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Chapter 5: Installing Dragon using the Windows installer (MSI)
n Foranadministrativeinstallation,youpassthe/aoptiontomsiexecratherthanthe/i
option.YoualsoneedtopasstheTARGETDIRoptioninsteadoftheINSTALLDIR
option.
n Thefirsttimeyoutestthisinstallation,youshouldpass/qratherthan/qnsothatifyou
haveneglectedtoprovideinformationaboutasettingthatdoesnothaveadefault,
youreceiveapromptaskingforthatinformation.
Theboldedportionoftheprecedingcommandlineisincludedsothatifsomethinggoes
wrongduringtheinstallation,youreceivemessagesaboutit.Youpass/Landaseriesof
sub-optionstohavetheinstallationprocesslogerrorsandothertypesofmessagesrelated
totheprocess.(YoucanthensendthelogfiletoNuanceTechnicalSupportshouldany
issuesarise.)
Additional Options for Installations with msiexec.exe
Note:InDragonNaturallySpeaking13,theinstallationprocessdoesnotpresentthe
QuickStartoption.Ifyouwishtoenablethisoption,youcandosoafterDragonisinstalled.
WhenyouperformasilentinstallationofDragon,theinstallationprocessdoesnotdisplay
anymessages.Toviewinstallationmessages,administratorsshouldviewthelogfiles.See
Troubleshootingsilentinstallerrorsfordetails.
AdditionalOptionsforSilentInstallations
n ModifyingtheDefaultInstallationDirectory
n ConfiguringInstallationofProductUpdates
n SuppressingRebootofcomputerAfterInstallation
n InstallingSameRoamingUserProfileConfigurationonAdditionalcomputer(s)
AdditionalOptionswithExtensiveSettingsforSilentInstallations
n InstallingSomeVocabulariesLocally/OthersOnlyOnDemand
n InstallingText-to-SpeechFeature
n ReinstallingDragonwithParticularSetofFeatures
n SettingDay/TimeofScheduledTasks
Additionally,youcanlaunchtheOnlineRegistrationFormAfterInstallation
Additional Options for Silent Installations
Note:InDragonNaturallySpeaking13,theinstallationprocessdoesnotpresentthe
QuickStartoption.Ifyouwishtoenablethisoption,youcandosoafterDragonisinstalled.
WhenyouperformasilentinstallationofDragon,theinstallationprocessdoesnotdisplay
anymessages.Toviewinstallationmessages,administratorsshouldviewthelogfiles.See
Troubleshootingsilentinstallerrorsfordetails.
AdditionalOptionsforSilentInstallations
n ModifyingtheDefaultInstallationDirectory
n ConfiguringInstallationofProductUpdates
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