Chapter 27. Managing Software

Deploying and Managing Software Using Group Policy 940

Using Software Restriction Policies 966

Deploying Service Packs 970

Using Software Update Services 973

Remote Installation Services 974

Getting Incompatible Applications to Run 998

Summary 1002

Among the tedious tasks an administrator faces is the management of software on client systems. Users don’t have necessary software. Client systems need to be upgraded. Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows XP clients must be deployed. All these tasks require a great investment of time, particularly if you must physically go to each client system and perform each installation.

Although solutions to this problem have existed for some time, most notably in the form of the Microsoft ...

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