deployment

puTTY

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/

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OCS Inventory NG

scripts/ocsinventoryng.bat

:: OPTIONAL: Install OCS Inventory-NG

:: OCS Inventory-NG
:: URL|ALL|www.dwadson.com/files/unattended/ocsng/OcsAgentSetup.exe?download|packages/ocsng/OcsAgentSetup.exe
@Echo off

todo.pl "%Z%\packages\ocsinventoryng\OcsAgentSetup.exe /S"

Office 2007

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:

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iTunes and QuickTime

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:

:: OPTIONAL: Install Quicktime
:: need to get it manually
:: <http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/>
@echo off

todo.pl "%Z%\packages\apple\QuickTimeInstaller.exe /passive"

iTunes Installation

Internet Explorer 7

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

:: OPTIONAL: Install Internet Explorer 7

:: Internet Explorer 7
:: URL|ALL|http://download.microsoft.com/download/3/8/8/38889dc1-848c-4bf2-8335-86c573ad86d9/IE7-WindowsXP-x86-enu.exe?download|packages/ie7/IE7-WindowsXP-x86-enu.exe
@Echo off

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IntelliPoint

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

First, download the installer for

Filezilla

:: OPTIONAL: Install Filezilla

:: Filezilla
:: URL|ALL|http://superb-west.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/filezilla/FileZilla_3.0.7.1_win32-setup.exe?download|packages/filezilla/FileZilla_3.0.7.1_win32-setup.exe
@Echo off

:: N.B. Since we are pushing these commands onto the to-do stack, they will be executed in the opposite order.

:: Install the app
todo.pl "%Z%\packages\filezilla\FileZilla_3.0.7.1_win32-setup.exe /S"

Application Installation

Unattended includes a variety of 3rd party applications, however some of the more current ones aren't there.

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