Should I Activate My Software Before Or After Imaging; How Do I Deploy A Product Key When I Install Software On Windows Computers - SMART Education Software Installer 2011 Activation Frequently Asked Questions Manual

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Deploying software product keys to more than one computer
Use the command line to deploy the installation and properties, and then provide the correct
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Property ID for the product keys you have.
For more information, see the Education Software Installer 2011 system administrator's guide for
Windows operating systems (smarttech.com/kb/160531) or the Education Software Installer 2011
system administrator's guide for Mac OS X operating system software (smarttech.com/kb/160530).
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To push multiple product keys during installation on a Mac computer
Use SMART Install Manager to generate a new metapackage (.mpkg) installer that contains
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the product keys.
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Run a script to run the Activation Wizard in silent mode. With this method, you can activate
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both SMART Notebook software and SMART Response software product keys in a single
command. You require a separate command installer containing the product key to activate a
SMART Sync Teacher software product key.
Should I activate my software before or after
imaging?
If you use the image for backup, you need to activate your software before imaging. You can then use
the image to restore the software on the same computer. If you use the image for mass deployment,
you need to activate the SMART Notebook software before imaging and activate the other software
after deployment.
For more information, see the Education Software Installer 2011 System administrator's guide for
Windows operating systems (smarttech.com/kb/160531) or the Education Software Installer 2011
System administrator's guide for Mac OS X operating system software (smarttech.com/kb/160530).
How do I deploy a product key when I install
software on Windows computers?
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To deploy a product key to a Windows computer
1. Start SMART Install Manager, and then enter the product keys for the software that you want
to activate.
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