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I used to provide a "one-step", hardware independent, scripted installation
of all software and updates for "Mom and Pop shops" that ended with a request
for the location of backed up data. Pop in the DVD (CD in the OLD days),
then hit the power button. I stopped doing that because of "The Microsoft
Advantage" stuff--I had people who upgraded equipment and got the "bogus
software nightmare".
*It was made by simply following the instructions for an advanced
deployment of the Desktop.*
I would like to provide this service again--it would save me a lot of
problems, and of course, generate a lot of business. All I had to do was
re-issue updated DVDs with newer "local" (on the media) update file
directories so that the additional downloads were kept to a reasonable size.
The answer file had all of the customizations, licenses, keys, and
compatability database entries. The fact that it created a fresh
installation of the O.S. (with all of the updates and patches applied), then
added each additional piece of software (linking to the compatability data
and patching) in a defined order--the results were far superior to using an
image. It was sweet. No one else provided the service.
Has Microsoft fixed the issues involving "The Microsoft Genuine Advantage"
thingy? Or is this method of deployment/redeployment been permanently
ash-canned?
Running a "virtual" Microsoft installation is too slow on older equipt. (I
could do it using a hacked "Bart PE" installation, but it seems a bit much
even on equipt. which would handle it. And yes, I could do it with
Linux--but the scripts would be a nightmare.)
of all software and updates for "Mom and Pop shops" that ended with a request
for the location of backed up data. Pop in the DVD (CD in the OLD days),
then hit the power button. I stopped doing that because of "The Microsoft
Advantage" stuff--I had people who upgraded equipment and got the "bogus
software nightmare".
*It was made by simply following the instructions for an advanced
deployment of the Desktop.*
I would like to provide this service again--it would save me a lot of
problems, and of course, generate a lot of business. All I had to do was
re-issue updated DVDs with newer "local" (on the media) update file
directories so that the additional downloads were kept to a reasonable size.
The answer file had all of the customizations, licenses, keys, and
compatability database entries. The fact that it created a fresh
installation of the O.S. (with all of the updates and patches applied), then
added each additional piece of software (linking to the compatability data
and patching) in a defined order--the results were far superior to using an
image. It was sweet. No one else provided the service.
Has Microsoft fixed the issues involving "The Microsoft Genuine Advantage"
thingy? Or is this method of deployment/redeployment been permanently
ash-canned?
Running a "virtual" Microsoft installation is too slow on older equipt. (I
could do it using a hacked "Bart PE" installation, but it seems a bit much
even on equipt. which would handle it. And yes, I could do it with
Linux--but the scripts would be a nightmare.)