[237] in winnt
Re: NT Workstation prep tool needed
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jonathan McIndoe Hunt)
Tue Oct 13 18:04:30 1998
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 18:02:25 -0400
To: "Philip R. Thompson" <phils@MIT.EDU>
From: Jonathan McIndoe Hunt <jmhunt@MIT.EDU>
Cc: ntpartners@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19981013102655.007b68d0@po9.mit.edu>
Hi Philip,
I do not think this is something that MIT can justify in getting a site
license for. I do not believe that it is covered under any of the
agreements we have with Microsoft. Could you please provide me with some
more information on where the tool can be found and I will try to get an
evaluation copy and see if it is helpful.
Cloning NT workstations is not an easy task, though when done carefully and
thoroughly it can save a considerable amount of time. Problems arise from
a number of products and the way that NT deals with shortcuts.
-Jonathan Hunt
At 10:26 AM 10/13/98 -0400, you wrote:
>Here is something we could really use in our department. Is there any
>chance MIT can get it?
>
>Thanks,
>Philip Thompson
>
>
>"Microsoft offers NT Workstation prep tool
>By InfoWorld Electric staff
>Posted at 12:00 p.m., PT, Oct. 7
>
>Microsoft has released the first of a series of promised new Windows NT
>Workstation migration tools, System Preparation Tool, which prepares PC
>hard disks for duplication. Once the system is prepared, administrators can
>use utilities such as Alteris RapiDeploy or Symantec's Norton Ghost or to
>deploy NT Workstation on multiple systems. The tool, free for customers who
>participate in Microsoft's Select or Enterprise licensing agreements, can
>cut the time it takes to migrate existing Windows 95 desktops to NT
>Workstation to "minutes per PC," Microsoft officials said."
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