Software Deployment

Silly question:
the PC that you're testing your package on - does it have a dialup interface?[8|]

I normally save separate dialup sessions as separate .pbk files (makes management of those easier this way). Works fine. Don't write .pbk files as ini files - the sequence of the lines matters...

Yeah, tested with a laptop that has a working modem. I can create a dial-up connection manually and it works.

How do you create a pbk file? Is it the only thing that is required? And how do you deploy it?

Thanks for any info.

The creation of a dialup connection creates the .pbk file in the user profile. Create your connection and then search for the .pbk and deploy it in an msi.

I would like to add that you can add the .pbk to the userprofile or to the allusers profile. Making the connection available to either the user or to allusers.

Ilikebananas

I've modified the rasphone.pbk file to add my numbers. Tested it and it works on both Win2000 and WinXP. How do I deploy it in an msi?[8|]

Do you have an msi package ready?
If so, deploying it depends on the tools available to you:
Active Directory GPO
SMS/Altiris/Marimba or whatever system management software you got
scripts
manual installations

I don't. How do I create the msi package?

You just have to import the .pbk file to the msi and compile it, as simple as that

What msi do I import my file to? What tools/utilities do I use? Sorry for the newb questions, I have never done this before.

i think what mrobilla is trying to do is creat a new msi that makes this dial up connection . . . .
shouldnt be too hard - just create the project in wps (youre using wps are you?) and start the setup capture process, take the snapshot and copy the .pbk file to wherever you need it, hit the next button to take the after snapshot and it should capture that and make you a very small .msi

I'm assuming you are talking about Wise Package Studio. I don't have this product. Any free products out there that I can use?

Just to know how much info you need, have you created an MSI before?

I have never created an msi package before, I am new to this. Any suggestions on products/utilites would be appreciated. I'm not looking to invest in a commercial product (at least not yet).

How do I create an msi package? What software do I use? And any instructions on the best way to go about it.

Deployment is not an issue as I can use AD or other tools to push (such as PSTools).

Thank you for any help you can provide.

Have a look at "Windows Installer XML (WiX)" http://sourceforge.net/projects/wix

But sounds like it would be easier and faster to just copy the file in your case

When a copy the pbk file, and a open the the dialup connection it says

The service profile is damaged. Re-install the service profile.