Allow me to refer to the answers given to a similar question I asked over at Superuser.com, which I think are especially suited for the ServerFault.com/enterprise segment.

Ninite packages cannot, as far as I know, be installed silently (unless you pay) and GUI options are not practical in any environment larger than a few computers.

Two answers include registry settings (which can be deployed using Group Policy Preferences) and administrative templates, which can be deployed via traditional GPO's.

In this answer, Danilo Roascio notes that you can add a REG_SZ registry value of SPONSORS in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\JavaSoft and HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\JavaSoft. Set the value to DISABLE. This value can of course also be deployed using Group Policy Preferences.

In another answer, Mike provides a neat administrative template that configure the same, for importing into a GPO.

Allow me to refer to the answers given to a similar question I asked over at Superuser.com, which I think are especially suited for the ServerFault.com/enterprise segment.

Ninite packages cannot, as far as I know, be installed silently (unless you pay) and GUI options are not practical in any environment larger than a few computers.

Two answers include registry settings (which can be deployed using Group Policy Preferences) and administrative templates, which can be deployed via traditional GPO's.

In this answer, Danilo Roascio notes that you can add a REG_SZ registry value of SPONSORS in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\JavaSoft and HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\JavaSoft. Set the value to DISABLE. This value can of course also be deployed using Group Policy Preferences.

In another answer, Mike provides a neat administrative template that configure the same, for importing into a GPO.

Allow me to refer to the answers given to a similar question I asked over at Superuser.com, which I think are especially suited for the ServerFault.com/enterprise segment.

Ninite packages cannot, as far as I know, be installed silently (unless you pay) and GUI options are not practical in any environment larger than a few computers.

Two answers include registry settings (which can be deployed using Group Policy Preferences) and administrative templates, which can be deployed via traditional GPO's.

Allow me to refer to the answers given to a similar question I asked over at Superuser.com, which I think are especially suited for the ServerFault.com/enterprise segment.

Ninite packages cannot, as far as I know, be installed silently (unless you pay) and GUI options are not practical in any environment larger than a few computers.

Two answers include registry settings (which can be deployed using Group Policy Preferences) and administrative templates, which can be deployed via traditional GPO's.

In this answer, Danilo Roascio notes that you can add a REG_SZ registry value of SPONSORS in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\JavaSoft and HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\JavaSoft. Set the value to DISABLE. This value can of course also be deployed using Group Policy Preferences.

In another answer, Mike provides a neat administrative template that configure the same, for importing into a GPO.