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Anonymous   07-30-2005 at 01:35:35 AM

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I need to install update a bunch of different software on windows XP
machine in my computer lab. It is really pain to go and check what
need to be installed or updated on each machine. Then manually
starting up each of the programs installation process and go through
them. Espcially this get annoying when you need reformat the harddrive
and reinstall the all the software.

Is there any way I can automate this process of installing multiple
programs at once?

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Anonymous   07-30-2005 at 01:35:36 AM
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The quick answer is yes, you can install SP2 on multiple computers at once.
There are large organizations with hundreds of computers all around the
world and they have the same needs as you do for mass installation of
updates. Because of this need Microsoft has a solution available.

Unfortunately I am not well versed in these methods as I have always
performed support for personal desktop machines.

If you don't mind doing some research, you want to read the guide for
deploying Service Pack 2 in enterprise environments. The link for this is
listed below.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/p [...] eploy.mspx

Good luck!

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>I need to install update a bunch of different software on windows XP
> machine in my computer lab. It is really pain to go and check what
> need to be installed or updated on each machine. Then manually
> starting up each of the programs installation process and go through
> them. Espcially this get annoying when you need reformat the harddrive
> and reinstall the all the software.
>
> Is there any way I can automate this process of installing multiple
> programs at once?
>
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Anonymous   07-30-2005 at 02:19:58 AM
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If you have an Active Directory domain and you are contemplating reformating
and reinstalling everything, you
can configure one machine and essentially clone it's OS and applications to
multiple machines with image based RIS:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/p [...] rary/DepKi
t/ae955638-1256-445b-987a-ffd6c42fe93c.mspx

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/p [...] rary/TechR
ef/a8c68dce-57e6-4710-bef6-d7adb1e9e8c3.mspx

Doug Sherman
MCSE, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP


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> I need to install update a bunch of different software on windows XP
> machine in my computer lab. It is really pain to go and check what
> need to be installed or updated on each machine. Then manually
> starting up each of the programs installation process and go through
> them. Espcially this get annoying when you need reformat the harddrive
> and reinstall the all the software.
>
> Is there any way I can automate this process of installing multiple
> programs at once?
>
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joy007   04-06-2009 at 08:23:40 PM
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hi, i think you have also one more way

1.why not try doing unattended XP installation ?
[you might need more floppys]

as far as installing multiple programs at once goes try doing it yourself since you can customize it

Also check this link

[url=http://www.sharewareconnection.com/titles/multiple-computers.htm][/url]

http://www.sharewareconnection.com [...] puters.htm

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Saattya   06-13-2009 at 11:22:48 AM
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Does this clone method work when applying the clone to a set of machines each with a different hardware configuration?


Anonymous wrote :

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (More info?)

If you have an Active Directory domain and you are contemplating reformating
and reinstalling everything, you
can configure one machine and essentially clone it's OS and applications to
multiple machines with image based RIS:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/p [...] rary/DepKi
t/ae955638-1256-445b-987a-ffd6c42fe93c.mspx

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/p [...] rary/TechR
ef/a8c68dce-57e6-4710-bef6-d7adb1e9e8c3.mspx

Doug Sherman
MCSE, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP


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