RE: Firefox update onto all comps
- From: v-terliu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Terence Liu [MSFT])
- Date: Wed, 04 Jul 2007 06:03:08 GMT
Hello Dan,
Thank you for posting here. And thanks for Holz and ms support newsgroup's
input.
According to your description, I understand that you want to deploy Firefox
to all SBS 2003 client computers at one time. If I have misunderstood the
problem, please don't hesitate to let me know.
Based on my research, we can deploy application to clients thru GPO. I
suggest we try the following steps:
In SBS 2003, we can use the Application Deployment feature to deploy
applications. To do so:
IMPORTANT: By using this method, the application assigned to the client
computers will not be installed automatically. It simply creates a shortcut
on the client desktops, and you must have the users to start the
installation manually by double-clicking the shortcut.
1. To configure permissions for the application shared folder
A. Using Windows Explorer, browse to the folder that contains the
installation files.
B. Right-click the folder and click Sharing and Security. Click "Share this
folder".
C. Click the Security tab, click Add, and then type Domain Users.
D. Click Apply to accept the default permissions assigned.
2. To add the program for deployment to client computers
A. Click Start, and then click Server Management.
B. In the console tree, double-click Client Computers, and then in the
details pane, click Set Up Client Applications.
C. On the Available applications page, click Add. The Application
Information dialog box appears.
D. In the Application Name box, type a name, and then type or browse to the
setup file in \\Servername\<share>.
E. Follow the instructions to complete the wizard.
F. When prompted to assign the new application to client computers, click
Yes. The Assign Applications Wizard appears.
G. Follow the instructions to complete the wizard.
NOTE: The Set Up Client Applications Wizard only works with client
computers running Windows 2000 Professional and Windows XP Professional. If
you have a client computer running a different operating system, you must
connect to the share manually from the client computer, and then install
the application.
3. To deploy the application to the client computer
Have the users log off and then log back on to the client computers. A
shortcut to install the application appears on the desktop. Double-click
the shortcut, and then complete the installation.
NOTE: The wizard should not be considered an installer of applications or a
replacement for functionality provided by Systems Management Server (SMS).
Rather, it is an automated process for adding limited applications to
existing client computers on a network without the use of features such as
Active Directory application publishing. Therefore, I suggest that you use
group policies to assign or publish programs to users or computers in a
domain. Please note that only MSI package can be used in Group Policy, you
should first convert the setup file to an .msi file if it's not an MSI
package. Refer to the following Knowledge Base articles for more details:
How to use Group Policy to remotely install software in Windows Server 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/816102
How to create third-party Microsoft Installer Package (MSI)
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/257718
How to assign software to a specific group by using a Group Policy
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=302430
How to assign software to a specific group by using Group Policy in Windows
Server 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/324750
Hope these steps will give you some help.
Thanks and have a nice day!
Best regards,
Terence Liu(MSFT)
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| From: Dan Irwin <harryguy082589@xxxxxxxxx>
| Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs
| Subject: Firefox update onto all comps
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| Is there a way to deploy a new version of Firefox (yes its been a
| while since it came out) to all computers connected to SBS 2003 SP1 at
| once?
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