To modify the install settings, you can also create a transform file using ORCA. This assumes you have managed to get an MSI one way or the other. This is easier said than done, though. Lacking documentation, it can be difficult/impossible to figure out how to tweak the settings for the transform.
-----Original Message----- From: Ben Scott [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 9:41 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Deploying things with Group Policy On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 9:12 AM, David W. McSpadden <[email protected]> wrote: > I want to make sure everyone is on the same version of say UltraVNC. > How do I set up Group Policy to deploy UltraVnc ... to every > authenticated computer??? Is there an MSI package available to install UltraVNC? If so, then create a GPO. Go to Computer Config -> Software Settings -> Software Install -> right-click -> New -> Package. Pick the MSI file using a UNC path that's available and readable by all machine accounts. The next time they reboot, it should get installed. If there's no MSI, you have to either script something around the SETUP.EXE-style installer and call the script as a Computer Startup script, or build a .ZAP file. The .ZAP files are basically really limited scripts, so I've never bothered. > ... with all my settings ... If you want settings via Group Policy, the program (UltraVNC) has to expose those settings to Group Policy. That will mean it looks under the various "Policies" subkeys in the registry, and honors settings there. In other words, the program has to be written to support Group Policy. The publisher will typically provide an .ADM or .ADMX file to manage those GP settings. You can technically hack together an .ADM file that writes to other areas of the registry, but then the changes won't be backed out when the GPO no longer applies. (Sometimes called "tattooing the registry".) -- 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/> ~
