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Over at Lifehacker, Gina Trapani has put together a few application lists for InstallPad, including a "PC Rescue Pack," "Media Pack," and a general-purpose "Lifehacker Pack." Don't miss 'em.
Over at Lifehacker, Gina Trapani has put together a few application lists for InstallPad, including a "PC Rescue Pack," "Media Pack," and a general-purpose "Lifehacker Pack." Don't miss 'em.
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Subscribe to commentsPeterNov 1st 2006 5:53PM
Unless you are setting up a huge number of identical machines I don't really see the benefit of this. And if I was setting up lots of identical machines, I'd sysprep and image them.
If you rebuild your machine once a year, you're going to have to go to the site anyway to get an updated URL and maybe change your silent install script. By that the time you've done all that you might as well just do the install and be done with it. If you rebuild more often then that, syspreping and imaging a configured system is faster and easier.
Installing all the Windows Updates on a new system is more time consuming that downloading and installing the newest version of iTunes.
glennNov 4th 2006 6:59PM
Could this help with automating/getting the latest updates of software?
for example: on my machines, I use the great tools from sysinternals. But on the various machines, the latest version is not always present. Instead of manually downloading and unzipping the files, it would be great to click one button to check and update if needed.