deployment

Token2 was the Telnet client we were using with our Windows 95 machines. While not updated in some time, it is functional under Windows XP. Since the users were familiar with it, I decided to install it when the machines were upgrade to XP rather than having to train them on PuTTY.

Setup per Installshield instructions

The included script to install Mozilla Thunderbird was tweaked to allow it to autoconfigure an email account when the user launches the program.

Some autoconfig resources used were:
http://www.int-evry.fr/s2ia/user/procacci/netscape/en/mozilla-autoconfig-en.html#htoc12
http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/MCD%2C_Mission_Control_Desktop_AKA_AutoConfig#Central_Configuration_File
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Configuration_utilities_for_administrators
http://mit.edu/~thunderbird/www/maintainers/autoconfig.html

Unattended includes scripts for installing PuTTY. However, the one thing that I needed the install to do was define some default settings so I wouldn't have to manually configure every machine with the server address and various PuTTY options required for it.

http://www.downloadsquad.com/2007/02/01/howto-transfer-your-putty-settings-between-computers/

scripts/ocsinventoryng.bat

Post on the unattended-devel mailing list regarding installation.

MSFN Office forum (unattended fine-tuning tips).

Copy the contents of the Office 2007 install disk into \packages\office2k7.
Make a text file named \packages\office2k7\config.xml with the contents:

Quicktime Installation
In order to use iTunes, Quicktime needs to be manually downloaded e. Once saved in \packages\apple, create the install script \scripts\quicktime.bat:

iTunes Installation

After downloaded Internet Explorer 7 into \packages\ie7, make a script in \scripts\ie7.bat:

With the Dell Vostro laptops, we also purchased Microsoft Wireless Notebook Optical Mouse 4000's.

First, download the installer for Intellipoint 6.2. Then unzip the .EXE file.

Copy the ipoint folder to the packages directory of your Unattended install.

http://mit.edu/~firefox/www/maintainers/config.html