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utility to install apps to mult. xp box?

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by hazzard_005 2 views

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Is there a utility in xp that you can install identical applications across a network of all new preinstalled xp machines? I know that novel has snapshot or something like that. I need to find one, which will work with xp. The fear my employer has is that if I use ghost to image the machine it will screw up the OEM and licensing for xp's authentication. We are installing everything one at a time and there are 200 computers.

I hope my question is clear but could not think of a coherent way to ask the question. ;)

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by hazzard_005

I found that w2k has a utility Veritas software console. It looks like this is something which may help me. Does it work with xp and are there any known problems using it?

Any hints to ease this work load would be great.

TIA.

by hazzard_005

Sys prep is used mainly for full instalations as far As I know. My employeer is not interested in using a utility which is for imaging the entire system. He just wants an easy way to dump the applications to all the new computers. Thanks anyway.

by hazzard_005

Gr@ndcri
I thought that sysprep was used for doing full instalations of xp or 2000. It removes the unique identifiers like the oem and computer name? I want to leave these things alone and install all the apps without imaging the original system. All the systems are identacle out of the box. I just want a down and dirty way to install all the apps to the existing systems and keep them all the same.

by techkid

You are correct when looking at the Veritas software called WinInstall LE. It works on XP. Be wary of the "%systemroot%\prefetch" folder though. Some apps (acrobat, norton) will place startup files in there and it can cause adverse effects. You can tell WinInstall to not search that directory when it does the snapshot though. The directory isn't needed for snapshots.

by hazzard_005

This is good. I was hoping that I could get some more info with it or a link to some good documentation. Thanks for the info.

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