[mdt] MDT Application Support

[GRitchie]

Hello,

So I've setup and configured WDS and MDT.

I'm wanting to know a couple of things now;

1) Is there a way of auto-inserting the serial number for products (such as Serif which doesn't pick up from KMS)

2) Is there a way of automatically installing software without having to manually run through the .exe setups stage by stage?

 

Also, has anyone got any useful tips/tricks for MDT?

Like injecting Windows Updates for example; upon trying this, the installer failed!

 

Thanks! :-)

[sted]

1 and 2 depends on the software

 

if you can create a batchfile to silently deploy it then do that so for example \\server\share\program\install.exe /S

 

you could fire up a vm install the offending software (and may as well add windows updates) sysprep copy and add that to mdt so everytime you fire that image out it has $$$ software installed and registered (some software keys dont survive a sysprep)

 

it just depends on the software i tend to bake office into the image but add sophos using a script in the applications section

[GRitchie]

1 and 2 depends on the software

 

if you can create a batchfile to silently deploy it then do that so for example \\server\share\program\install.exe /S

 

you could fire up a vm install the offending software (and may as well add windows updates) sysprep copy and add that to mdt so everytime you fire that image out it has $$$ software installed and registered (some software keys dont survive a sysprep)

 

it just depends on the software i tend to bake office into the image but add sophos using a script in the applications section

 

Hmmm, is there no easy way within MDT like how you would add the serial options for Office?

[sted]

no but you can add a serial to office by running setup.exe /admin and filling in the screens, saving an msp file and deploy by \\server\office14$\setup.exe /adminfile \\server\office14$\mysettings.msp

 

but iirc you ned to do it as a batch file you cant just point it at the exe no

[GRitchie]

no but you can add a serial to office by running setup.exe /admin and filling in the screens, saving an msp file and deploy by \\server\office14$\setup.exe /adminfile \\server\office14$\mysettings.msp

 

but iirc you ned to do it as a batch file you cant just point it at the exe no

 

Okay, so for example, the Serif applications.

If I run \\server\softwarelocation\movieplus\setup.exe /adminfile

 

Will that then save those setup properties in the same folder?

Or is it not quite that simple?

[sted]

serif i have no idea /adminfile works on programs that support it msoffice does serif i honestly dont know. I do seem to recall their being a way to deploy serif codes but its has been a few years since i did it i believe they have some deployment tool or at least docs

 

office resoruce kit (or whatever its now called by running /admin) saves your msp file where you tell it to

[computer_expert]

This is for an older version of serif, but I'm sure the process is the same (if not very similar) for the latest versions:

 

http://support.serif.com/AvatarHandler.ashx?radfile=%2FUsers%2F34%2FNetwork+Guide+V2.pdf

[GRitchie]

This is for an older version of serif, but I'm sure the process is the same (if not very similar) for the latest versions:

 

http://support.serif.com/AvatarHandler.ashx?radfile=%2FUsers%2F34%2FNetwork+Guide+V2.pdf

 

I'll take a look at this - the netcopy one seems most useful, however it's not working at the moment, I'll look into it.

Thanks!