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PLEASE NOTE - The instructions below were developed for FortiClient 1.2 MR2. As of FortiClient 1.2 MR3, the FortiClient Release Notes contain the best information for creating a custom unattended installation. Please use that as your guide. You can find the release notes at http://kc.forticare.com/. The information below is obsolete.
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The following series of post will show you how you can put together a custom unattended setup of the FortiClient VPN software.
Goals:[ul]Unattended Install
Deselection of unnecessary components (the Firewall and Anti-Virus components in this case)
Include FortiClient license key
Include VPN tunnel information[/ul]
For this task you will need the following:[ul] FortiClientSetup_1.2.172.zip or the latest FortiClient from the support website.
MaSaI Editor from http://www.masaieditor.com (thanks UKWizard 
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* Note: If all you want is an unattended installation with the Firewall and Anti-Virus components deselected, you can download a pre-edited 1033.mst file attached to this post.
** Note: These instructions were developed using FortiClient 1.2 build 172 and MaSaI Editor 1.8.1654.0. The instructions may not work if any other versions are used.
Ok, let' s get started!
When unzipping the client, you may have noticed that it contains 3 files.
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* Note: If all you want is an unattended installation with the Firewall and Anti-Virus components deselected, you can download a pre-edited 1033.mst file attached to this post.
** Note: These instructions were developed using FortiClient 1.2 build 172 and MaSaI Editor 1.8.1654.0. The instructions may not work if any other versions are used.
Ok, let' s get started!
When unzipping the client, you may have noticed that it contains 3 files.
12/15/2004 03:35 PM 3,584 1033.mst
12/15/2004 03:35 PM 34,304 2052.mst
12/15/2004 03:35 PM 12,220,928 FortiClient.msi
3 File(s) 12,258,816 bytes
Briefly, the FortiClient.msi file is the main installation file. The other two .mst files are language oriented transform files. Region code 1033 is English. Region code 2052 is Simplified Chinese. For purposes of this HowTo, we will only be using the 1033.mst file. The file 2052.mst can be deleted or ignored.
After you have downloaded and installed the MaSaI Editor, you may notice that it starts in " Trial" mode. The editor gives you full functionality for 20 days before it turns into the " Free" edition. The downside of this period of full functionality is that it adds a pop-up window during the install of each saved project stating that the project was edited and saved using the trial MaSaI Editor. The Free version gives very limited functionality, but does not add the annoying prompt into your projects. Since we only need the limited functionality provided by the Free version for this project (and we do not want the annoying pop-up window displayed to our easily confused users), we will abort the trial period and convert the Editor into the Free version.
STEP 1 - Aborting the MaSaI Editor Trial Period
Open the MaSaI Editor. On the title bar, it will state " MaSaI Editor Trial" . Go to Help then Enter Update Serial Number..., and enter anything you wish. After clicking Ok, the program will report that the serial number is invalid. Simply click Ok to dismiss the error message and you should notice that the window title bar has changed to just " MaSaI Editor" . You are now working in the limited Free mode. If this doesn' t work for you, try closing the editor and re-opening it again.
