Well, that's why MS has the IEAK. It allows companies to configure their own version that will install the same stuff on every machine. It just takes a little work getting all the options set for the installation before you give it out to be installed.

>>However, your points also frighten me. Obviously these companies wish to be able to do something extraordinary. However, it seems they just want to "talk the talk": they don't seem too interested in actually doing whatever's necessary to increase their service over their competitors. I mean, even my little 6 man company managed to get an IE5 redistribution license without being charged anything. I guess my thing is: if it's FREE, how can they claim it doesn't fit their "corporate scheme".
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>I can empathize with the policy. These firms often have one IT person for every 100 workstations. They keep strict ties on what is installed on their machines because they don't want 100 different configurations that they have to trouble shoot when something goes wrong.
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>Additionally, installing IE5 on 1500 computers is no menial task.