Application Management

Provides software installation services such as Assign, Publish, and Remove.

Reference:

• Search Microsoft Support: Application Management

In XPlite Professional you can find Application Management under the group titled  Advanced System Services.

Install Application Management:

If you install Application Management to your system using XPlite Professional you will also be required to install the following components that Application Management requires:

•  Windows Installer

Uninstall Application Management:

Application Management is not required by other system components in XPlite Professional. You can safely uninstall Application Management without compromising other XPlite Professional components.

BUT PLEASE NOTE: You may have other software installed that does require Application Management. If you encounter any compatibility issues with other software you can quickly and easily reinstall Application Management using XPlite Professional.

Compatibility:

XPlite Professional can completely uninstall Application Management and reinstall to repair Application Management on:

• Windows XP Professional: orig, SP1, SP2
• Windows 2000 Professional: orig, SP1, SP2, SP3, SP4
orig, SP1, SP2,

User Removal Statistics for Application Management

XPlite:
Of 33 sampled Windows XP users, 23 left Application Management installed and 10 people uninstalled Application Management from their system.

2000lite:
Of 393 sampled Windows 2000 users, 4 left Application Management installed and 4 people uninstalled it from their system. No data for another 385 users (advanced features hidden or incomplete log data).

Pro Users can help us collect these removal statistics.

1. In XPlite or 2000lite press to access preferences.
2. Ensure logging is on.
3. Check "Send component state data when checking for upgrades" on the Preferences tab.
4. Using the Check for Upgrades button on the About tab.

The information sent is the last block only of component installation state data - you can see this in the log as "option=1" or "option=0". No personal information is conveyed.