Re: [wpkg-users] deploy the application immediately without administrator rights

2012-09-18 Thread Troy Hamilton
On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 5:16 AM, Florent Lagoda wrote: > Hi, > I search what is the exactly command that WPKG execute at the start of the > computer for install software (without administrator rights). > I would like to deploy applications according to user demand (without > administrator rights /

Re: [wpkg-users] Run on a schedule

2012-08-19 Thread Troy Hamilton
On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 9:19 AM, Kristofer wrote: > > Is it possible to run on a schedule (every 12 or 24 hours for example), in > the case that users never log out, or I want to make sure updates get > pulled by clients in a some-what timely fashion? > Kris, I've had great luck using both vers

Re: [wpkg-users] Register sysinfo.ocx

2011-12-13 Thread Troy Hamilton
On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 5:09 AM, David Petterson wrote: > > Take a "snapshot" of the registry and the program folder right after > install and then start the program as an administrator. > Take a new snapshot and compare the two for changes. > I havnt found any good software to do this, so I just

Re: [wpkg-users] WPKG over multiple sites using local storage

2011-08-16 Thread Troy Hamilton
> > > I'm looking at how's best to setup multiple WAN locations with our WPKG > server. We currently have a WPKG server in London and are setting up an > office in Europe. The two sites will be VPN'd together fine and the WPKG > server will work fine over the WAN, but is there a way to ease the fil

Re: [wpkg-users] deploying via Domain Controller netlogon share?

2011-04-06 Thread Troy Hamilton
On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 9:39 AM, Michael Seward wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I'm trying to use WPKG with the default 'netlogon' share on our domain > controllers, with a sub-folder of 'wkpg' - so that whichever site a PC is > on the > WPKG client can get the install package locally instead of download

Re: [wpkg-users] Relax Win 7 permissions for unprivileged users

2011-02-11 Thread Troy Hamilton
Hi Mark, > For some applications I need to relax the security settings on the Program > Directory. For example, I would like Mozilla firefox and thunderbird to be > able to self-update even for my users that are unprivileged. I thought > something like the following would work in a batch file: > >

Re: [wpkg-users] Using BITS to transfer files? [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

2011-01-18 Thread Troy Hamilton
Michael, On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 8:23 PM, Michael Chinn wrote: > Bits has some advantages, Namely you can throttle it using a GPO > > Be warned it has a number of disadvantages, no COM interface, it self > throttles 2 seconds after it detects other traffic which can be annoying > I wonder if one

Re: [wpkg-users] Running wpkg.js as System Account

2011-01-07 Thread Troy Hamilton
2011/1/7 LAPLAUD François > Yes indeed, > > Here are my needs : > - a working wpkg ( ;-) ) > - possibility to run wpkg periodically to be able to deploy packages in > background while users are working. > I use CRON (http://www.kalab.com/freeware/cron/cron.htm) to do this. I prefer these native

Re: [wpkg-users] Running wpkg.js as System Account

2011-01-06 Thread Troy Hamilton
2011/1/6 LAPLAUD François > ... > All is going well except that I get this error message : > [...] > Initialized temporary local log file: C:\Windows\TEMP\wpkg-logInit.log > Initializing new log file: \\srv-wds01.sdis72.fr > \wpkg\Logs\pc1007-057.W7.log > Failed to open log file: ACCESS DENIED; f

Re: [wpkg-users] Windows 7 - Compatible?

2010-12-10 Thread Troy Hamilton
Brent, On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 1:20 PM, Brent A Nelson wrote: > As things stand now, we've been reluctant to upgrade large packages (say, > Office 2007->2010), as this would be applied when they turn on their > computers, and they might have to wait an hour before they can use their > machines.  

