Hello Scott!
Friday June 14 1996 09:31, Scott Parks wrote to all:
 SP> Also ... is it possible to MIRROR a Win95 workstation to the server
 SP> and then copy that IMAGE back to the next 39 installs?
You don't need to mirror, just do a server install ... run netsetup.exe. 
Check CDROM ADMIN > NETOOLS directory for the netsetup.exe fiel (If I 
remember, this is the directory)...
You can do a server install, flag normal the msbatch.inf file, edit it to 
your liking save and flag +ro again.  From the Client run setup and 95 will 
install (much faster also).  The advantage of editing the msbatch.inf file is 
that this client install can be totally automated with little or no user 
input or as much as you like. For example my installs to clients only require 
the user to make the emergency back-up disk, everything else it set-up 
including system name, cd serial number, time zone, no games, restricting the 
F8 booting, restricting changes to come from the server directory and so on.  
You can also ensure clients are setup to allow the administrator to configure 
the client from his/her desktop without even going to the client site. This 
is tranparent to the client user.
Another real advantage it that when drivers or confiuration changes are 
necessary the update comes from the server to each client. This prevents me 
from having to go to each client for installs.
A server install is speedy, cdroms are not necessary for clients but most of 
all the administrator can better manage clients...
I suggest you obtain the book..."The Windows 95 Resource Kit".  Appendix D
is detailed and specific regarding the msbatch.inf. There are a variety of 
other setups to the sever, depending if you run a shared version on the 
server, have ROM boot client, etc...
Oren
... URA Redneck if: You have to re-crank your car at every intersection.
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