Question : Deploy Symantec Corporate edition v 10 with GPO

We are upgrading our Symantec Clients to version 10 from version 9 and i would like to do this using a GPO...i know you can deploy an msi file using a gpo, but i need to add command line switches to the msi so that it does not use the default settings...The clients are managed clients so i need to add that switch as well as i want it to do a silent install.  The organization has an OU setup for the computers in the domain...I read something about creating an MST file but have no idea how to do this...i do not want to use a login script because i dont want it installing everytime a user logs in...Also users have very restricitive permissions on their PC's so will using GPO to roll out the software install without local admin privs.
thanks

Answer : Deploy Symantec Corporate edition v 10 with GPO

Ok, here is what we do:

In your Netlogon Share, create a new CMD file named FP_Set.cmd and copy the text below into it:

___cut____

@ECHO OFF

REM Determine which version of OS is running.
%0\..\OSVER /QUIET /TERMINALS
SET OSVER=%ERRORLEVEL%
IF %OSVER%==6 GOTO :W2K
IF %OSVER%==7 GOTO :XP


:w2K

snetcfg.exe -v -u MS_Server
snetcfg.exe -v -l %system%\inf \netserv.inf -c S -i ms_server
NET STOP BROWSER
NET STOP SERVER
NET START BROWSER
NET START SERVER
goto EOF

:XP

snetcfg_wxp -v -u MS_Server
snetcfg_wxp -v -l %system%\inf \netserv.inf -c S -i MS_Server
NET STOP BROWSER
NET STOP SERVER
NET START BROWSER
NET START SERVER
goto EOF

:EOF

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Now, download and extract snetcfg.exe and snetcfg_wxp.exe to your Netlogon share also.  You'll find them here:

http://www.jsiinc.com/dl/snetcfg.zip
http://www.jsiinc.com/dl/snetcfg_wxp.zip

You also want the OSVer.exe utility too:

http://wettberg.home.texas.net/osver.htm

Now, one more step - create a GPO at the Domain level (or whatever level you want) that simply contains a Computer Startup script that points to your FP_Set.cmd file.  This should execute in the machine context at next reboot and ENABLE File and Print Services.  To disable it, simply REM out the following two lines from FP_Set.cmd:

snetcfg.exe -v -l x:\netserv2k.inf -c S -i ms_server
snetcfg_wxp -v -l X:\netservxp.inf -c S -i MS_Server

This should fix you up for File and Print - now you can deploy via Symantec System Center.

Wow....that has to be worth more than 125 pts!!.... this is something lots of people are looking for.

Let me know.
NM