Hi,
There are several approaches for deploying Windows Installer based software over a network:
1. Create an administrative installation using the command:
See the following page for more details about administrative installations:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/defau ... lation.asp
A detailed step by step article that discusses how to deploy Office XP (which is Windows Installer based) can be found here:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/304953/EN-US/
2. If the machines on which you need to deploy the MSI package are on a Windows 2000 Server or Windows 2003 Server domain, then you can use Active Directory and Group Policy. Some useful links:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=314934
http://home.fnal.gov/~jklemenc/dl/AD-MS ... ummies.doc
Hope this helps.
Regards,
Ionut