Re: [wpkg-users] Applying registry entry to all users (HKCU)

2010-11-18 Thread Troy Hamilton
On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 9:53 AM, Marco Gaiarin wrote: > Mandi! Troy Hamilton > In chel di` si favelave... > > > I would recommend using Active Setup ( > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_Setup ). > > Very nice, but for me misses some requirement, particulary in this

Re: [wpkg-users] Applying registry entry to all users (HKCU)

2010-11-17 Thread Troy Hamilton
On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 4:31 PM, Jon Rhoades wrote: > Hi, > > We need to force encryption between Outlook & Exchange as it's being > updated to 2010. The recommended way is to apply a Group policy, but since > we have Samba... > > The registry key we need to set is: > HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\

Re: [wpkg-users] Script execution: failure. Exit code: 1

2010-10-27 Thread Troy Hamilton
On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 11:04 AM, wrote: > Hi Troy, > > Thats what I was thinking but I can't find a wpkg.bat file .. > I can see wpkginst.exe and WPKGMessage.exe and those are compiled file so > they can't be edited ... > There isn't really a spot to add that line anywhere I looked before askin

Re: [wpkg-users] Script execution: failure. Exit code: 1

2010-10-27 Thread Troy Hamilton
On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 6:28 AM, Ulli Conrad < ulli.con...@bio.uni-goettingen.de> wrote: > > Another application (Apple Quicktime) has claimed handling of .js > files (for whatever reason), so Windows Scripting Host didn't > executed the wpkg.js file on the server... > Solution is to reassign file

Re: [wpkg-users] SOLVED: Migrating printer ports to different subnet

2010-10-20 Thread Troy Hamilton
On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 7:50 AM, ejs wrote: > I've tested it today on site. The only problem is it can not change print > server's port ir there are pending jobs to the selected printer. This > conditions shoul never happen when running WPKG at startup. I haven't run into this issue before, but

Re: [wpkg-users] Invalid user permissions

2010-09-17 Thread Troy Hamilton
On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 3:05 PM, David Naylor wrote: > > The service doesn't seem to do anything so I have a script in the "all > users" startup folder that runs the following command to kickstart it: > > cscript \\192.168.x.x\wpkg\wpkg.js /synchronize > > (where 192.168.x.x is the server address

Re: [wpkg-users] Bandwidth Limiting

2010-08-30 Thread Troy Hamilton
Trey, You didn't mention what your network topology looks like, but if you have multiple LANs with local fileservers, then the approach we use might work for you. We have 40 field locations each with their own LAN, fileserver, and 10 - 100 workstations. Each field location is connected to the WA

Re: [wpkg-users] Checking for a Registry Value

2010-07-20 Thread Troy Hamilton
Hi Christopher, On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 12:32 PM, Christopher Rector wrote: > I understand how the checks work to detect a given registry value, but how > do you check for a default value that doesn't have a name other that > (default) ... > Here's what I want to look for and if it exists then

Re: [wpkg-users] Copy CMD ....

2010-06-23 Thread Troy Hamilton
On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 2:21 PM, wrote: > Hi Guys, > > I have quick question I'm trying to copy some files from the WPKG(Server) > to Local Machine its a virus database update ... > > I guess there is something wrong with my syntax bc its not working ... > ... > > > I would recommend using XCOPY

Re: [wpkg-users] wpkg uninstall check subkey in registry

2010-06-14 Thread Troy Hamilton
On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 12:15 AM, Rainer Meier wrote: > Hi Mike, > ... > I did some tests with Windows XP and Windows 7 and found that none of them > supported uninstall entries defined in sub-keys within the registry. The > items > put there simply did not appear within Control Panel > Software/

Re: [wpkg-users] Java hanging on install

2010-05-26 Thread Troy Hamilton
On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 7:13 AM, Daniel Dehennin wrote: > Marc Hennes writes: > > > Try to kill jqs.exe as first command. That worked for me. > > I do like on the wiki: > > net STOP JavaQuickStarterService 2> NUL > NUL > Daniel, I had the exact same problem until I explicitly killed jqs.exe be

