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Enterprise Installation: Windows Operating System Computer Panic Button

This article provides a guide on how to rollout Computer Panic Buttons (CPB) to Windows operating systems across your organization

  1. Create Security Zones
    *Learn more here
  2. Whitelist SSID(s)
    *Learn more here
  3. For a silent rollout (no input from end users) upload machines for computers on ethernet and upload Access Points for the computers on WiFi. If institution decides to not pre-upload computers and access points, end users will get a prompt ask them to select their location upon initial launch of the CPB
  4. Download the cpb.msi from the web portal
    Settings →  Applications → Computer Panic Buttons → Downloads → Windows Installer (cpb.msi)
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  5. Navigate to Administrator Command Prompt:
    Search for Command Prompt from the start menu → right click → Run as administratorunnamed (1)
*From an Administrator Command Prompt execute the following command (replace 111 on both lines below with your institution id):
*Replace the network path with the path to the msi on your network.

Command Prompt

setx /M InstitutionId 111 & msiexec.exe /i \\network\path\to\msi\cpb.msi /qn & set InstitutionId=111 &

"C:\Program Files (x86)\911Cellular\Computer Panic Button\CPBupdater.exe"


Powershell

setx /M InstitutionId 111 & msiexec.exe /i \\network\path\to\msi\cpb.msi /qn & set InstitutionId=111 & "C:\Program Files (x86)\911Cellular\Computer Panic Button\CPBupdater.exe"


This will initiate a silent install that will launch the application.