When I ordered this book, I got a choice of a free volume to go with it - two were on offer, and I chose their ADSI book.
I can't remember what the other one was, but I didn't find it nearly as compelling. On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 10:06, Michael B. Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > I haven't read their 2.0 book. The 1.0 book was pretty good. > > Manning publishing, who does Bruce Payette's "PowerShell in Action", had an > ebook special on it for something ridiculous like $10 in November/December. > That's the one I acquired. > > Regards, > > Michael B. Smith > Consultant and Exchange MVP > http://TheEssentialExchange.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 1:00 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Dell Just Bought Kace > > I just bought Windows Powershell 2.0 TFM, by Jones and Hicks. > > I'm putting it underneath my pillow tonight. Heh. > > Kurt > > On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 09:56, Michael B. Smith <[email protected]> wrote: >> PowerShell v2, yes. It has a fairly robust remoting implementation. >> >> In v1, I still wrapped lots of scripts around psexec. >> >> Regards, >> >> Michael B. Smith >> Consultant and Exchange MVP >> http://TheEssentialExchange.com >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 12:53 PM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: Re: Dell Just Bought Kace >> >> psexec is a bit simple, but it does do an awful lot. >> >> Time to start gearing up for powershell, though. I think it can do all that >> psexec does, and more. I'm going to find out... >> >> Kurt >> >> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 09:48, Matthew W. Ross <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> I'm waiting for somebody with more programing experience than myself to >>> make a good frontend to SysInternals PSexec.exe (and their other tools.) >>> Pushing scripts/silent .MSI installs is completely doable with that >>> software without a client on the machine. >>> >>> >>> --Matt Ross >>> Ephrata School District >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: Kurt Buff >>> [mailto:[email protected]] >>> To: NT System Admin Issues >>> [mailto:[email protected]] >>> Sent: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 >>> 09:11:10 -0800 >>> Subject: Re: Dell Just Bought Kace >>> >>> >>>> I'm not a big fan of software client installs. I do wish these >>>> companies would figure out how to do more of this stuff without >>>> loading extra software onto all of my machines. >>>> >>>> It's memory bloat and more software on the desktop means more >>>> security risks as well. >>>> >>>> Blech. >>>> >>>> Kurt >>>> >>>> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 06:11, Tom Miller <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> > I've been looking into getting a KBox as well. I currently use >>>> > Microsoft Configuration Manager - a behemoth of a product - and am >>>> > looking at alternatives. The KBox has a Dell Updates section >>>> > which might be of use, >>>> as >>>> > we are a Dell shop as well. >>>> > >>>> > The Microsoft product is okay, but very cumbersome and don't get >>>> > me >>>> started >>>> > on getting the blasted client installed...... (KBox client >>>> > installs very easily). >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > Tom Miller >>>> > Engineer, Information Technology >>>> > Hampton-Newport News Community Services Board >>>> > 757-788-0528 >>>> > >>>> >>>> tony patton <[email protected]> 2/18/2010 6:05 AM >>>> >>>> >>> >>>> > Discovered that bit of info couple of weeks ago, but couldn't post it. >>>> > >>>> > We're waiting on the Finance director to sign off on the purchase >>>> > of a KBOX 1100 for the past month. >>>> > >>>> > The Dell acquisition sort of throws a spanner in the works, as my >>>> > boss is adamant that we'll get a better price from Dell on it. >>>> > >>>> > Hopefully we'll be the owner of one very shortly. >>>> > >>>> > They've changed their licensing structure last month, the >>>> > different modules used to be licensed separately, now they are all >>>> > included. >>>> > It's worked out the same for us as we were looking for the >>>> > Security Scanning and Asset modules. >>>> > If you were just getting the basic box, it'll now work out a bit >>>> > more expensive, but still a lot cheaper than most of the alternatives. >>>> > >>>> > The best thing about the purchase, is that they're now using Dell >>>> > servers, pretty important factor for us as we're 100% dell, apart from >>>> > the Netapps. >>>> > >>>> > Regards >>>> > >>>> > Tony Patton >>>> > Desktop Operations Cavan >>>> > Ext 8078 >>>> > Direct Dial 049 435 2878 >>>> > email: [email protected] >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > From: >>>> > Kurt Buff <[email protected]> >>>> > To: >>>> > "NT System Admin Issues" <[email protected]> >>>> > Date: >>>> > 17/02/2010 22:20 >>>> > Subject: >>>> > Dell Just Bought Kace >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > Discussion warranted, I presume. >>>> > >>>> > Can you customise software installs? In particular, I'd like to >>>> > customise FF and Adobe Reader installs - turn of javascript in >>>> > Reader, and add in NTLM auth and a few other things that we do >>>> > manually here with FF. >>>> > >>>> > Kurt >>>> > >>>> > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >>>> > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > ================================================================== >>>> > = >>>> > = >>>> > http://www.quinn-insurance.com >>>> > >>>> > This e-mail is intended only for the addressee named above. The >>>> > contents should not be copied nor disclosed to any other person. >>>> > Any views or opinions expressed are solely those of the sender and >>>> > do not necessarily represent those of QUINN-Insurance, unless >>>> > otherwise specifically stated . 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