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Activinspire Silent Install

Extraction

For IT administrators, the "silent install" of Promethean ActivInspire is less about a single magic switch and more about a strategic two-step journey: and Deployment . 1. The Extraction: Creating the MSI

  1. Test in a VM first – Snapshot a clean Windows VM and run your silent install command until it works perfectly.
  2. Log everything – Always add logging to debug failures: 
    msiexec /i "ActivInspire.msi" /qn /L*V "C:\Logs\ActivInstall.log"
  3. Avoid running as user – Always deploy silent installs via SYSTEM account (GPO/SCCM) or local admin.
  4. Whitelist the deployment – Antivirus often quarantines the ActivDriver. Add your deployment folder to the AV exclusion list.

Manual Extraction

: You can also run the installer from a command prompt with the /a switch (e.g., ActivInspire.exe /a ) to specify a network location for extraction. activinspire silent install

These are the scripts we use to successfully deploy the various components required by Promethean boards via SCCM: /norestart. EduGeek.net ActivInspire Network Install Instructions for Windows Extraction For IT administrators, the "silent install" of

Cause:

Corrupted MSI cache or previous incomplete installation. Fix: Run the Microsoft Installer CleanUp Utility to remove all Promethean traces, then re-run the silent install. Test in a VM first – Snapshot a

Microsoft Intune

: To deploy via Intune, you must wrap each extracted MSI into an .intunewin file using the IntuneWinAppUtil tool . Create a separate Win32 app for each component (Application, Resources, and Help).

Standard Silent Command

: msiexec.exe /i "ActivInspire.msi" /qn /norestart Breaking Down the Switches : /i : Initiates the installation. /qn : Sets the UI level to "none" (completely silent).