well, I could think of many more drawbacks using this option... don't get me wrong - psexec is cool. But I don't really see it as an option to deploy software to many clients of which usually a certain percentage is remotely connected or offline. So you'd have to build your own little framework to ensure availablity of the clients and successfull install of the app etc. The success naturally depends on your client landscape
/Guido -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peter Jessop Sent: Dienstag, 19. Juli 2005 17:50 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] Logon script with Admin rights There is simple way of doing this that works if a) the .exe has a quiet option (-q for example) with no gui output b) it is not necessary to install the program from a logon script Simply install the program from another machine using psexec.exe i.e logon remote machine with sufficient privileges and run psexec -c \\remotemachine "install.exe -q" where install.exe is the installation program This method has several advantages if you put it in a script 1) It can easily be extended to install over a range of computers 2) You can get feedback as to whether it has installed or not. As Rick points out preparing .msi files has it's drawbacks, not least of which is access to a clean machine to prepare it on. Regards Peter Jessop List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