Re: [wpkg-users] psexec could not start. access is denied

2010-05-21 Thread Troy Hamilton
On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 12:34 PM, Tomasz Chmielewski wrote: > Am 20.05.2010 17:35, Troy Hamilton wrote: > > In order to test this, open a command prompt running as the SYSTEM user >> on one of your workstations: http://wpkg.org/SYSTEM_user_Command_Prompt >> >> Then, t

Re: [wpkg-users] psexec could not start. access is denied

2010-05-20 Thread Troy Hamilton
On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 10:16 PM, wrote: > Hello list, > > I have run psexec -u mydomain\adminuser -p mypassword @hosts.xml -d -s -i > \\myserver\wpkg\wpkg.js /qb SETTINGSFILE=\\myserver\settings.xml > > BUT it prompted me psexec could not start \\myserver\wpkg\wpkg.js on > mycomputer. Access is

Re: [wpkg-users] tool for task scheduling?

2010-05-10 Thread Troy Hamilton
2010/5/10 Grzegorz Marszałek > Hello! > > I need to schedule wpkgclient start - to run wpkg.js at diffirent times. I > need this for running wpkg on servers (rare reboots) and laptops (also rare > reboots - usually hibernate, and reboots not always in company networks). > ... So - does anybody

Re: [wpkg-users] AutoIt and wpkg

2009-10-15 Thread Troy Hamilton
On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 1:37 PM, Lukasz Zalewski wrote: > Hi all, > Has anyone had any experience/success with running AutoIt scripts with wpkg > update. Is it possible? I have few packages that can't install silently > without simulated point and click. > For a while I used AutoIT for my Brio Qu

Re: [wpkg-users] using psexec to push client

2009-10-10 Thread Troy Hamilton
On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 1:56 PM, Petersen, Tom < tom.peter...@sduniversitycenter.org> wrote: > I tried using this to push the client: > > c:\PsTools\psexec -u usdsu.local\username -p password @ucs186.xml -d > msiexec /i "\\usdsu.local\storage\its\uc-its\wpkg\WPKG Client 1.2.1.msi" /qb > SETTINGSFIL

Re: [wpkg-users] Recording registry changes

2009-03-17 Thread Troy Hamilton
On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 4:22 AM, Anders Nilsson wrote: > I'm looking for a recommendation of a program to record registry changes > (and possibly file changes) when installing software, or plugging in > hardware for that matter. > > Anyway, any suggestions for such programs? > I've used both regs

Re: [wpkg-users] Feature request

2008-12-16 Thread Troy Hamilton
On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 11:52 PM, Michael Ugilt wrote: > Been struggling to get WPKG to work smoothly with wifi'ed laptops. > > The real issue is that the wifi connection takes some 10-14 seconds to come > alive so a 10 second ping is working from time to time but not reliable. > > I have not be

Re: [wpkg-users] Silent and/or Periodic WPKG Service?

2008-10-31 Thread Troy Hamilton
Hi David, On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 7:00 AM, David Davies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2. Instead of on startup prior to login, is there a way to run WPKG > silently from a service after the machine is already on? It would be > nice if I could set it to run at a particular time interval (e.g, every

Re: [wpkg-users] (no subject)

2008-10-31 Thread Troy Hamilton
Brian, On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 8:40 AM, Brian Reese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey Guys, > > I had a few questions today. First, can you have multiple entries in one .XML > file? For >instance, if I choose to create an XML for each package and put it > in package folder, >instead of using pack

Re: [wpkg-users] Installs from start to finish....

2008-10-20 Thread Troy Hamilton
On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 12:58 AM, Berge Schwebs Bjørlo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 08:20:23PM -0400, Kevin Landers wrote: > > I would be very interested in hearing your methods for such an installation > > process. > I'd be happy to put the source somewhere and write so

Re: [wpkg-users] more unexpected installation

2008-06-06 Thread Troy Hamilton
On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 5:57 PM, Mark Nienberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So to fix this I changed the definition of the package on the server and > incremented > the revision number as follows: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I expected that wpkg would notice the rev