One computer to control them all

silverferro

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Is there any software which can mimic actions done in a Master computer(User controlled) to 40 or more client computers(No users) which are networked to gather?

For example, I want to install a software or change some settings to 40 computers in a network. Instead of repeating the actions on each of the 40 computers, I want all 40 client computers to mimic what I do on the master computer. If I move the mouse on the master, the clients should also mimic those movements. So I will be able to install software from a shared drive or change settings ect.... on all the 40 client computers at one time.

I know about VNC but its one master to one client. I also found remote bootup and shutdown software for network computers but can't be used to control all 40 clients to mimic the master.
The only one which I found was called "Netbreaker" but its buggy and gives alot of error msgs on the clients and not so reliable.

I have tried creating an image of one computer with all the changes and cloning the rest but I faced a problems like all computer names being the same and so on....which gave me a bigger headach then where I started from.

1) Is there a software out there which can do what I want to do? (Will be great if it is a freeware as I have 120+ computers altogather. 40~42 in each room)
2) Please do advice if you know of a better/alternative way to achieve the same results.

Thanks in advance.
 

aCynic2

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My company uses Altiris to push/pull updates to all it's servers and client PCs.

The thing will even reboot machines.
 

silverferro

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Yeah there is altris here but i don't have access to it. its controled by remote server admin to push windows updates. I was wondering if there is something i can use localy.