The Windows Installer can perform an administrative installation of an application or product to a network for USE by a workgroup. An administrative installation installs a source image of the application onto the network that is similar to a source image on a CD-ROM. Users in a workgroup who have access to this administrative image can then install the product from this source. A user must FIRST install the product from the network to run the application. The user can choose to run-from-source when he installs and the installer uses most of the product's file directly from the network. Administrators can run an administrative installation from the command line by USING the /a command line option. The ADMIN action is the top-level action USED to INITIATE an administrative installation. When this action is executed the installer calls the actions in the AdminExecuteSequence and AdminUISequence tables to perform the administrative installation.

Syntax: Msiexec /a package

The Windows Installer can perform an administrative installation of an application or product to a network for use by a workgroup. An administrative installation installs a source image of the application onto the network that is similar to a source image on a CD-ROM. Users in a workgroup who have access to this administrative image can then install the product from this source. A user must first install the product from the network to run the application. The user can choose to run-from-source when he installs and the installer uses most of the product's file directly from the network. Administrators can run an administrative installation from the command line by using the /a command line option. The ADMIN action is the top-level action used to initiate an administrative installation. When this action is executed the installer calls the actions in the AdminExecuteSequence and AdminUISequence tables to perform the administrative installation.

Syntax: Msiexec /a package