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#125164 - 2004-08-17 04:15 PM Installing Ghost on Win9x clients
brewdude6 brewdude6 Hey THIS is FUN Registered: 2000-10-21 Posts: 280 Loc: Nashville, TN	I've recieved a request to help desktop support push out an install of Ghost to Win9x clients. They have no trouble with Win2k and XP machines since they have WMI installed. I'd like some opinions on the best approach? This is going to be a one time deal since desktop will be able to push out their own installs once the initial install is done. I'm definately concerned about pushing an install at login time. I've looked over Jens KSMS code and it definately is a masterpiece of code writing, but it's a lot more comprehensive than my needs. I'm wondering if scheduling a task to run at some time would be a better solution? Opinions are appreciated. _________________________ I could have made a neat retort but didn't, for I was flurried and didn't think of it till I was downstairs. -Mark Twain
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#125165 - 2004-08-17 06:08 PM Re: Installing Ghost on Win9x clients
Kdyer Kdyer KiX Supporter Registered: 2001-01-03 Posts: 6241 Loc: Tigard, OR	Maybe try a broadcast? You may need to be careful with this and MultiCast as there can be significant bandwidth issues. Kent _________________________ Utilize these resources: UDFs (Full List) KiXtart FAQ & How to's
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#125166 - 2004-08-17 06:16 PM Re: Installing Ghost on Win9x clients
brewdude6 brewdude6 Hey THIS is FUN Registered: 2000-10-21 Posts: 280 Loc: Nashville, TN	Ha...funny you should mention that. The guys in desktop got their hands slapped for running broadcast for a short period of time last month so that is out. _________________________ I could have made a neat retort but didn't, for I was flurried and didn't think of it till I was downstairs. -Mark Twain
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#125167 - 2004-08-17 08:54 PM Re: Installing Ghost on Win9x clients
Kdyer Kdyer KiX Supporter Registered: 2001-01-03 Posts: 6241 Loc: Tigard, OR	Have d/l'ed WMI9X.EXE from Microsoft? http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=98A4C5BA-337B-4E92-8C18-A63847760EA5&displaylang=en HTH, Kent _________________________ Utilize these resources: UDFs (Full List) KiXtart FAQ & How to's
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#125168 - 2004-08-17 09:10 PM Re: Installing Ghost on Win9x clients
Lonkero Lonkero KiX Master Guru Registered: 2001-06-05 Posts: 22346 Loc: OK	must wonder why someone wants to INSTALL ghost anywhere. only usable part of it is the commandline tools. _________________________ ! download KiXnet
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#125169 - 2004-08-17 10:02 PM Re: Installing Ghost on Win9x clients
brewdude6 brewdude6 Hey THIS is FUN Registered: 2000-10-21 Posts: 280 Loc: Nashville, TN	I believe the purpose is to take advantage of "ghost console". _________________________ I could have made a neat retort but didn't, for I was flurried and didn't think of it till I was downstairs. -Mark Twain
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#125170 - 2004-08-18 02:17 PM Re: Installing Ghost on Win9x clients
Kdyer Kdyer KiX Supporter Registered: 2001-01-03 Posts: 6241 Loc: Tigard, OR	Why? Why do you need a Ghost Console at a workstation? Let's think about this.. What is Ghost's primary purpose in life? To push/pull images to/from desktops. The way we are using it is to do a broadcast to several (8-12) workstations at one time. This is using a RIS Server and works quite well. If you need to do the opposite, then you restart your workstation and use PXE and connect in and create your .GHO file based on your OS. If you are running 2000/XP, you will want to use Microsoft's Sysprep. Sorry for the lecture, but beyond this just does not seem right. This is a pretty simple view into this, but should give you ideas. HTH, Kent _________________________ Utilize these resources: UDFs (Full List) KiXtart FAQ & How to's
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#125171 - 2004-08-18 03:42 PM Re: Installing Ghost on Win9x clients
brewdude6 brewdude6 Hey THIS is FUN Registered: 2000-10-21 Posts: 280 Loc: Nashville, TN	My bad...I should of said "to take advantage of Ghost Console by installing the ghost client on each workstation". _________________________ I could have made a neat retort but didn't, for I was flurried and didn't think of it till I was downstairs. -Mark Twain
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#125172 - 2004-08-18 04:48 PM Re: Installing Ghost on Win9x clients
Lonkero Lonkero KiX Master Guru Registered: 2001-06-05 Posts: 22346 Loc: OK	I think we understood that part. or at least, like I said before, there is nothing to use in ghost other than the server and client floppies/cd's. imho. _________________________ ! download KiXnet
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