Symantec Critical System Manuel D’Utilisation

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Installing Symantec Critical System Protection on Windows

Installing a Windows agent

Installing the Windows agent software

The installation CD contains the following executables for installing the agent 
software:

To install the Windows agent software

1

On the installation CD, double-click agent.exe or agent-windows-nt.exe.

2

In the Welcome panel, click Next.

3

In the License Agreement panel, select I accept the terms in the license 
agreement, and then click Next.

Use LocalSystem 
account

Use an alternate 
account

Use LocalSystem account

The service user name account that registers services for the 
agent.

Do one of the following:

■

Select Use LocalSystem account to accept the default 
LocalSystem account.

■

Select Use an alternate account to select a different 
account. In the Username box, type the user name for the 
alternate account. In the Password boxes, type the 
password twice. The alternate account must have 
Administrator privileges. If the account does not exist, it 
will be created. If a domain account is specified, type the 
user name in the format <domain>/<username>.

Consult your system administrator before selecting an alternate 
account.

Table 3-4

Windows agent installation settings

Setting

Default

Description

agent.exe

Use agent.exe to install the agent software on computers that 
run supported Windows operating systems, except Windows 
NT Server.

agent-windows-nt.exe

Use agent-windows-nt.exe to install the agent software on 
computers that run Windows NT Server operating system.