| Darren Parker [MSFT] 2005-01-25, 3:55 am |
| Hi Zeno,
There is Advertised installation, which I think will let you do what you
want.
Performing an Advertised Install from a Network Share
Performing an advertised installation from a network share will copy all
files to the user's local machine. To perform an advertised install you must
first upgrade the Windows Installer and Internet Explorer by navigating to
root of the Network Share. For the Windows Installer upgrade, double-click
either instmsia.exe (Microsoft Windows® 98 / Windows ME) or instmsiw.exe
(Microsoft Windows NT® 4.0 / Windows 2000). Next Upgrade Internet Explorer
by clicking ie60\ie6setup.exe.
Note Users without local network access will not be able to access the
MSDN Library via advertised installation. For users to perform an advertised
install, they must be an administrator on the machine. If they do not have
administrator rights, the administrator of the machine must perform the
installation.
1.. Log in as an administrator
2.. On the Start menu, click Run, msiexec.exe /jm <path to msdn.msi> /t
<path to msdnadvt.mst>
Example: msiexec.exe /jm \\server\share\msdn.msi /t
\\server\share\msdnadvt.mst
3.. Log off
4.. Log in as a local network user
5.. Launch shortcut
Darren Parker
Microsoft
Developer Division User Education
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"Zeno Lee" <zeno_lee@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:OqY2wnjAFHA.2804@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> Is there a way to automatically update MSDN library updates to clients
> from a central location?
>
> Each quarter when I get a new DVD, I netcopy the library to a network
> share and I email all the developers who manually run setup to update
> their local copies.
>
> I'm looking to use a group policy or maybe something along those lines to
> keep everyone up to date.
>
> Is there some tool available in msdn to do this?
>
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