WPKG Deploying Software

[Steven]

Anyone used WPKG for Deploying software i red on another topic here thats it better than Deploying through GPO, Just need a little bit of help on how to set it up to pull software from server etc etc thanks steve.

[SimpleSi]

I use it in my schools as they have a mixture of w2k3/Win98/Ubuntu machines set up as file servers and WPKG runs on any of them as all the work is done my Windows XP clients.

 

I think GPO deployment is the big daddy of windows deployment and is highly integrated into AD therefore it is better than using WPKG if your a Windows server/AD expert.

 

Using WPKG justs lets you get on with deploying without have MSARSE qualifications

 

At the moment all my schools are running pre 1.0 versions and I'm waiting for 1.0 RC versions to be declared finished before switching so I may not know the latest way of deploying V1.0RCx itself.

 

But in a nutshell, you create a share (customary to call it \\servername\wpkg) stick a few files in there, run wpkgstart.bat from there everytime the computer boots (I run it in the all users startup folder as I don't connect my machines as domain members even if I've got a W2k3 server)

 

I don't worry about silent installs as I don't deploy software that often and I warn the teachers to warn the pupils not to cancel anything.

 

I package up installs by using Autoit to automate key press answers or create simple .bat files if I just need to copy shortcuts to the desktop.

 

Hope this helps - please come back for more info

 

regards

 

Simon