I have a handfull of systems I am going to be building and distributing to off-site customers. Each system will have a copy of Norton AV. I plan on SysPreping the systems to force the user to enter in their own windows reg codes. Is there a way to do the same with the Norton AV software? I was hoping I could install the software without a code to put it in a demo mode (or make it ask for a code at some point). But I wasn't able to finish the installer without the code.
Is there some way to install an individual copy of Norton Antivirus in an OS Image format which would not cause Product Key issues? Is there a way to remove the Product Key from a system in preparation of SysPrepping a system - forcing a new and correct Product Key to be entered by the user?
You don't need to enter a key in the first place. Then it will be in trial mode and when the end user opens the interface it will prompt them for a key. They will have 2 choices, enter key or continue trial.
When you set it up don't enter any key or setup a norton account. One of the screens you may need to click the "Next" button twice before you get an option to "remind me later".
Keep in mind that the trial period will start the day you install it, if it takes a month or so to get the image deployed it may be expired by that point.
The only way around that would be setting it up like a system builder does and have the OEM installer run during the "mini-setup" at the first boot after the restore. However I have no idea what Symantec policies are to obtain access to the OEM products.
Dave
Edit- I don't think you would need the OEM version to delay the trial period.
If you only need NAV to install with the default settings, another option is to just include the installer with the image and then add it to sysprep GUIRunOnce and it will start the installer right after the mini-setup.
The installation screen for the CD does not allow you to progress without entering a product key. There is an "Agree and Install" button grayed out under the product key entry field but it is inactive and none of the other links on the screen allow you to progress.
The idea of running the installer as part of the run-once command is a good one, and I will try it out.
It turns out that I can't perform a successful sysprep or deployment when NAV is installed when doing the SysPrep step. On deployment of the image (or restarting the source machine) I would get an error saying there was an error starting services and force a Windows reboot. The only way around it I could find was to no install NAV and instead do as Dave suggested, and have it install when you first log in to windows.