Thanks Rod,
This product looks great. Am I seeing the price tag on this right (MSI Studio Admin lic 1yr std support $410.97)? That seems a little steep. Thanks for your time. Josh From: Rod Trent [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2009 3:47 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: MSI and Exe You might want to look at MSI Studio from ScriptLogic. It does all the work for you. http://www.scriptlogic.com/products/msi-studio/ Keep in mind that the majority of apps (well, apps that follow standards) already have .MSIs to be used for distribution. And, if they follow standards, there will be standard command-line switches that offer options for installations. So, you may not need an app, or knowledge of the MSI database structure to deploy apps in most situations. Appdeploy.com is a great site that deals with specific application installations. I've noticed a slowdown in the content contributed there, but it still has a great repository of information. myITforum.com is another good site that deals with deploying apps through management products, including GPOs. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2009 3:03 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: MSI and Exe I am trying to move from installing all my applications by hand to installing through GPOs, scripts and MSI files. I need to know where to find information on how to make an MSI from an exe and how to automate the install. I've looked at a couple of sites already and I think they all assume you have some knowledge of msiexec, running MSIs silently and the snapshot process used to make an MSI from an exe. I don't. Can anyone give me a good website with some tutorials on this, or refer me to a great program that you've used to do this job? Thanks for your time. Josh ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
