Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought BITS was used for Windows Updates and other HTTP-related services?
Don Guyer Systems Engineer - Information Services Prudential, Fox & Roach/Trident Group 431 W. Lancaster Avenue Devon, PA 19333 Direct: (610) 993-3299 Fax: (610) 650-5306 don.gu...@prufoxroach.com From: David Lum [mailto:david....@nwea.org] Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 2:08 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Perhaps a dumb GPO question... It would go out via BITS, so would it really make that much of a difference? David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764 From: Don Guyer [mailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com] Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 10:10 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Perhaps a dumb GPO question... I know it's not full-blown Office, but we pushed out the O2k7 Compatibility pack via GPO. I wouldn't even think about pushing the full copy of Office over our network, that would take "mad" bandwidth. J Don Guyer Systems Engineer - Information Services Prudential, Fox & Roach/Trident Group 431 W. Lancaster Avenue Devon, PA 19333 Direct: (610) 993-3299 Fax: (610) 650-5306 don.gu...@prufoxroach.com From: richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 12:33 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Perhaps a dumb GPO question... No, it does not. One can make an "install file", but it only collects installation options. It will not install Office. -- Richard D. McClary Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group ASPCA(r) 1717 S. Philo Rd, Ste 36 Urbana, IL 61802 richardmccl...@aspca.org P: 217-337-9761 C: 217-417-1182 F: 217-337-9761 www.aspca.org <http://www.aspca.org/> The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is from The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals(r) (ASPCA(r)) and is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying or use of the contents of this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify me by reply email and permanently delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout thereof. Ben Scott <mailvor...@gmail.com> wrote on 04/02/2009 11:20:23 AM: > On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 10:10 AM, <richardmccl...@aspca.org> wrote: > > We're needing to push installs of MS Elephant Droppings - oops! - I mean > > Office 2007 > > I haven't read the deployment docs for 2007 yet, but doesn't it > allow a manged install with MSI the way 2003 did? > > -- Ben > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
