You probably want to take a look at the section titled "Remote Setup
Information for SQL Server 2005"
Enter this URL within the SQL Server 2005 Books Online:
ms-://MS.SQLCC.v9/MS.SQLSVR.v9.en/instsql9/html/acabb99f-af23-4ceb-8f42-ff3ac0e1e52e.htm
Or hit the online version of Books Online
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms143734.aspx
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Keith Kratochvil
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>A number of our users had SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Manager installed. We
>upgraded them to SQL Server 2005 Management Studio including the rest of
>the client tools such as the SQL Server Business Intelligence Development
>Studio via an installation package using our network management software.
>
> The installation package is basically all the changes applied to a base
> image after running the installation, which ends up being faster because
> the setup program doesn't have to be run on the target computer,
> instead.the operation is reduced to a straight copy of files and registry
> settings.
>
> Overall, this approach worked fine and users are able to work with
> Management Studio, however, when launching the Business Intelligence
> Development Studio, they get a "Microsoft Visual Studio" message box
> displaying "Invalid license data. Reinstall is Required." and the program
> terminates.
>
> Only a limited number of users need the Business Intelligence Development
> Studio, so we've worked around this problem by running the setup program
> on the target computer.
>
> It seems that we'll need to run the setup program instead of the
> installation package, but is there a way to do a silent or unattended
> installation using the setup program?
>