The Desktop Package page creates a desktop standard package. Desktop standard packages are deployed using the Desktop page. A desktop standard package is an install file created to apply user settings uniformly across multiple machines, typically within the same company. For example, a company may want a set of company-specific desktop icons and internet bookmarks always available on each user's machine. A machine must have the Desktop Policy client installed using Install/Remove to display on this page.
A single user on a source machine is selected to extract settings from. The Desktop page applies the desktop package to all users on target machines. Unlike Restore you do not have the ability to select which settings within a desktop package are applied. All desktop package settings are applied.
To create or change a desktop standard package, perform the following steps:
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or a specific group. Since groups can represent a different customer, packages may be unique for a machine group. Only the groups a user has access to are displayed. <Create New Desktop Settings Filter>
or an existing Desktop Settings Filter and Edit to specify the settings to include in the package. Note: The Desktop Settings Filter in step 4 is bound to the desktop package you create by extracting settings in step 6. After you create a filter and package the first time, you can modify the filter and use it to create additional packages without affecting the original package you created. You can change the filter settings for an existing package by re-creating it using different filter settings.
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