Using Different Configuration Files

The Deployment Utility allows you to use different Configuration (.ini) files to create different types of Client installations. It may be convenient to have a configuration for each department or each user role in your organization. For example, you can build one Client Install file with all recording enabled ("All.ini"), another with only Internet recording enabled ("JustWeb.ini"), and a third with Internet Blocking set ("BlockSites.ini"). Use .ini configuration files to retain complicated Internet Blocking or Keyword Alert specifications for different computers in your organization.  

To create a new configuration file:

1. Run the Deployment Utility. Select Manage Computers, open the Action menu and select Deployment Utility.

2. At the Configuration Wizard Start panel, Browse to a new folder location if you wish, and enter a new name for the configuration file. This will create a new .ini file that will retain the specific settings you choose.
   
   
   
   If you have previously created an .ini file with specific settings, use the Browse button to navigate to the location where the file is stored and select it. You can maintain a "library" of configurations to use on different computers.
   
   

3. Continue through the Deployment utility and build the Client Install file. At the end of the utility, a message confirms the name and location of the Client Install file.
   
   
   
   The new configuration name applies to the .sds Client Install file. For example, if you specify a new Library.ini configuration for computers in a library, the name given the Client Install file will be spsetup_Library.sds. The Client Install file created from the BlockSites.ini configuration above will be named spsetup_BlockSites.sds.