Windows NT 4.0 - Installation and Maintanance

Using Sysdiff

Sysdiff is a utility that will make a snapshot of the system, then compare it to another snapshot after something has been installed. The whole purpose of this is that you can install a bunch of programs on a computer, and create one file that you can run on another computer that will include all the files and settings of the original programs.....but without the installation process.

This is a great thing when you want to set up a lot of computers really quickly.

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Creating Difference Files

In order to create a difference file, you have to follow a few steps:

1. Before installing anything, take a snapshot of the whole system

1. Install the application / applications that you want

1. Create a difference file

1. Run the difference file on the computer that you want to have the applications

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Creating .INF Files

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