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RIS and 'incremental imaging'

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by shanghai sam

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What I READ and what I HEAR conflict regarding the possibilities of RIS. While I HEAR that RIS will allow you to configure workstations to check with a RIS-enabled server for proper OS and Apps packages, all I READ says that only OS configuration is provided via RIS.

Can someone clarify for me what RIS DOES allow? Specifically, if I have a W2K Adv Srvr configured with RIS enabled and Ghost Corporate 7.5 installed, can I get my 10-20 workstations to check themselves at boot against an "expected" image and update themselves as necessary?

Thanks!

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by thetechguy

You can install all the applications from RIS.
Bydefault RIS is used to install the win2k professional os.After that you can take one win2k machine install all the required apps and use RIPREP to upload this image to RIS server.From next time when clients are installed they get installed with all the apps.There is nothing like clients checking what apps are available at boot time but using group policy you can install any software during the machine boot time.

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