-----Original Message-----
How do I setup a software install in GP if it is not
a .msi file.....I have not been able to find out any info
about that.
Marty
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Marty,
At the risk of sounding like an a$$wipe ( not my
intention ) - you use setup.exe the old fashioned way.
Meaning, no GPO.
Now, that is only partially correct. You can create your
own .msi package using the free utility included with the
WIN2000 Server. I believe that it is called WinInstall
Lite. However, please be aware that this *can* have less
than perfect results. Essentially what you do is do a
clean install with only WIN2000 ( or WINXP ) installed,
take a "before" snapshot, install only the utilities that
you want included and then take an "after" snapshot.
WinInstall Lite will then create the .msi file for you.
You see, a "native" .msi file created by the software
manufacturer is really a database that *knows* about a
whole variety of possible situations that it *could*
encounter and how to react. When you create an .msi file
after-the-fact you have less than a perfect situation.
Now, I have never worked with any of the expensive Third-
Party software that can do this very well...
Having said that, I will say that I created a nice
little .msi file for Adobe Acrobat 4.0, Aladin Expander's
Stuffit and a few other useful utilities and installed
them all via that one .msi file nicely...
HTH,
Cary
