I've primarily always done software deployments through script driven installations because there is so much more flexibility. You should check out a product called WPKG, which is a script driven deployment system that you can very easily use with Group Policy. It's very neat. http://wpkg.org/ Regards, Jamie Nelson -----Original Message----- From: gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of jfvanmeter@xxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 12:14 PM To: gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [gptalk] Re: Deploying Software I was deploying software via Group Policy for a time, but found that with each package in sysvol, I started having concerns about the size of sysvol, and the amount of time for replication with over 800 DC to replicate too. just my 2 shiny centavos --John -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Nelson, Jamie R Contr 72 CS/SCBAF" <Jamie.Nelson.ctr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Create a GPO and in the Security Filtering section ("Scope" tab in GPMC) > replace "Authenticated Users" with your group name. Then just link it to > your domain or top-level OU and you should be good to go. > > Regards, > Jamie Nelson > > -----Original Message----- > From: gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of Paul Snell > Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 11:30 AM > To: gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [gptalk] Deploying Software > > One of our scripters has created a set of .cmd files that install > software using a customised template. If I try to run these from a > command line I get an error message saying that it can't use UNC paths, > but then starts the installation. I want to add these scripts to a GPO > so that the software only gets installed to specific pcs. I have created > a group that contains the pcs that need to have the software installed. > What is the best way to deploy? > > *********************** > You can unsubscribe from gptalk by sending email to gptalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the freelists.org Web > interface. Archives for the list are available at > //www.freelists.org/archives/gptalk/ > ************************ *********************** You can unsubscribe from gptalk by sending email to gptalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the freelists.org Web interface. Archives for the list are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/gptalk/ ************************ *********************** You can unsubscribe from gptalk by sending email to gptalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the freelists.org Web interface. Archives for the list are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/gptalk/ ************************