The note from her boss was clipped: “Make it silent. Make it exclusive. No one else gets it. Not the admin building. Not the high school STEM lab. Just the 3rd grade wing. And for God’s sake, don’t let it pop up on the superintendent’s machine.”
You can append custom public properties to the MSI command to bypass initial setup wizards and license prompts for the end-user. MSI Property Description LICENSENAME "Your School/Org Name" Registers the organization name globally. LICENSEKEY "XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX"
To prevent non-administrative users from seeing update prompts, disable the auto-update feature during the install:
Deploy this script via or SCCM Compliance Baseline to ensure the board connects every time. activinspire silent install exclusive
If you want, I can produce a sample MST creation script, example SCCM/Intune deployment manifest, or a short teacher-facing rollout plan.
Find the Product GUID:
Forces a specific language pack (e.g., 1033 for US English). AINSIGHTS 0 Opts out of Promethean's anonymous usage data collection. Enterprise Deployment Example The note from her boss was clipped: “Make it silent
msiexec /i "ActivInspire_x64.msi" /qn /norestart ACTIVINSPIRE_LICENSEKEY="XXXXX-XXXXX" INSTALLDIR="C:\Program Files\ActivInspire" /L*V "C:\Temp\activinstall.log"
The foundation of an automated deployment is the command-line argument string. Because ActivInspire uses standard Windows Installer technology, we leverage standard msiexec switches alongside Promethean-specific properties. The Basic Silent Command
A standard silent installation hides the user interface but often fails during automated deployment due to unhandled prerequisites, system restarts, or software licensing prompts. Not the admin building
Ensuring the ActivHub and interactive boards sync immediately.
Are you preparing this deployment specifically to migrate classroom PCs to , or are you managing a mixed environment with older operating systems? Share public link
Extract the contents if they are zipped, ensuring you locate the ActivInspire.msi file along with its core language packs.