Automation of installations

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Published on 2010-06-16T13:55:53Z Indexed on 2010/06/16 14:03 UTC
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Hi,

Is there an affordable program which will automate the installation of applications? I am looking for something that will work with Windows 7/Server 2008 R2 so that I can automate installations of VM builds (I use Hyper-V).

Thanks

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