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Dragon 13 Administrator Guide
Finding the MSI Installer on the Dragon DVD
ThecompiledMSIfileislocatedonyourinstallationDVD.Thefilesforeacheditionarenamed
aftertheproductname.Forexample:
n Dragon NaturallySpeaking (all editions)orDragon MedicalDragonNaturallySpeaking
13.msi
Youcandoubleclickononeofthese.msifilestostarttheInstallShieldWizard;however,to
insteadtakeadvantageofavailablecommandlineoptions,youcanpassthefilenameasthe
applicationtoinstalltothemsiexec.exe commandusingthe /i option:
msiexec.exe /i "Dragon NaturallySpeaking13.msi"
Install Dragon on Initial computer and Establish Configuration
FollowthestepsoutlinedunderInstallationusingtheDragoncommandline.
Thenreturnhereandcontinuewiththenextsectiontoinstallthesameconfigurationon
individualclientcomputersusingmsiexec.exeinsteadofsetup.exe.
Install Same Configuration on Additional computer(s)
IfyouchoseEnableDesktopSearchCommandsontheCommandstabduringtheinitial
installation,youmustinstallGoogleDesktoporMicrosoftVistaSearchbeforeyouinstall
Dragon;otherwise,thatoptiondoesnottakeeffect.
1. Besureyoucanaccessthe.inifilesyoucreatedinthepreviousprocedurefromthecom-
puteryouwillbeinstallingonorcopythefilestoalocalpathontheclientcomputerwhere
youareabouttoinstallDragon.
2. BesureyouhavetheDragonserialnumber(orthegroupserialnumber,ifyouare
installingDragontomultiplecomputersonanetwork).
3. Besureallmappeddrivesyouplantousearemappedonindividualclientcomputers
whereyouaredistributingtheinstallation.
4. InstallanypendingWindowsupdates/rebootthecomputer.
5. OpenacommandlinewindowbyselectingStart>Runandenteringcmd.
6. OnyourproductDVD,locatethecompiled.msifilefortheeditionofDragonyouwantto
installandswitchtothatdirectory.
7. Retrievethecustomizednsdefaults.iniandroamingdef.inifilesfromthecomputerwhere
carriedouttheinitialinstallation.
8. ToinstallDragon,enterthefollowingcommandline,usingthe/ioptionalsousingthe/qn
optiontoinstalltheproductinQuietmode,wherenoGUIappears.Youalsopassthe
DragonserialnumberfortheSERIALNUMBERoption,thefullpathtothensdefaults.ini
filefortheDEFAULTSINIoption,andthefullpathtotheroamindef.inifileforthe
ROAMINGUSERINIoption:
msiexec /i "Dragon NaturallySpeaking 13.msi"
SERIALNUMBER=#####-###-####-####-##
DEFAULTSINI="C:\<full_path>\nsdefaults.ini"
ROAMINGUSERINI="C:\<full_path>\roamingdef.ini"
/L*v "C:\Logs\logfile.log" /qn
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