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Well that's disappointing. &nbsp;Do you have any suggestions for custom MSI builders? (ideally, free ones)
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Well that's disappointing.  Do you have any suggestions for custom MSI builders? (ideally, free ones)

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I'm not aware of any free ones, no. A free version of WinInstall LE used to ship on the Windows Server media, but that hasn't been the case in years. Check out on SourceForge, you might find something worthwhile.
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I'm not aware of any free ones, no. A free version of WinInstall LE used to ship on the Windows Server media, but that hasn't been the case in years. Check out on SourceForge, you might find something worthwhile.

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I am using GP to push an msi through Active Directory 2003 to our XP users. &nbsp;This works great, however, I would like to execute a .bat script both before and after the installation. &nbsp;Is this possible?
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I am using GP to push an msi through Active Directory 2003 to our XP users.  This works great, however, I would like to execute a .bat script both before and after the installation.  Is this possible?

Execute batch scripts using Group Policy Software Push

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).

Windows Server 2003

Active Directory (AD) is a Microsoft brand for identity-related capabilities. In the on-premises world, Windows Server AD provides a set of identity capabilities and services, and is hugely popular (88% of Fortune 1000 and 95% of enterprises use AD). This topic includes all things Active Directory including DNS, Group Policy, DFS, troubleshooting, ADFS, and all other topics under the Microsoft AD and identity umbrella.