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Windows Installer Source Location Manager

Overview This white paper is designed to help administrators understand the operation and configuration of the Windows Installer Source Location Manager feature for Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003. Windows Installer Source Location Manager will automatically configure the list of available network sources for a Windows Installer application that is hosted on an SMS 2003 distribution point.

Further White Paper Details
Publisher	Microsoft	File Format	WORD
Date Published	February 2004	Downloads	8
Format	White Papers
Topics	Windows NT - 2000 - 2003, Systems Integration

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