Converting exe to msi

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如何远程安装Windows软件[译文135]

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以前我总是不得不直接在每台电脑上安装应用程序，至少要说这是很耗费时间的工作。后来我开始使用 Windows 2000 下的 Dameware 帮助我远程安装应用程序，软件不仅价格昂贵而且还难以使用。

        然后随着 Windows XP 专业版的发布，系统自带了远程桌面功能，我可以远程登陆每台机器来安装 Windows 程序，不过这仍然很耗费时间。现在我可以自动向电脑分发应用程序，还可以向用户分发应用程序，这样不管用户是不是在我的域中，都可以获取到需要的软件。

        下面我将做一个 Windows Microsoft Office 软件的远程安装，告诉你怎么进行。首先你要安装的软件必须有一个 MSI 文件进行部署，MSI 文件简单说就是一个微软安装工具。如果没有的话有很多方法可以创建。当获得 MSI 文件之后，我们可以创建符合要求模板选择需要的选项，这可以帮助我们设定安装过程自动进行。

        当你有成千上万的电脑需要处理，每天电脑有成百上千的需求，这样做是非常必要的。现在我们可以用 OU 或者说叫做组织单元部署应用程序。

首先我们打开活动目录用户和计算机帐户。

选择你想要向谁部署应用程序，右击那个 OU 选择属性。

点击窗口右上角的组策略标签页，然后需要点击打开进入管理界面。

不管在 OU 中你是点击的计算机还是用户，都会得到响应。也就是说他们会让软件部署到自身。

接下来回到下面的屏幕。

这个是组策略管理界面。两个步骤之前你选择的 OU 会在左侧高亮显示，分发给它的任何策略会在右侧面板显示。你可以看到我有一个 GPO（组策略对象） 叫做 OfcStd，是我的 Office Standard 缩写。

这个组策略分发 Office 2003 标准版到这个 OU 里面的所有计算机。现在让我们从头开始看看是怎么工作的。

右击这个 OU 并选择在这里创建和连接一个GPO。

这会引导你到达一个为 GPO 命名的屏幕，如下所示。

为你的 GPO 起一个易于理解的名字.我将自己的命名为测试软件安装。这将会带我们回到同一个屏幕，增加了新添加的空 GPO。你需要右键点击然后选择编辑。

点击编辑之后会打开组策略对象编辑器。根据你是要将软件分发给计算机还是用户（计算机总是会安装到同一台机器，用户会跟随其正在使用的机器），展开 计算机配置→ 软件设置 或者 用户配置→软件设置，如下所示。

点击软件设置文件夹下面的软件安装项之后会看到如下。

右击右侧面板，如上图所示选择新建→软件包。

        选择 Office 2003 便准版安装文件 STD11.msi，就搞定了。就是这么简单！你已经学会了部署第一个软件安装包，试想如果使用合理这将节省多少时间！

        如果你上面选择的是用户配置，你可以登陆其中的一个用户进行测试；如果你选择的计算机配置，需要使用 OU 中的一台计算机登录。有时候需要重启计算机或者极端情况下重启两次才能看到程序安装。当你成功之后，登入系统直接就可以看到一个界面，告知你安装部署好的应用程序。是不是很酷？

How To Do A Remote Install Of Windows Software

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I have recently covered how to create your own Windows domain and how to push out group policy to your domain computers. Today we will visit how to remote install Windows software on your domain computers using group policy.

In the past I have had to install applications directly on each user’s computer. This was time consuming to say the least. Then I started using Dameware for Windows 2000 that helped me remotely install applications. It was far from free and was difficult to use.

Then Remote Desktop came around with Windows XP Professional and I was able to remotely log into each machine and install the  Windows applications. This was still time consuming. Now I am able to assign applications to computers automatically. I can also assign applications to users so no matter where they are on my domain they will have the software they need.

I do a remote install our Windows Microsoft Office software, and I will show you how. The application that you want to install will need to have a MSI file to deploy it. An MSI file is simply a Microsoft installer. If you do not have one there are methods to creating one like this. Once you have the MSI file we can create answer templates to choose the options we want to pick. This helps us customize the installations while keeping it automated.

When you are dealing with thousands of computers with hundreds of different requirements this is a necessity. Now we can use our OUs or organizational units to deploy applications.

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Let’s open up our Active Directory Users and Accounts.

Pick who you want to deploy the applications to.  Right click on that OU and choose properties.

Then click on the group policy tab at the top right of the window and then we need to clickopen to get to the management interface.

Whatever is in the OU you choose, computers or users, they will all be affected. In this situation it means they will have the software deployed to it.

We will next be taken to this screen:

This is called the group policy management screen.  The OU you selected two steps back will be highlighted on the left hand side and any policies assigned to it will appear in the right pane. You can see I have a GPO called OfcStd, which is my shorthand for Office Standard.

This group policy deploys Office 2003 standard to the machines in this OU. Now let’s see how to do it from scratch.

Right click on the OU and choose create and link a GPO here.

That will take you to a screen that will ask you to name your GPO. It looks like this:

Name your GPO something that is helpful in understanding what it does. I named mine test software installation. That will take us to the same screen with the new blank GPO added. You will want to right click on it and choose edit like so:

After clicking edit we will be in the group policy object editor. Depending on if you want the software assigned to the computer or the user (computer will always install to the same machine and user will follow the user to whatever machine they are using). Expand eithercomputer configuration ““> software settings or user configuration software settings like you see below:

After clicking on the software installation item below the software settings folder you will see this:

Right click on the right pane and choose new ““> package as shown above.

I chose Office 2003 standard’s installer called STD11.msi. and I am done. That is really it! You have deployed your first software package. Imagine how much time this can save if used properly!

Now you can test it by logging in as a user, in that OU, if you choose the user configuration above. If you choose the computer configuration you would use a computer in that OU. Sometimes it takes a reboot and in extreme cases two to see the installation.  When you are successful you will see a screen directly after logging in telling you that it is installing your applications. How cool is that?

How do you remote install Windows software? Do you have any tips or tricks for us?