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How do I automatically initiate deployment of ESET endpoint products to unprotected client workstations using a Windows Logon Script? (5.x) - Kennisbank / Legacy / Legacy ESET Remote Administrator (6.x / 5.x / 4.x) / 5.x - ESET Tech Center

How do I automatically initiate deployment of ESET endpoint products to unprotected client workstations using a Windows Logon Script? (5.x)

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https://support.eset.com/kb3360

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A new version has been released

Version 6 of ESET Remote Administrator (ERA) and ESET business products were released in North America December 11th, 2014, and globally February 25th, 2015. This article applies to version 5.x and earlier ESET business products. For information about what's new in the latest version and how to upgrade, see the following article:

 

I. Set the Default Logon for Email and Login Installations

The Default Logon window lets you set the user credentials and domain information required to access your client computer on the network and manage the ESET product installed.

  1. Open the ESET Remote Administrator Console (ERAC) by clicking Start → All Programs → ESET → ESET Remote Administrator Console → ESET Remote Administrator Console.
     
  2. Click the Remote Install tab.
     
  3. Right-click the client workstations that you want to push install to in the Computers tab and select Set the Default Logon for Email and Login Installations from the context menu.

    Figure 1-1
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  4. Enter the username, password and domain (if applicable) for that client workstation (the logon information will only be stored until the next server restart). Click Set Logon to save this information on the server and then proceed to part II.

    Account privileges

    The account under which the installation is to be performed must have administrator rights or, preferably, be a domain administrator account.

    Figure 1-2

II. Create an install package
 

III. Edit the login script and export the einstaller.exe file

  1. In the ESET Remote Administrator Console, click the Remote Install tab, right-click any computer and then select Export to Folder or Logon Script from the context menu.

    Figure 2-1
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  2. Select your desired options from the Type and Package drop-down menus. This determines which preconfigured package is installed on the workstation.
     
  3. Click . . . next to Folder, navigate to the directory where the einstaller.exe file will be located and available within a network share and then click OK. Verify that the path is correct in the Share field.

    Figure 2-2

  4. Click  next to Script Folder and select the folder where the script is located (modify the mask if necessary).
     
  5. In the Files section, select the file into which the line calling einstaller.exe will be inserted.
     
  6. Click Export to Logon Script to insert the line (the location of the line can be modified by clicking Edit >>and saved by clicking Save). Proceed to part IV.

Prevention of repeat installations

Immediately after the remote installation process is complete, the remote client is marked with a flag prohibiting repeated installations of the same installation package. If the Type and Name of the package defined in the einstaller.exe agent match the data in the registry, the installation will not be performed. The flag is written to the following registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\ESET\ESET Remote Installer

 

 IV. Apply logon script to targeted client workstations

There are multiple methods for applying logon scripts to a client workstation. For detailed information on these methods and how to execute them, see the following ESET and Microsoft support articles:

ESET Knowledgebase

Microsoft Knowledge Base

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