Preparing the FotoStation installation package

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Fotoware_Settings>
 <Group name="ConfigLocation">
 <String name="locationType">FwpLogon</String>
 <Int name="showOffline">0</Int>
 <String name="logonPath"></String>
 <String name="serverUrl">IMSERVER</String>
 </Group>
</Fotoware_Settings>

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Fotoware_Settings>
 <Group name="ConfigLocation">
 <String name="locationType">Logon</String>
 <Int name="showOffline">0</Int>
 <String name="logonPath">\\MYSERVER\Shared Data\FotoStation Logon</String>
 </Group>
</Fotoware_Settings>

Configuring Group Policy

Note: The following procedure describes the configuration of FotoStation. Although the examples depict FotoWeb Desktop deployment, the steps are identical.

1. In Administrative Tools on the server, open the Group Policy Management.
2. Right-click Group Policy Objects and select New.
3. Enter a name - for example, FotoStation Deployment (as in the example below).
   
4. Decide whether the policy applies to computers or users. In this example, we are using Computer mode.
5. Select the Group Policy Object you just created. Select Add, Object Types, and then Computers in the bottom right panel. Choose the domain computers to which the package should be distributed.
   
6. Right-click on the GPO you just created and select Edit. The Group Policy Management Editor opens.
7. Go to Computer Configuration > Policies > Software Settings. 
   
8. Right-click on Software installation and select New Package.
9. Select the Fotoware FotoStation.msi file from the distribution point (the share where you stored the files expanded from the installer package).
   Note: Access the file through its share path (typically \\servername\sharename).
10. Select Assigned as the Deployment type.
11. Highlight the Software installation node and right-click the deployment object you just created. Then select Properties.
12. On the Security tab, add the groups/users to be granted permission to install FotoStation (they need read access).
13. Open the Deployment tab and select Uninstall this application when it falls out of the scope of management. This way, the software will be uninstalled from computers that are removed from the management scope. 
    

14. Close the Group Policy Management Editor. Now, you can link the Group Policy Object to a group of computers:

• In the Group Policy Management window, right-click the computer or OU to which you want to apply the GPO and choose Link an Existing GPO. Then choose the deployment package you would like to distribute.
  
• Open the Active Directory Users and Computers program from Administrative tools and move any computers you want to distribute the software package to into this group (drag them from the Computers node into the group you created in Group Policy Management).

15. Force a Group Policy update by running gpupdate on clients. This refreshes local and Active Directory-based Group Policy settings. Usually, it should not require additional options - just run gpupdate from the command prompt.

Command syntax:

gpupdate [/target:{computer|user}][/force][/wait:value][/logoff][/boot]

For more information, see http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../bb490983.aspx

Note: gpupdate runs automatically approximately every 120 minutes on domain clients. As a result, the software will typically be installed on the next working day when users restart their computers.