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Deploying Installshield package via SCCM fails, Return Code -3

I recently ran into an issue installing the driver package for some new Interlink "Epad" signature pads we got in at work.  The instructions from the readme file for unattended installs matched the typical method for InstallShield packages: Run the installer with additional parameters to record the install and create a response file.  Example: "setup.exe /r /f1c:\temp\setup.iss" Copy the setup.exe and setup.iss files to the computer where the software needs to be installed.   On the target computer, run "setup.exe /s /f1 setup.iss /v/qn" In theory, this should silently run the installer, using the same responses provided when creating the response file in step 1.  In my case, this worked perfectly.  As long as I was manually running the command in step3 from an administrative command prompt.  When I tried deploying this as an application from system center, using the same command line and the same response file, the installation failed with a return