Windows installer systems

August 13, 2004 3:15 PM

Does anyone have any recommendations for Windows installer systems (InstallShield, etc.)? I'm specifically interested in multiple component rollout and autoupdate functions.
posted by jeb to Computers & Internet (3 answers total)

If I understand your question correctly, Symantec Ghost is the best that I've come across. You can install an entire OS or just updates to it. If you're doing updates, you scan the machine, and then make the installs, and then scan again, and Ghost will note the changes, and then bundle it all together in one file.
posted by crunchland at 4:09 PM on August 13, 2004

i think he means for installing programs on windows, not windows itself.

I've only used NSIS myself, and found it pretty nifty, but I don't know if it has the features you need.
posted by Hackworth at 11:42 PM on August 13, 2004

Inno setup is pretty good, although I don't think it has an autoupdate feature. (These are pretty simple to write though)
posted by seanyboy at 6:49 AM on August 14, 2004