Hi all. I have been searching for this subject but haven't figured out the right search terms yet...what I want to do is:
We are doing an "in-place-upgrade" of all of our WinXP machines to Win7. It is really an "OS Refresh" process I guess. What I can't figure out is how to get SCCM to automatically install the extra user applications into Windows 7 after XP has been replaced.
So for example, ComputerA has WinXP, our company standard base applications, and Acrobat Pro installed. I can deploy our "gold Win7 image" with SCCM, which includes the Win7 OS, and our company standard base applications. But how do I get SCCM to recognize that Acrobat Pro was installed in XP, and to automatically install it after the Win7 install is complete? I just can't wrap my head around it.
The only way I could think of was to have a step at the beginning of my TS that audits the WinXP OS for installed applications before the HDD is wiped. For every application this step detects, it sets a TS Variable (ie: AcrobatInstalled=True). Then I have to add a step for every possible application to the end of my TS that checks for the TS Variable, and installs the application if =True.
Is there an easier/better way? Is this something USMT or MDT can do (we have never used either)? thanks again for any help provided!
