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More info?)
Scott,
Thanks a lot for your answer!!
Even if I understand there is no way to do it with only 1 GPO, I got an answer to my question which will enable me to move one!
Julien.
"Scott Kaufman" wrote:
> Julien,
> I've searched for & tested what you're talking about, and what I came up
> with is there is no way to force a certain installation order in a single
> GPO. You'd have to create multiple GPO's for each software package and set
> the order that way. Not very good, since you can end up with a lot of
> GPO's.
>
> Scott
>
> "Julien" <Julien@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:058A66DF-A42F-4B1D-B5C2-6CA8D0BB0F60@microsoft.com...
> > Thanks for the information!!
> > As I also plan to use the SUS system on my network, your info will be very
> > precious to me!
> >
> > But my question was more related to the Deployment of Softwares such as MS
> > Office, Internet Explorer, or Service Packs of Win2K throughout my Domain.
> > I was talking about the feature you have within the GPO's!
> >
> > If someone could give me some info, I would be really greatful.
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> > Julien.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "Ken" wrote:
> >
> >> Julien-
> >>
> >> You'd probably do better with an SUS server--it applies
> >> the updates you want to, and you specify which ones (it
> >> downloads them and you manage it thru a web interface and
> >> it looks like Windows Update). Just need to point your
> >> clients to the SUS server and they'll get the updates in
> >> Microsoft's preferred order (I believe).
> >>
> >> More info at www.susserver.com
> >>
> >> Good luck
> >>
> >> Ken
> >> >-----Original Message-----
> >> >Hi!
> >> >
> >> >Recently I've decided to install softwares destined for
> >> my Client Workstations via the "Software Installation and
> >> Maintenance" feature provided by Group Policies.
> >> >
> >> >I was wondering if it was possible to set an order in
> >> which softwares would be installed.
> >> >For example as I am upgrading all my Win2K clients with
> >> SP4 through the GPO, I would like SP4 to be installed
> >> prior to other applications.
> >> >
> >> >I hope someone will know the answer to this question.
> >> >Thanks in advance for any kind of help!
> >> >Julien.
> >> >.
> >> >
> >>
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