Deploy ZABO via Microsoft SMS (systems management server)?

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Has anyone had experience deploying ZABO via SMS? If so, how did it go? Any best practices you can share?

I’ve only been able to find these related threads:

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We have several groups set up without local admin privs on their PCs under Windows 2000. We need to develop an SMS script to install the Full Java Report Builder applet (plus the Active X builder and viewer controls). Anyone do this before? Is it possible? KB article 11929 provides some clues, but its not obvious like installing the ActiveX Report Builder Control or the full-client RptViewerAX control. craigpeters (BOB member since 2003-05-09)

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I’d like to be able to install ZABO on client desktops in an alternative method to having the user log into WebI and download it. Users are located far away in many cases and the time it takes to download the ZABO package is prohibitive. Is there any way to extract the “configured” install package from the server? By this I mean the installation wizard that runs when ZABO is installed over the web. I’m aware that one can manually extract the ZABOxx.CAB file and run the SETUP.EXE, but in orde…

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I’m getting ready to convert between 50 and 100 existing full client users to Zabo. I’m making a checklist of things to do and consider and thought it might be helpful to others. I’m also going search up stuff in our archives and post links in this thread. I’d love for you all to add things you think need to be included. Here’s my start… Users with full client must be deinstalled to allow automatic version updates via the web Obtain a list of all full client users and deinstall in small gr…

Thanks!
Chris

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cjweis (BOB member since 2003-10-02)