mackster

Thanks for replying. We've started using CentraStage for ad-hoc software deployment and I've created a number of components already; it was more about using it to replace startup scripts. I'm playing with OnConnect jobs today which I think will hopefully do what I'm looking for. I am interested in what you say about SOLUS3 though, as we're way behind with that and we need to get moving.

Looking for a bit of advice here. We have a massive AD structure spread across the authority, consisting of about 200 primary and special schools. We bought CentraStage about 12 months ago and so far, so good. But we'd like to start using it as our preferred method of deploying software, replacing a combination of MSIs and startup scripts. Is anyone else out there using CentraStage as their main method of software deployment and if so how are you going about it? What we need to do is have new machines automatically install the core software (Office, AV etc.) but we'd also like to have a way of machines automatically updating themselves (to new versions of Flash player etc.) Any help would be much appreciated. By the same token, I'm happy to share what little CentraStage knowledge I have. Cheers.

Apologies if this has been posted before - I'm sure someone else has encountered this problem before. OK, so Offline Files is a pain, but we finally got a handle on it with Group Policy, so we've got it behaving the way we want (XP only). But we want to start redirecting desktops, because no matter how many times we tell users their desktop isn't backed up, they insist on saving important documents there. The problem we're having now is when we combine the two - when a user who uses offline files logs on to the network after doing some work at home, a message box pops up asking them to close open files. This is before the user has had a chance to do anything, so as far as they're concerned no files are open. This doesn't happen if the machine has been restarted (but laptop users never restart). Now surely plenty of organisations use redirected desktops in conjunction with offline files, so there must be a way around this. I even tried removing mobsync.exe from msconfig to prevent Windows from trying to synchronise at logon, but the message just appeared as soon as the first sync was initiated. I also tried excluding ini files in case desktop.ini was the culprit but no joy. Any ideas?