Hey today i saw a blog who do cognos installation to help beginners...
Here it is...
http://cognoslearner.blogspot.in/
mail : Oh! Where did it go? It couldn't have been deleted by a moderator, could it? Hmmmm. Maybe I shouldn't post email addresses on the site. Oh well. I won't do it again now I know.
:) :)
I am not sure yet how they are going to manage remote installation but this is really a new idea.
Best of luck.
Navigator.