Software Deployment

i would hope people would post their exlusion lists, or pointers to creating one, here so everyone could benefit. past experience makes me believe creating a good exclusion list is more art than science with some voodoo magic thrown in for flavor and would love to see how others handle this aspect too.

Well,

I am using a default exclusion List posted here at Appdeploy itself as base and have some of specific entries for softwares like Altiris and Marimba it self added to that which are not required on target machines. I am looking for a list particulary used by People who are usin MARIMBA as there re-packaging tool because it is in market now for almost 3 years.

been using Marimba for quite some time now.. (3+ yrs i think).. my God i'm getting old in this kind of job [8|]

maybe this could help =)
also.. we made a VB application to automatically check Marimba Shrinkwrap packages to not include this entries.. (much easier than checking packages with 1000+ of files and registry entries

Files and folders exclusion list:

.BAK
.LOG
.TMP
BOOTSTAT.DAT
ESENTPRF.INI
ISUNINST.EXE
NDISLOG.TXT
SCHEDLGU.TXT
SCHEDLOG.TXT
SHELLICONCACHE
WININI.TMP
WININIT.BAK
C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\LOCALSERVICE\COOKIES
C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\LOCALSERVICE\LOCAL SETTINGS\HISTORY\HISTORY.IE5
C:\DRIVERS
C:\INVTREE
C:\INVTREE.NEW
C:\MY DOCUMENTS
C:\NBIHW.CFG
C:\PROGRAM FILES\ESD II
C:\PROGRAM FILES\ESD3 PREP
C:\RECYCLER
C:\SCANDISK.LOG
C:\SYSTEM VOLUME INFORMATION
$SYS.PROFILE\APPLICATION DATA\MICROSOFT\CREDENTIALS
$SYS.PROFILE\APPLICATION DATA\MICROSOFT\INSTALLER
$SYS.PROFILE\COOKIES
$SYS.PROFILE\LOCAL SETTINGS\APPLICATION DATA\ICONCACHE.DB
$SYS.PROFILE\LOCAL SETTINGS\HISTORY
$SYS.PROFILE\NTUSER.INI
$SYS.PROFILE\RECENT
$SYS.SYSTEM\$WINNT$.INF
$SYS.SYSTEM\CATROOT2
$SYS.SYSTEM\DIRECTX\DINPUT
$SYS.SYSTEM\MICROSOFT\CRYPTO
$SYS.SYSTEM\MICROSOFT\PROTECT
$SYS.SYSTEM\MSDTC\TRACE
$SYS.SYSTEM\NTMSDATA
$SYS.SYSTEM\WBEM
$SYS.SYSTEM\WPA.DBL
$SYS.WINDOWS\APPLICATION DATA\MICROSOFT\INTERNET EXPLORER
$SYS.WINDOWS\APPLOG
$SYS.WINDOWS\CONFIG
$SYS.WINDOWS\CSC
$SYS.WINDOWS\DEBUG
$SYS.WINDOWS\NETWARE.INI
$SYS.WINDOWS\HISTORY
$SYS.WINDOWS\INSTALLER
$SYS.WINDOWS\IOS.LOG
$SYS.WINDOWS\NAI.INI
$SYS.WINDOWS\PCHEALTH
$SYS.WINDOWS\PREFETCH
$SYS.WINDOWS\RECENT
$SYS.WINDOWS\REGISTRATION
$SYS.WINDOWS\SECURITY
$SYS.WINDOWS\SETUPLOG.TXT
$SYS.WINDOWS\TASKS\SA.DAT

Registry Exclusion List:
"NETWARN"
"LICENSEINFO"
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\KEYBOARD LAYOUT]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\NETWORK]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SESSIONINFORMATION]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\CTF]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\FAX]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\IEAK]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\INSTALLER]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\INTERNET CONNECTION WIZARD]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\INTERNET EXPLORER]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\MULTIMEDIA]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\SAPI LAYER]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\SYSTEMCERTIFICATES]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS NT\CURRENTVERSION\PROGRAM MANAGER]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS NT\CURRENTVERSION\WINDOWS\NETWARN]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CURRENTVERSION\CONTROL FOLDERS]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CURRENTVERSION\EXPLORER]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CURRENTVERSION\INTERNET SETTINGS]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CURRENTVERSION\TASKMANAGER]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\SHELLNOROAM]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\NETWARE]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\UNICODE PROGRAM GROUPS]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\VOLATILE ENVIRONMENT]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ENUM]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\NETWORK]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SAM]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SECURITY]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\CLASSES\CLSID\{203B1EED-DB9F-40FB-87BD-1990982017D2}]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\CLASSES\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\DEFAULTICON]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\CLASSES\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\MEDIAPLAYER\PREFERENCES]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\CRYPTOGRAPHY]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\DFRG]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\EVENTSYSTEM\{26C409CC-AE86-11D1-B616-00805FC79216}\SUBSCRIPTIONS]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\INTERNET EXPLORER]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\MEDIAPLAYER\PLAYERUPGRADE]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\MSDTC\SECURITY\XAKEY]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\PCHEATLH]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\RPC]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\SCHEDULINGAGENT]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WZCSVC]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WBEM]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS NT\CURRENTVERSION\LASTFONTSWEEP]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS NT\CURRENTVERSION\LICENSEINFORMATION]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS NT\CURRENTVERSION\PREFETCHER]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS NT\CURRENTVERSION\PROFILELIST]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS NT\CURRENTVERSION\WINLOGON]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CURRENTVERSION\APPLETS\CHECK DRIVE\LASTCHECK]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CURRENTVERSION\EXPLORER]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CURRENTVERSION\GROUP POLICY]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CURRENTVERSION\INSTALLER]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CURRENTVERSION\INTERNET SETTINGS]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CURRENTVERSION\SHAREDDLLS]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CURRENTVERSION\SYNCMGR]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CURRENTVERSION\TELEPHONY]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CURRENTVERSION\UNINSTALL]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\NOVELL]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\POLICIES]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PROGRAM GROUPS]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\SEWP\APPSTART\APPS\LASTRUN]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\SEWP\APPSTART\APPS\RUNCOUNT]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WILSON WINDOWWARE]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CURRENTCONTROLSET\ENUM]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CURRENTCONTROLSET\CONTROL]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CURRENTCONTROLSET\SERVICES]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CURRENTCONTROLSET\SERVICES\VXD\VCACHE\LOOKUP\SERVERNAMECACHE]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\TAB]

You may add
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Eventlog
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\lanmanserver

Although using someone else's exclusion list is an option I wouldn't recommend it as every environment / base build is going to be different. Why not create your own exclusion list from scratch?

There are some tips here: http://www.wise.com/Library/RepackagingBasics.pdf on page 7. I know this is a Wise document but the same prinicipals apply whatever packaging tool you are using...

Hope it helps,
Rob.