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8. Click Open Folder . Right-click the Setup file and click Copy .
9. Click Start , type \\serverXX\SoftDeploy\SyncToy in the Start Search text box, and press
Enter .
10. Right-click the resulting Explorer window and click Paste . Close all open windows on your
Vista computer.
11. On your server, open GPMC. Click the Group Policy Objects folder, and create a GPO in it
named SwInstComp . Right-click SwInstComp and click Edit . In the GPME, click to expand
Computer Configuration , Policies , Software Settings , and Software Installation .
12. Right-click the Software Installation extension, point to New , and click Package . In the
Open dialog box, type \\serverXX\SoftDeploy\SyncToy
and press Enter . Click the
Setup.msi file, and then click Open .
13. In the Deploy Software dialog box, click OK . The Advanced option allows you to set addi-
tional options for package deployment, but for now, stick with the default deployment
options. Click Software Installation in the left pane of GPME. The name of the application
is listed in the right pane. Close GPME.
14. In GPMC, link the SwInstComp GPO to the TestGP1 OU (where your Vista computer
account is).
15. Restart your Vista computer. Log on to the domain as testuser1 .
16. Click Start , All Programs . SyncToy should be listed near the top of the list of programs.
(If you don't see SyncToy, verify that your Vista computer account is in the TestGP1 OU and
the SwInstComp GPO is linked to TestGP1. If necessary, restart your computer again, as it
can take a while for group policies to take effect.)
17. Click the SyncToy item in All Programs to start the installation, if you want. Depending on
the MSI file, some applications self-install, but others simply provide a link that installs the
package the first time it's clicked. Installing SyncToy isn't necessary, but it's a handy utility
for synchronizing files between a computer and a removable drive, such as a thumb drive.
18. Close all open windows on your Vista computer and server.
Advanced Application Deployment Options To access additional options for
deploying applications, click the Advanced option button in the Deploy Software dialog box.
This action opens the Properties dialog box shown in Figure 7-15, which contains several tabs
with options for changing how the application is deployed:
Deployment tab —You can select whether a package is published or assigned. In the
Computer Configuration node of a GPO, software packages can only be assigned, so
the Published option is disabled, as shown in Figure 7-15. The deployment type you
select determines what's available in the Deployment options section, including when
and how an application is deployed. For example, an application can be installed at
user logon or when a document used by the application is opened. Another deployment
option uninstalls the application automatically if the user or computer falls out of the
GPO's scope.
Upgrades tab —A package upgrade can be deployed by specifying which existing packages
are to be upgraded by the new package.
Categories tab —You use this tab to associate a published package with a category. Control
Panel's Programs applet (Add/Remove Programs in Windows XP) lists available applica-
tions under the specified categories. This option is used only for packages published in the
User Configuration node.
Modifications tab —You can use this tab to customize a package installation by using a
transform file (.mst extension). Select the transform files for customizing the installation
of the MSI file.
 
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