Deployment Solution

Hi All,

Is there a way the keyboard and mouse can be disabled during software installs.  During our rapideploy image, the keyboard and mouse are disabled as the PC is renamed and joined to the network.  I'd like to have the same thing happen once the PC is connected to the domain and our SVS apps are being deployed.  That way people cannot login until the PC is fully installed.

Any help greatly received.

Regards


Leonard

Using AutoIt, you could script an executable which accomplishes this.  You could make two executables potentially, one to disable keyboard and mouse, then one to enable them.  In your software package, first call the disabling script, then call the software installation, then call the enabling script.  If your package reboots automatically, you don't need to call the enabling script. 

The only issue is if the package somehow fails during the installation and the enabling script doesn't run, your users could be stuck at an error with no way to click or address it.

Thanks,  I've used AutoIt sometime ago so I'm familiar with it.  I'll give that a go.  Do you know if I'm able to send the disable keyboard/mouse package to the PC, then a seperate SVS install followed by a seperate enable keyboard/mouse package.  That's the way I'd prefer it rather then trying to put everything in an AutoIT script.