On 8/28/06, Todd Walton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I just started a job where I will be responsible for taking new PCs, installing Windows XP on them, and then installing the unique list of required apps for the user the PC will be going to. Each available app has a Word document associated with it that details what steps to take to install it. "Click install." "You should see a window that says... , click Next." "Include the spell checker, but don't include ODBC." "First install this dependency, the associated Word document is on the network drive. Come back when you're done." And on and on. ??? Why the heck can't the computer be scripted to do this for me? Why? Because Windows apps are binary, and don't invite interaction from anything but pretty pictures on the screen. If I were on a 21st century operating system, like Linux, I could write a shell script or an ebuild or the like and I would mark checkboxes indicating just which apps I wanted and I'd hit Go. That's why I still love Linux. -todd
Well, you COULD write a script for anything like that with something like http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/index.php I've scripted installs in Windows years ago. It's not quite as nice as a straight command line, but mainly it depends on the individual apps (since some of them allow command line control). But AutoIt will do GUI controls as well. Levi -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
