I had been testing using KACE to do software installs from it’s “alternative” download feature but it seemed easier just to run the software installs from a network file server …

Here is a process that is working for me ….

1) Copy the install files to \\kstore\apps (Gabe needs to give your AD account write permission to that share.)

2) Write a batch file that mounts that network share and runs the installer … an example using Sophos 10 is below.

3) Distribute that batch file with Kace a file distributionto a known location on the target computer and then call that batch file with a Kace Script.  (One may be able to combine these two steps into one …)

@echo off
rem network file server sophos 10 install - Lynna Jackson, Williams College, 2012

rem mount network file share read-only 
rem using the IP numeric address seems faster, replace XXXX with real pword
net use s: \\137.165.4.80\apps /user:kstore\kuser XXXX

rem run sophos install in silent mode
s:\sophos10\sophos10\setup.exe -s -updp http://sophos.williams.edu/SophosUpdate/CIDs/S027/SAVSCFXP/

rem wait awhile so that sophos has a chance to update
ping 127.0.0.1 -n 360 >nul

rem dismount the network drive
net use s: /delete