The GroupWise client for Windows can be installed to users' workstations by the user or by the system administrator. The system administrator can restrict which selections the user can make during installation by use of a configuration file. The system administrator can also prompt for or force updates of client software (using AutoUpdate) through a mapped drive or IP connection to the software distribution directory, so users cannot make any selections.
If the system administrator wants to add predefined LDAP service accounts to the Address Book in the client during installation, this information must be added to the configuration file before the client is installed for the first time. To find out about these and other client installation options that are available to the system administrator, see Client in the GroupWise 6 Administration guide at the Novell Documentation Web site before installing the client.
During the installation of your GroupWise system, the client files were copied to the software distribution directory on your server. For example, if you accepted the default z:\grpwise\software as your target, the client software was copied to z:\grpwise\software\client\win32.
setup.exe is run from the software distribution directory. In order to run this setup program, users require rights to client\win32 in the software distribution directory. The minimum rights required are Read and File Scan. (This does not apply if you are running AutoUpdate over an IP connection.)
Map a drive to the client files in the software distribution directory.
A good place for this mapping would be the users' system or personal login scripts. The following is an example of a NetWare® login script command:
MAP Q:=SERVER/VOLUME:GRPWISE\SOFTWARE\CLIENT\WIN32
From the Windows taskbar, click Start > Run.
Browse to the software distribution directory and select setup.exe.
Click OK, follow the prompts until you reach the Setup Options screen, then click one of the following options:
Workstation Install: Allows the user to run GroupWise from the network, which saves disk space on the user's hard drive.
Standard Install: Installs all of the client files on the user's hard drive. This option is required when the computer will run GroupWise in Caching or Remote mode. See Client in the GroupWise 6 Administration guide at the Novell Documentation Web site for more information about setting up GroupWise Remote and Caching modes.
Click the Browse button to select a different Destination Folder path or click Next to select the default.
Make sure each component you want to install is selected, then click Next.
GroupWise: This component is required.
Internet Browser Mail Integration: Sets GroupWise to be the default e-mail program on the workstation, so that whenever the user clicks an e-mail link on a web page or chooses the Mail command in the browser (Internet Explorer 3.x and higher, Netscape Navigator 4.03-4.08), GroupWise starts.
GroupWise Tip of the Day: The Tip of the Day displays different hints about using GroupWise. A new tip is displayed each time GroupWise is started.
Continue to follow the prompts and select the options you want.When the setup program has completed, a shortcut to run GroupWise will appear on the user's desktop.