Installing render only version on offline machines Mk2

Hi there,
I need to install AE CC on 10 blade servers, but there doesn't seem to be a way of doing this withou doing it through the CC app.
There seems to be no sign of AE CC as a standalone app.
And no-one seems to be answering on this forum.
Can I take it then that this isn't possible?
Would it not be possible to create a standalone version of AE which is render only, and doesn't need to be installed via the CC app.
It's the ONLY CC app that works like this...
Would make it a lot easier for render farms and thus serious post work....

OK, I'm going to break this down a bit, because I can't get it to work..
We need some more steps here. This is not as simple as advertised...
Creative Cloud Packager for Creative Cloud Teams and Creative Cloud Enterprise
You do not need to follow the instructions above if you are deploying After Effects CC as part of a multi-seat license, Creative Cloud Teams or Creative Cloud Enterprise. Instead, use the Creative Cloud Packager (CCP) to deploy the software.
Er. So I managed to download and install CCP.
In this case, create the ae_render_only_node.txt file before deployment:
1. Create the ae_render_only_node.txt file as described here, and use CCP to set the destination for this file.
So.... rewind a second.. How do you add this?
The CCP downloads a fresh copy of AE, and makes a CCP installer out of it automatically.
How would one create a package containing the .txt file?
Where is the option to include this file?
There's no option to do this.
2. Deploy After Effects CC using Creative Cloud Packager.
OK. So how do I do that?
From the admin machine or the client machine?
If I copy the package onto the client machine, it needs CCP to install it.... which requires internet access.
Or do I do it from the admin machine... which I can't at the moment, because it's not seeing the client machine on the network....
(I should say at this point that C4d TeamRender is working using the same network, and was super-easy to set up...)
So then I go here....
http://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/packager/creative-cloud-packager.html
If you are a Creative Cloud for teams customer, download Adobe Creative Cloud Packager from the Team Admin Portal in Adobe Creative Cloud.
OK. That was easy. Got it.
Using Creative Cloud Packager, you create Windows and/or Mac OS packages (MSI or PKG files) and then using any third-party deployment tool that supports the deployment of native installers (for example Microsoft SCCM, Apple ARD, or JAMF Casper Suite) deploy them to client machines.
OK. That's not so easy. Can't I just make something I can copy onto the client machines?
Note:
It is recommended that Creative Cloud Packager should not be installed on a system where one or more Creative Suite products or Creative Cloud Manager products have been installed.
OK. That's not really possible as I don't have a spare machine just to make Adobe packages.
But made something anyway...Made sure I'd quit out of CC....
It's made a folder called RenderNode.
Copied it onto the client machine via my SAN.
Opened it up on the client machine.
There's another folder called 'Build' (looks promising...)
Hey.... there's a file called 'RenderNode' which is what I called the package. And it's a Windows installer..
Double-click..... and.......
'Please wait while Windows configures RenderNode.'
OK..... and waiting......and waiting......and waiting......and waiting......and waiting......and waiting......
Looks like this is going nowhere... Giving up......
I'm sure I'm doing something wrong here.
But this is like 10 times more complicated than the previous way of doing things...
Which in itself involves the .txt kludgey thing.
Wouldn't it just be lovely if there was a nice self-contained downloadable render-only app that you could just install?
Surely it wouldn't be that hard?

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Mac Pro 2.93 GHz 8-Core, Radeon 5870, 32GB RAM and with Blackmagic Decklink Extreme 3D+
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aerender ERROR: No output module template was found with the given name.
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Thank You.

I've verified this problem and filed a bug. Sorry about the hiccup.
I've trying to pin down why this happens, and while I don't have a full explanation yet I think I've stumbled onto a workaround:
Trash the prefs on the render machine.
Enable the ae_render_only_node.txt file.
Launch AE and then quit. <- This is a critical step. More on this later.
Disable ae_render_only_node.txt file.
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Add your Output Module template.
Quit AE.
Enable the ae_render_only_node.txt file.
After you do this, I highly recommend making a backup copy of the Adobe After Effects 12.0 Prefs-indep-output.txt file. Just in case. I've had the failure reappear.
Now test with aerender and let me know if that works. It has on my machine.
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Now, should this not work for you, I recommend you work around the problem by adding your comps to the render queue in each project. When you do that, and change your aerender flags appropriately, you can render to your desired settings without specifying OMtemplate parameter.
> I can't seem to find any info on where Output Modules are actually stored (apparently they're not anywhere in the User/Library/Preferences/Adobe/After Effects/ folder?).
You probably already discovered this. In After Effects CC the OM data is stored in the Adobe After Effects 12.0 Prefs-indep-output.txt file. In older versions of AE, a single pref file such as Adobe After Effects 11.0-x64 Prefs.txt holds all of this data.
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Everything was hunky-dory until the auto-installer updated my version to the Flash Player 11.2 version and that's when it all went downhill. As soon as it installed that version, none of the TV networks, news networks or Hulu recognized that I had Adobe Flash Player. In addition, I could no longer create a blank new tab in IE or use the tools button (the little gear symbol) in the upper right hand of an IE window. Because of the IE problems, I figured it was a problem with IE and went about searching for a solution in that arena. I finally found something at Microsoft that helped me determine if it was an IE problem and went through the various steps. The final step required booting into safemode and trying to replicate the problem. IE worked fine in safemode so, Microsoft determined the problem had to be with outside influences.
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Now, what I think the problem is: The auto installer ONLY looks at Operating System and Browser to determine which version of Adobe Flash Player is correct. In this regard, my machine should use the latest 11.2 version. HOWEVER, if you look at the full system requirements for the 11.2 versions, you will note that it requires a...... 2.33 Ghz processor! In this regard, 11.2 is NOT the correct version for my machine as it only has a 2.2 Ghz processor. And I think therein lies the problem.
So. I freely admit that I am not a computer expert and am, in fact, so far removed from ever even contemplating wearing such a title that I'm sure all who read this are sitting in your offices having a good laugh at my expense. As such, I welcome anyone and everyone to tell me what I've done wrong and how I should go about fixing it. If my deductions are correct, then could someone please tell me how to choose the correct version for my machine and then tell me how to actually install it on my machine.
I know that this is a long post and I thank you all for your patience and any help you choose to offer me.

Mr. Willener,
Thank you for your reply.
I did un-install and then re-install per the Adobe recommendations which are what you listed in your reply. The problem remained until I did a MS Windows restore to a restore point a month or so ago. The IE problems vanished. However, now I'm using an outdated and unsupported version that is lower than most of the web pages require for their sites, at least the ones I want to view (they all say I need to upgrade my Flash Player which, when I did, put me in this fix).
As to:
Pat Willener wrote:
Usuallyexasperated wrote:
it requires a...... 2.33 Ghz processor!
You can safely ignore that requirement; it is simply not true.
Why would Adobe post a system requirement of 2.33 Ghz for 11.2 if it simply were not true?
Message was edited by: Usuallyexasperated

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