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Chapter 5: Installing Dragon using the Windows installer (MSI)
Step-by-Step Process for Upgrading
Roaming User Profiles
1. Plan to upgrade the master Roaming User Profiles at a time when they are not being opened by
end users, for example during the night or on a weekend. Nuance recommends backing-up User
Profiles before upgrading them.
2. Install Dragon 11 on the computer where the Dragon 9.x or 10.x Master Roaming User Profiles
are located. If that is not possible, Nuance recommends that installing Dragon 11 on a separate
computer where you will perform the upgrades.
OR
If unable to install Dragon where the Dragon 9.x or 10.x Master Roaming User Profiles are
located, Nuance recommends administrators:
n Install Dragon 11 on a separate computer where they will perform the upgrades.
n Copy the Dragon 9.x or 10.x Master Roaming User Profiles from the network
location to the computer where Dragon 11 is installed.
n Upgrade the Dragon 9.x or 10.x Master Roaming User Profiles on the computer
where Dragon 11 is installed.
n Copy the upgraded Dragon 11 Master Roaming User Profiles to a network
accessible directory on the original network location.
In Dragon version 11 or earlier, if the upgrade installation displays an option to
upgrade existing User Profiles to work with this installation, ignore the option, as it
does not affect Roaming User Profiles. Administrators manually run the User Profile
Upgrade Wizard later.
3. On the end-user systems where the users dictate, save and close any open User Profiles on each
Dragon 9.x or 10.x system that uses the Roaming feature.
If there is no time when all of the Roaming User Profiles are not in use (for example, in a hos-
pital where physicians use Dragon during a night shift), administrators can upgrade different
groups of Roaming User Profiles at different times.
4. On the central network location that stores Dragon 9.x or 10.x master Roaming User Profiles,
back up the master Roaming User Profiles to a separate location by using any system backup util-
ity that is implemented at your facility.
5. On the central network location that stores Dragon 9.x or 10.x master Roaming User Profiles,
create a new directory to store the upgraded Dragon 11 Master Roaming User Profiles.
Always be sure the upgraded User Profiles are in a different location from the current User Pro-
files. If end users see two versions of each User Profile, they may become confused when they
try to open a User Profile. Nuance recommends storing User Profiles, from different versions of
Dragon, in different locations.
6. If Dragon 11 is not installed on the computer where the Dragon 9.x or 10.x Master Roaming
User Profiles are located, create a directory on the local computer where Dragon 11 is installed.
The directory stores all the Master Roaming User Profiles you plan to upgrade. Copy the Dragon
9.x or 10.x Master Roaming User Profiles from the network location to this directory.
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