You must have a user ID that meets specific requirements before
you can install your product.
Your user ID must not contain double-byte characters.
There are two methods of installation: administrative and non-administrative.
- To perform an administrative installation, Start
the launchpad.
- To perform a non-administrative installation, switch to the InstallerImage_<platform> folder
in the disk1 directory, and run userinst.exe (for Windows®),
or userinst (for Linux®).
Implications of using an admin or non-admin user ID when installing
Table 1. The following table describes what happens when user ID's with different
access privileges are used when installingUser ID authority |
Case where you install as Non-admin |
Case where you install as Admin |
Non-admin (current user) |
- If Installation Manager is not already installed, it is installed for
the current user only.
- After Installation Manger is installed, products can only be installed
for the current user.
|
- For operating systems other than Microsoft® Windows Vista: An error message occurs.
- For Microsoft Windows Vista: You are prompted to log
on with an Admin user ID.
|
Admin |
An error message occurs. |
- If not already installed, Installation Manager is installed for All Users.
- Any products installed with this Installation Manager are for All Users
|