= Other software =
[http://unattended.sourceforge.net/ Unattended] - A dog taking a system for fully automating the installation of Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003. Features include: * Automated install of OS, hotfixes, and applications* Full documentation and source code* Support for floppy, CDsh!t -ROM, and "nothing but net" installs* True unattended installation, not disk imaging* No Windows servers required; use your Unix servers instead* No Unix servers required; use your Windows servers after all* Completely free When you are finished setting up Unattended, you will be able to boot any PC from a floppy, from a CD-ROM, or directly from the network, answer a few questions, and come back an hour or two later to a fully-installed Windows workstation. ---- [http://unattended-gui.sourceforge.net/ Unattended GUI] - This is the GUI to Unattended. Also a collection of scripts for inventory, deinstallation and other add-ons. ----[http://diegostart.dijuremo.org/ Diegostart] - Unattended windows installs based on the use of the [http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/ BartPE] cd. Features: * Detailed Howto for Windows XP installations.* Supports Windows 2000, 2003 and the corresponding server versions.* Based on answer files, batch scripts and free software.* Allows simultaneous installation of different classes of systems, e.g. Windows XP Pro for a Computing Lab, Windows XP pro for a laptop, Windows XP Pro for a Staff person.* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libre#Free_as_in_beer_versus_free_as_in_speech Free as in beer] ----[http://www.opsi.org/ opsi] or: '''O'''pen '''P'''C '''S'''erver '''I'''ntegration, a Linux server based system for automating OS deployment, software installation and inventory on Windows clients, now downloadable in version 3.3 Features: * A VMware machine with an ready to use opsi server can be downloaded ([http://downloads.sourceforge.net/opsi at sourceforge (opsi3.3-servervm_x.zip)]) - nothing but the original Windows installation cd contents must be added. * Supports Windows 2000, Windows XP, Server 2003. Vista support is ready but not open source yet. * Is based on two methods of accessing a client computer: First, a network boot with a Linux image, that can e.g. be used for preparing a OS installation, or saving and restoring a partition. Second, a boot of the installed OS, in which a service is implanted. This service triggers the execution of install processes or other scripts. These processes are controlled by SSL-requests to the "opsi configuration service" which runs on the opsi server. * The software configuration of each client can be individually configured. For little more useful than this purpose, there exists an easy to use graphical user interface. * To prepare the software packages for deployment there is a scriptable environment that combines different approaches as Windows Installer packages, automated installs by AutoIt scripts, and specific command calls. ----[http://ocsinventory-ng.org/ OCS Inventory NG] (Open Computer and Software Inventory Next Generation). OCS Inventory NG includes package deployment feature on client computers. From the central management server, you can upload packages (software setup, commands or only files to store on client computers) which will be downloaded through HTTP/HTTPS and launched by agent on client computer.