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What are the best solutions available to install software across the network at once? It would be a Windows only environment from WindowsXP to Windows 7.

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It would be useful to know if this is in a domain. However, most products in this area are commercial. – harrymc Jul 18 '10 at 8:45
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Request clarification: you're asking how to install multiple applications in one step, across a network, with a Windows XP machine as the source and a Windows 7 machine as the destination? – boot13 Jul 18 '10 at 14:46
@harrymc commercial products are fine. Most likely in a domain. @boot13 Install one software on many machines at one go. For instance, setting up winZip or Anti-Virus or VLC or Quicktime for many machines at one go. – Shalin Jain Jul 19 '10 at 6:22
This is more serverfault.com than superuser - if you're on a domain you can - and probably should - do this with group policy stuff – Murph Jul 26 '10 at 17:38
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Probably use Ninite Pro, if the applications you want to install are supported by Ninite

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I use PSEXEC along with simple scripts to install software across the network.

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A simple solution will be a batch script. Write one and place it in start-up of ALL systems. - The batch script should contain commands to execute a specific file from a specific network location on boot-up. [This counters any problems you might encounter using PsExec on systems which have a different Admin Password, or systems which might not be on domain!

It is simple and effective, I deploy all my updates this way!

The second option is to use PsExec.

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