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Mat Murdock replied on October 27, 2009 18:11 to the idea "MSI Installation Files" in Pandion:

I also use Frontmotion Firefox and allow plugin updates. I get MSI files from Adobe for Flash and Shockwave updates.

Mat Murdock replied on October 27, 2009 17:46 to the idea "MSI Installation Files" in Pandion:

That is why I usually push out the updates. It is annoying to go through various vendors programs such as Google, Apple, Real, and Adobe and turn off the auto update feature, which usually is a user setting not a system setting.

Mat Murdock replied on October 27, 2009 17:23 to the idea "MSI Installation Files" in Pandion:

I usually try to install all the software and then take an image. If there are updates that need to be pushed out I will then deploy them through active directory which requires msi files.

Mat Murdock replied on October 27, 2009 17:09 to the question "History file" in Pandion:

Why not store the history in a sqlite database?

Mat Murdock replied on October 27, 2009 17:04 to the idea "MSI Installation Files" in Pandion:

Yes something like that. I use microsoft windows deployment service. It used to be call remote installation service (RIS)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_...

Mat Murdock replied on October 27, 2009 16:57 to the idea "MSI Installation Files" in Pandion:

I usually install it as part of a system image. So it really needs to have the option to be installed in the program files folder.

A comment on the idea "MSI Installation Files" in Pandion:

This is great! – Mat Murdock, on October 05, 2009 16:14

Mat Murdock replied on July 10, 2009 17:40 to the idea "MSI Installation Files" in Pandion:

On the old forum someone had posted an msi of 2.5 and that is what I have been using. I currently just use active directory software group policy's to deploy software and it only supports msi packages. Things that would make it deploying this easier would be:
- The ability to have Pandion start with windows without the user having to set that setting.
- Some sort of auto configuration of username and host.
- Desktop shortcut as well. (I can add this with vbs script though)

As far as creating an msi file, there is both free and commercial software for doing this. I have never rolled my own before.

Mat Murdock shared an idea in Pandion on July 10, 2009 15:55:

MSI Installation Files

It would be nice if you included an .msi version of the installation files.