Thanks for taking the time to post.

Regarding FMSApplicationSetup.exe, there is a new installer available but only from the “installable CD” which is for new installations. There is also a new version of SIMSInst.exe.

I”m hoping to get the new SETUPS folder out to all our supported schools soon - it’’s on our ever-growing list of things to do - so you”d be welcome to a copy.

As I mentioned in my initial post, we”re keen to get involved with the development of the Deployment Server early doors. You can keep an eye on SupportNet for details, but I”ll give you a nudge if I hear anything.

That was pretty much how they sold it to us at the single site seminar. They were hopeful that there would be some sort of reporting function in a central console similar to how WSUS works for Windows Updates so that installation progress could be monitored. At the moment I can use a tool from Microsoft called GPInventory to get the version numbers of all the pulsar.exe’’s but the PCs have to be on at the time when I run it.

It will be a massive improvement to be able to install and update SIMS reliably without needing a user to log on. We have most computers in school configured for Wake On Lan already, so it would just be a case of starting them up overnight to take the update then shutting them down an hour later. Maybe they could even get their console to handle some of that.

I”m not sure about using it to install FMS. Karl and I have probably installed FMS 20 times between us and I don”t think any 2 have been the same. They certainly never go as per the documentation, which I think currently says: “run s:\sims\setups\fms\FMSApplicationSetup.exe” !