On Thu, 15 Jun 2006 18:30:22 +0100, "AdamT" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:

>What's in your standard desktop build?

The lowest common denominator software that everyone needs.

There seems to be two schools of thought for desktop deployment:
Image-based deployment and script-based deployment.  Lately, I've taken
a hybrid approach -- Using an image with about 60% of the standard
software load plus a large install script kicked-off via GuiRunOnce. 
This script detects the PC model and branches accordingly (touchpad
drivers/VPN/iPass for laptops and etc).

The nice thing about the script approach is that I can update a software
version by simply replacing the setup files rather than having to
roll-up a new image.  OTOH, the image-based approach makes for faster
deployment.

RM



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