Administered Windows Desktops

To install Omniscope in a corporate administered network environment you may either install individually, or deploy (roll out) to multiple terminals from a central location. Additionally, once installed, you will then need to activate your installation(s) to upgrade from the free Viewer to the Professional Edition. Omniscope licensing is on a per-account, not a per-machine basis. Therefore you must install using an account with installation privileges, but activate using the User, rather than Administrative account.

Single User installation

Download the full installer files

There is only one installer file for all Omniscope Editions. Download the full installer from here

Choose the full installers which are self-contained (include the latest Java PVM) and do not trigger further downloads.

Installation by an System Administrator

As with all software, installing Omniscope requires local admin/install privileges. Most corporate environments do not grant this to all regular users, so a System Administrator will need to log in to the PC and install Omniscope themselves. Omniscope is a quick install, and takes less than a minute. It is advisable for the Administrator to configure the appropriate proxy settings at installation, allowing Omniscope to activate and update itself online. This can be done from Settings > {Application-wide} Advanced > HTTP Proxy Settings. Another alternative is to deploy a plain-text properties file into the Visokio Omniscope program folder in Program Files. See Proxy Settings for more information.

Activation from User account

Installations can be either unactivated Omniscope free Viewers (read/query-only viewing & filtering .IOK files), or an activated Omniscope Professionals (able to publish data sets as .IOM Workgroup or .IOK Professional files). If the user is intending to use only the free Viewer, then Omniscope doesn't need to be activated. However, if the user needs an authoring Edition of Omniscope then the installation needs to be activated. Activation is by-account. Omniscope should be activated while logged in to the User account, not the Administrator account used for the installation. If another user logs in to a separate account, they will see the Viewer only. If you are upgrading to a newer version, it is best to have users refresh their activation from Omniscope:

Help > Licensing & Activation > [Refresh]

Multiple or 'Roll-out' installation

The best way to roll-out Omniscope to multiple machines in an administered network setting is to use a 3rd party application deployment management suite that will simulate the log-in of an administrator and execution of the offline installer executable.

Roll-out Installation Options

Silent installation

Using the /S (capital "S") switch, the installer will run in silent mode. You can remotely execute the following command to install Omniscope without the usual sequence of interactive wizard steps.

  Z:/path/to/OmniscopeOfflineInstaller.exe /S

Deployment without using the installer

It is possible to roll out Omniscope without the installer.  Please contact Visokio for further information.