Corel VideoStudio Pro - 2019 Ultimate Deployment Guide

Introduction

As you read through this guide,
you’ll find that the right column of
each page contains the main
content, while the left column
contains the following categories of
information:

definition — explains the
italicized term or concept

tip — presents a helpful
detail, such as a shortcut,
variation, or benefit

note — presents an
additional detail about the
specified topic or task

warning — presents a
crucial detail about the
specified topic or task

The left column also gives you room
to make notes.

This guide is intended to help you deploy Corel® VideoStudio® 2019
(Corporate and Education Edition) to your network as quickly and easily
as possible.

Contents

Stage 1: Preparing for deployment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

Stage 2: Creating the server image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

Stage 3: Installing the software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7

Stage 4: Maintaining the installations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

Additional resources

If you are new to software deployment or otherwise require more basic
information on deploying Corel® software products, please refer to the
Corel® Beginner’s Guide to Network Deployment. You can request a copy
of this guide from your Corel® Support Services representative.

For even more information, see the following Web resources.

Web resource Description

Corel® website:
www.corel.com

Corel® Support Services
website:
www.corel.com/support

Corel® Knowledgebase™:
www.corel.com/kb

Information about Corel Corporation
and its portfolio of software products

Information about product features,
specifications, pricing, availability,
services, and technical support

A searchable repository of articles
written by the Corel Support Services
team

For help with the Microsoft Windows Installer (MSI) technology that is
used to install the software, please refer to the Microsoft website.

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Introduction 2

Stage 1: Preparing for deployment

As used in this guide, the
term “network” signifies two

or more computers that are
connected to each other for the
purpose of exchanging information.

Workstations are the

computers from which the

average user works, and
servers are the computers that
manage the shared resources of the
network.

To deploy the software to your network as smoothly as possible, you can
prepare by doing the following:

• Check the system requirements for the software.

• Prepare the server.

• Prepare the workstations.

For details, see below.

Checking the software requirements

To begin, make sure that your server and workstations are eligible for the
software. Consult the following:

• Readme file for the software (if available)

• product-information page on the Corel website (www.corel.com)

• any other special instructions for the software

Preparing the server

• Make sure that the server meets the minimum system requirements for
the software, and that it has enough free disk space for the installation.

• Make sure that the operating system on the server has been updated
with the latest service packs and security patches.

• Make sure that you have the proper permissions for creating a
software image on the server. You must be either a local administrator
or an administrator for the domain that you are managing, and you
must have read/write access to the server location.

Preparing the workstations

• Make sure that the workstations meet the minimum system
requirements for the software, and that they have enough free disk
space for the installation.

• Make sure that the operating systems on the workstations have been
updated with the latest service packs and security patches.

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•

To more easily manage the
access rights of workstation

users, you may want to use
Group Policy Objects (GPOs, or
“system policies”). See “Managing
permissions with Group Policy
Objects” on page 7.

Make sure that anyone who will be installing the software from the
server image has the proper permis

sions to do so. To install the
software on a workstation, you must be either a local administrator or
an administrator for the domain that you are managing, and you must
have read access to the server location.

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Stage 2: Creating the server image

A server image, also called
an “administrator image” or

simply an “image,” is a set of
uncompressed application files on
the server that is created from a set
of compressed files on the
installation disc.

A command line is a textual

command that lets you

specify desired settings.

To mount an ISO file, you
might require third-party

software that helps you
create a virtual drive. Alternatively,
you can burn the ISO file to a CD/
DVD and access the files from the
disc.

For best results, type or
browse to the network
location rather than copying
and pasting it.

After preparing for deployment, you’re ready to create a server image of
the software, from which you can install the software to the workstations.
(If you want to support multiple installation types, you can even create
multiple server images: one for each desired configuration.)

Contents

Creating a server image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

Finalizing the server image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

Creating a server image

To create a server image, you run a command line that initializes the
software setup and specifies your desired installation settings.

Important: Corel VideoStudio 2019 is a 64-bit application.

To run a command line

1 Open the Run dialog box (shortcut key: Windows Logo + R).
2 Type the command line in the Open box, and then click OK.

To create a server image

1 Do one of the following:

• If you have an installation disc, insert the disc into the CD/DVD drive.

•If you downloaded an ISO file, mount the ISO to a directory or
extract the files from the ISO image to a directory on your server by
using a utility such as WinZip® (available from www.corel.com).

If the AutoRun screen opens, click Exit.

2 Run the following command line, where X: is the directory where the

disc, ISO, or extracted files are located.

X:\Setup.exe /a

Type your user name and serial number (with or without hyphens) in

3

the boxes provided, and then click Next.
The customer information that you provide is passed on to the

workstations when the software is deployed to the network. By default,
users can change the user name but not the serial number.

4 Specify a network location for the server image. To change the default

location, type a valid server path in the Network location box, or click
Browse to browse to a valid network location.

5 Click Install to begin copying the files to the server.

If you click Cancel, you are prompted to confirm that you want to
cancel creating the server image. Cancelling “rolls back” the setup and

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undoes most of the changes made; however, some manual clean-up

Proceed with extreme
caution when using the /q
switch to create a server
image.

To change the location of a
server image, you must

create a new image at the
new location. You cannot copy an
image from one location to another.

may be required.

6 Click Finish.
7 Register the software by visiting the Corel website (www.corel.com).

You can also

Create a server
image silently 
(or with limited
UI)

Use the following command line (where X: is the
directory where the disc, ISO, or extracted files are
located; image_location is the desired location of
the server image; and serial_number is the
assigned serial number for the product):

X:\Setup.exe 

TARGETDIR="image_location"

SERIALNUMBER="serial_number" /q /a

The /q switch is used to restrict the amount of the
user interface that appears during installation. For
a list of switch parameters, see page 9.

Create an error
log

Use the following command line (where

log_file

is the location and filename of the log file):

X:\Setup.exe /l*v "log_file" /a

For a list of the parameters that are available for
the

/l switch, see page 10.

Finalizing the server image

Before deploying from the server image, you may want to take the
following steps.

Test the image

Test the image with a small subset of workstations before rolling it out to
your entire organization.

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