and automatically launch. Access Connections will import the *.loa file
silently. The *.loa and *.sig files will be deleted
Deploying Access Connections location profiles remotely
There are two ways to deploy Access Connections remotely: unattended
deployment and attended deployment. The following sections will describe each
remote deployment method.
Unattended deployment
After computers have been deployed in the manner discussed in “Preparing for a
new-image installation” on page 17, an administrator can use systems management
applications (such as SMS, Tivoli
®
, etc.) to push updated *.loa files to the client and
have Access Connections silently import them if the following conditions are met:
1. The *.loa files must be created using the exact password which was used
originally in the build that was deployed on the client computer.
2. The *.loa files must be placed in the Access Connections installation directory.
Access Connections must be restarted, either by restarting the computer or by
closing the System Tray icon (QCTRAY.EXE), and then launching Access
Connections again.
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