help -- Need to create an application suite image to clone..

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Applications when installed on a PC have specfic registry entries.

Thus you are better off installing the applications on each machine and
making an image of each and every 'unique' hardware environment. This can be
used for more than one PC of the same specification, that is unless you have
20 unique systems..Oh what a nightmare.

"davemcphe" wrote:

> I have the job of setting up and maintaining a group of 20 computers that
> will be used by elementry school kids. My network is a jumble of various
> hardware but all will be running XP. I have installed XP on all and set up
> their hardware drivers etc including SP2. I would like to install
> applications and set up shortcuts on one machine, image it and roll it out to
> the other machines. The application suite setup will take quite a while
> (several of the applications will need compatibility set up). NT used to
> have a utility to do this but I don't rememer what it was.
>
> I have imaged the OS from each of the machines so that when the kids mess it
> up I will be able to restore the OS quickly, I would like to be able to do
> the same with the apps.
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Dave
>