Bob Kelly (born April 17, 1971, in Massachusetts) best known as an expert on the deployment of the

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operating system. Kelly was a

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in the US Navy from 1989 to 1997, finishing his service as the

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for communications system at the White House during the

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. Bob Kelly is a

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on Microsoft Windows deployment and Windows Installer technologies. He is the founder o
AppDeploy.com
– a resource focused on desktop management products and practices. He is author of the ''Start to Finish Guide to Scripting with KiXtart'' and ''The Definitive Guide to Windows Desktop Administration'' as well as several white papers and articles on similar topics. Kelly is also co-founder and president o
iTripoli, Inc.
�� a software company focused on producing helpful tools for Windows administrators where he produces and supports applications lik
Admin Script Editor
(a scripting editor for Windows Administrators).

References

*Kelly, Bob. ''Start to Finish Guide to Scripting with KiXtart'' / Bob Kelly. Greenland, NH : Agility Press, 2004. *Kelly, Bob. ''The Definitive Guide To Windows Desktop Administration'' / Bob Kelly. San Francisco, CA : Realtimepublishers, 2004

*Kelly, Bob. "Deploying and Administering Windows Vista Bible" /Bob Kelly. Wiley {{DEFAULTSORT:Kelly, Bob 1971 births Living people Writers from Massachusetts