so let say your task is to change a freakin system variable and also to install some god damn local printer drivers (specific printers) on 3-4 hundred machines. Can u do this thru a batch file that needs to be run on all these PCs? or are there any other simple option available? feel free to ask me more questions if you are not very clear?
Re: Automate Process under 2000 or XP
300-400 machines?
AD? assign user groups permission to use the printer object
no?
Re: Automate Process under 2000 or XP
Make an unattended XP DVD.
Here’s how you can make one:
http://unattended.msfn.org/advanced/intro.htm
You can included all the drivers and programmes you need to have on a system.
Re: Automate Process under 2000 or XP
Yes, via login scripts. If you have a domain you can install the printer on a server and add that printer to specific groups, then once the drivers are installed you can point them to a local port. Even the old Kix.32 would work with that. If you have programming skills available you can write out WSH or even VB to write that out.
Ofcourse it depends on the printer, if its some high-end printer then u would need to run the exe and run thu the setup on each machine.
Re: Automate Process under 2000 or XP
ok first of all my apology for not explaining things properly
Consider this;
- An image was created using Norton Ghost
- Around 400 PCs were deployed and re-imaged by 40+ Techs over the period of 5 days
- Now that we've found out that the image is missing some a) 4 personal drivers pointing to Lpt 1, 2, 3 and 4 for legecy applications b) some environmental variable for IBM MQ Series, to be setup under system instead of current user
I can't affoard to have 40 techies come over and install the same thing again. So, I am thinking of sending an e-mail with either a batch file or PIF so that users (loosers) could run it on their desktop. This whole drama is to prevent a tech visit, hence saving the overhead cost for the project.
Again, if you are not very clear ask me questions
Re: Automate Process under 2000 or XP
Nomaaan, No way man! active directory is not a very helpful tool for this task as the image is already deployed. I am looking for something different here.
Gizz (I can't follow your rabit bud!) simply can't do it as it is a production environment and all the PCs already stagged and deployed
TB, login script sounds good but am not at writing script, that's why am here lookin for some help. Server option is simply not doable as this is a production site and due to BCP plan they not pointing to just one server only. Also the drivers needed to be installed locally. Ideally, that should have been done with the image my guys created but am not looking back.