Administrative install confused

[mobilex]

I am quite new to server2k,and so to software deployment, so can any tell me the difference between using administrative install from workstation to create msi packages and using sth like wininstall to create msi package ???

Thanks a lot

[LiquidSage]

admin install basically just expands compressed msi and exe based installers. Some programs allow remote operation so many computers could run the network shared msi. Also admin install expands msi with the file layout intact making file replacement updates as simple as overwriting the existing file (in most cases). WinInstall basically repackages an installer of any type into an msi based installer (a repackaging wizard).

[mobilex]

admin install basically just expands compressed msi and exe based installers. Some programs allow remote operation so many computers could run the network shared msi. Also admin install expands msi with the file layout intact making file replacement updates as simple as overwriting the existing file (in most cases). WinInstall basically repackages an installer of any type into an msi based installer (a repackaging wizard).

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Many thanks for your reply, is my question so dumb that noone answer it for me ?