Upgrading ActivID ActivClient

Supported ActivClient Upgrades

This release of ActivClient allows you to upgrade automatically from ActivClient 7.4.1 or later (64-bit edition).

ActivClient setup automatically detects the previous versions 7.4.1 or later (64-bit edition) and upgrades it during installation. You do not have to uninstall the previous version.

Note: For versions preceding 7.4.1, it is necessary to perform an uninstallation followed by the installation of the latest version.

Important:

Due to the deprecation of Visual Basic Script (VBScript) starting with Windows 11, version 24H2, upgrading ActivID ActivClient 7.4.1 or 7.4.3 to a higher version on this and later Windows versions may encounter issues. To avoid problems with upgrading ActivClient caused by the VBScript deprecation, we recommend to uninstall the old version before upgrading to ActivClient 8.3. For more details, refer to Troubleshooting Uninstallation of Older ActivClient Versions After Deprecation of Visual Basic Script.

Upgrading Methods

There are several ways to upgrade ActivClient, depending on how you initially installed the product:

If you used the interactive setup, see the ActivID ActivClient for Windows Installation Guide.
If you deployed a previous version of ActivClient with Active Directory Push, then you can deploy the new package with the same methodology. For more information, see Deploying Using Active Directory Push.
If you deployed a previous version of ActivClient with Microsoft SCCM, then you can deploy the new package with the same methodology. For more information, see Deploying using Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager.
If you used the ActivClient Auto-Update feature, see Using ActivID ActivClient Auto-Update.

For a detailed description of the prerequisites and upgrade procedure, see Upgrading ActivID ActivClient.