>>Anyone tried to install oracle client software without the CD.
>>I.E. install net80 client only using a PC.
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>>I would love to see the batch script that would do this.
>>I.E. exactly which files are needed to get it to run...
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>On a PC that has never had Net80 installed on it, install just the Net80 client. The files you will need will all be in the OraWin95 folder. Next launch RegEdit. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\ORACLE and Export to a .REG file.
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>Now all you have to do is duplicate the Orawin95 folder on each machine and import the .REG file in to their registry [double-click the .REG file]. YOu could also do this with the VFP or West-Wind's registry class.

We do it the hard way. As we are a Novel network environment, we have NAL, or Novell Application Launher. It takes a before and after snap shot of a pc and duplicates changes on any pc that then runs it.
As we run Oracle DBs from all over the place, in different versions, this think saves our system many times. We have forced every pc in our org (1200+) to have net80 and our standard tnsnames.ora, all from doing 1 pc once.