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Dragon 13 Administrator Guide
Overview of Alternative Ways to Carry Out Administrative Installation
DragonNaturallySpeaking13includesanativeWindowsInstaller(MSI)thatletsyouinstall
acrossanetworktomultipleclientcomputersandcustomizeyourinstallationintheprocess.
Inaddition,youcanusethisservicetomodify,repair,orremoveanyexistinginstallations.You
canuseanyofthefollowingcommandlineapproachestoinstallingDragonoveranetwork:
Note:MSIinstallationsarenotsupportedforDragonMedicalSmallPracticeEdition.
n CarryingOutanAdministrativeInstallationwith.batFile
n ConfiguringInstallationofProductUpdates
n CreatingCustomInstallationUsingMicrosoftCustomInstallWizard
Onceyouhaveinstalledtheserverimage,youcanconfigureyourinstallation,thenuseSMS
orasimilarproducttoinstallDragon.Iftheproductyouusetopushtheinstallationouttoa
serverrequiresit,youcaninstallDragonwithmsiexec(seeStep-by-StepCommandLine
Installationwithmsiexec.exe)insteadofsetup.exe.
Modifying Roaming User Profile, Miscellaneous, Schedule
Settings in the INI File
Supposeyouhavealargeinstallationthatinvolvesseveraldepartments.Threedepartments
requireonegroupofconfiguresettingsandtwoothersrequiremodifications.Afteryou
completetheinstallationonthethreedepartmentsrequiringthesameconfiguration,you
mightwanttoedityourconfigurationfilesbeforeusingthemontheadditionaltwo
departments.
Toeditthesettings,youcanusethenatspeakcommandagain.Youcaneitherreturntothe
computerwhereyoucarriedouttheinitialinstallationtousenatspeakorinstallthe
configurationfromthefirstthreedepartmentsonthefirstcomputerinthetwodepartments
withdifferentsettings.Modifythesettingsusing:
n natspeak/setdefaultoptions
n natspeak/setdefaultadministrativeoptions
Thencopythenewnsdefaults.inifileandroamingdef.inifilestoalocationaccessiblefromall
theclientcomputerstohavethealternativeconfiguration.Forexample,ifyouwantthesefiles
tobeaccessibletotheMSIinstallerfromamappednetworkdrive.copythefilestothat
locationbeforeinstallingtotheclientPCs.
Or,iftheRoamingUserProfilenetworksettingsarenotchanging,youcaneditanyofthe
otherRoamingUserProfile,Miscellaneous,andScheduledTaskssettingsofyour
configurationbyrerunningDragonwithanycommandlistedabove.(Youcannotmake
changestotheroamingdef.inifile,wherethenetworksettingsreside.)Listsoftheoptionsin
thensdefaults.iniandroamingdef.inifilesareprovidedinthetablesthatfollow:
Caution:Besuretousethefullpathtothefileifyousetanoptiontoan.inifilename.
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