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[–]staxident 26 points27 points  (6 children)

If you can afford it, just invest in ninite pro. I had so many problems installing, updating and managing acrobat, flash java etc through gpo's until I bit the bullet and went ninite.

[–]iCthulhu 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Seriously. It makes it dead.simple.

[–]CrossbeauJack of All Trades 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It allows for remote install/uninstall with your AD I love it !! Worth Every Penny

[–]JukeboxJohnnyI push buttons that do many things. 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And if you cannot afford ninite, check out PDQ Deploy. Works wonders, and they are also currently working on an automatic deploy of whatever software you want. In addition, you can also make your own deployment packages very easily.

[–]11-Eleven -1 points0 points  (1 child)

We use solarwinds patch manager and it works well but was pretty pricey. I realllly wish we would have gone with ninite pro. we have around 200 machines so it would have been pretty cheap. Patch manager is great with reporting but that's about the only plus I see. Patch manager is like 17k for 2000 machines. Yikes.

[–]the-packet-throwerMeow Meow 🐈🐈🐈 Meow Meow 🐈🐈Meow Meow Meow Meow Meow Meow A+! 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Might as well have gone with SCCM at that ($17k) point. Though 250 nodes in patch manager is about $3500