On 2005-01-06 mike (at) genxweb (dot) net [email concealed] wrote:
> We are planning to start upgrading to xp sp2 in the next few months
> but one of the biggest issues we are having is that we want it to be a
> blind install. Basically we do not want the users to be prompted after
> the reboot to configure anything ( no option to turn on auto updates,
> no questions about the firewall, and so on) we also want to send it
> out with the firewall turned off ( we think we got this covered in our
> GPL but will have to test it).
>
> Any ideas be much appreciated
SP2 can be installed fully unattended (see command-line switches), so
installation should not be an issue. Automatic updates, firewall
settings et al. can be configured thru group policies (either domain or
local). The only issue I had with applying policies before rolling out
SP2 was longer strings causing warning messages, which can be fixed by a
separate update (though I can't remember off the top of my head which
one it was).
I would apply the policies to a few (test)machines, install SP2 and see
what happens. That should be sufficient to detect GP related problems.
HTH
Regards
Ansgar Wiechers
--
"Those who would give up liberty for a little temporary safety
deserve neither liberty nor safety, and will lose both."
--Benjamin Franklin
> We are planning to start upgrading to xp sp2 in the next few months
> but one of the biggest issues we are having is that we want it to be a
> blind install. Basically we do not want the users to be prompted after
> the reboot to configure anything ( no option to turn on auto updates,
> no questions about the firewall, and so on) we also want to send it
> out with the firewall turned off ( we think we got this covered in our
> GPL but will have to test it).
>
> Any ideas be much appreciated
SP2 can be installed fully unattended (see command-line switches), so
installation should not be an issue. Automatic updates, firewall
settings et al. can be configured thru group policies (either domain or
local). The only issue I had with applying policies before rolling out
SP2 was longer strings causing warning messages, which can be fixed by a
separate update (though I can't remember off the top of my head which
one it was).
I would apply the policies to a few (test)machines, install SP2 and see
what happens. That should be sufficient to detect GP related problems.
HTH
Regards
Ansgar Wiechers
--
"Those who would give up liberty for a little temporary safety
deserve neither liberty nor safety, and will lose both."
--Benjamin Franklin
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