There are many suggestions here to use SMS or Altris when he has stated that he only has 180 users and still 30 running Windows '98. This is not a company that is will to part with cash for enterprise solutions if they still have Windows '98 lying around. It is also not a company that is overly concerned with security.
I worked in a similar environment in the past and I found that with a properly setup Active Directory and some painfully written batch scripts I was able to get software to install perfectly on every machine in the office. All it takes is a few hours of writing the scripts and testing for each software that you want to install and then you never have to think about that software again. I had a master script that ran when a user logged on that mapped all their printers and file shares, set a random local admin password and then check to see that all software was the latest version.
At my current job which is closer to 50,000 computers we use a much more elligant solution in PCCOE however it is really over kill for what you need.
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Just bought myself the MX1000 god it is a beautiful mouse. Perfect handling and a very long battery life/short recharge time. AU$129 was very expensive for a mouse though. I have never looked back and never will.
I have already been to the movies and seen it twice, I have also downloaded the pirate copy and watched it at home once. Having access to the pirate copy did not deprive them of their precious income nor will it deprive them of a dvd sale it just gives me the consumer more freedom as i can continue to watch my pirate copy as many times as i want.
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There are many suggestions here to use SMS or Altris when he has stated that he only has 180 users and still 30 running Windows '98. This is not a company that is will to part with cash for enterprise solutions if they still have Windows '98 lying around. It is also not a company that is overly concerned with security.
I worked in a similar environment in the past and I found that with a properly setup Active Directory and some painfully written batch scripts I was able to get software to install perfectly on every machine in the office. All it takes is a few hours of writing the scripts and testing for each software that you want to install and then you never have to think about that software again. I had a master script that ran when a user logged on that mapped all their printers and file shares, set a random local admin password and then check to see that all software was the latest version.
At my current job which is closer to 50,000 computers we use a much more elligant solution in PCCOE however it is really over kill for what you need.
http://odin749.bloger.com/
I am doing something simillar with a DLINK dsm 320 it works well just a little diffcult to get it to play with local streaming media
Just bought myself the MX1000 god it is a beautiful mouse. Perfect handling and a very long battery life/short recharge time. AU$129 was very expensive for a mouse though. I have never looked back and never will.
I have already been to the movies and seen it twice, I have also downloaded the pirate copy and watched it at home once. Having access to the pirate copy did not deprive them of their precious income nor will it deprive them of a dvd sale it just gives me the consumer more freedom as i can continue to watch my pirate copy as many times as i want.