Re: [wpkg-users] wpkg for crapware removal?

2012-12-14 Thread Rainer Meier
Hi Jon, On 14.12.2012 01:32, Jon Goldberg wrote: I just inherited a new client whose workstations have users logged in as local administrators; the net result is a ton of crapware. Yes this is what usually happens. I considered creating wpkg packages for the crapware with only a remove

Re: [wpkg-users] wpkg for crapware removal?

2012-12-14 Thread Paul McGrath
Hi Jon, Instead of the remove we use install (execute once) to remove some crapware. Usually Bing, Ask and Google toolbars. We get a lot of Samsung laptops and they are choked full of crapware but I haven't got around to building anything extensive. Paul -Original Message- From:

Re: [wpkg-users] wpkg for crapware removal?

2012-12-14 Thread Rainer Meier
Hi Paul, On 14.12.2012 09:47, Paul McGrath wrote: Instead of the remove we use install (execute once) to remove some crapware. Usually Bing, Ask and Google toolbars. We get a lot of Samsung laptops and they are choked full of crapware but I haven't got around to building anything

Re: [wpkg-users] wpkg for crapware removal?

2012-12-14 Thread heiko . helmle
So usually for me it takes longer to clean the machines (and still living with the risk that manufacturer changed some Windows settings which I don't know about) than re-installing them from scratch; knowing to have a clean system then. Using unattended Windows setup and WPKG a machine

Re: [wpkg-users] wpkg for crapware removal?

2012-12-14 Thread Paul McGrath
It is more complex than that but I didn't want to bore everyone with the detail. I usually deploy to blank Windows, for the freeware which includes toolbars/crapware I usually include an 'install' and 'upgrade' to remove that specific object. For the laptops which do have that stuff quite a

[wpkg-users] [Bug 278] Wrong host match

2012-12-14 Thread bugzilla-daemon
http://bugzilla.wpkg.org/show_bug.cgi?id=278 --- Comment #3 from Stefan Pendl pendl2mega...@yahoo.de --- Rainer, how about the following match: ^\d\d*\.\d\d*\.\d\d*\.\d\d*$ So if the match pattern of the name attribute matches that pattern, then it is an IP, else it is a host name match. --

Re: [wpkg-users] [Bug 278] Wrong host match

2012-12-14 Thread Helmut Hullen
Hallo, bugzilla-daemon, Du meintest am 14.12.12: how about the following match: ^\d\d*\.\d\d*\.\d\d*\.\d\d*$ So if the match pattern of the name attribute matches that pattern, then it is an IP, else it is a host name match. Aehemmm ... what about 345.456.567.678 Viele Gruesse!

[wpkg-users] limit number of packages or time used during a WPKG run

2012-12-14 Thread Andrew Struiksma
We have several computers that are slow and are very out of date. We are going to run WPKG once a day at shutdown/reboot. Just wondering if anyone has come up with a way to limit the number of packages that are installed during a single run of WPKG or better yet something that prevents WPKG from

[wpkg-users] Google Drive fails check after install

2012-12-14 Thread Barry Ralphs
I'm trying to push out the Google Drive Sync client to our workstations. This is the package I'm using: package id=GoogleDrive name=Google Drive revision=1 priority=1 check type=file condition=versiongreaterorequal path=%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Google\Drive\googledrivesync.exe

Re: [wpkg-users] Google Drive fails check after install

2012-12-14 Thread Andrew Struiksma
On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 11:32 AM, Barry Ralphs barry.ral...@tippingmar.comwrote: ** ** I'm trying to push out the Google Drive Sync client to our workstations. This is the package I'm using: package id=GoogleDrive name=Google Drive revision=1 priority=1 check type=file

Re: [wpkg-users] Google Drive fails check after install

2012-12-14 Thread Barry Ralphs
On 12/14/2012 1:03 PM, Andrew Struiksma wrote: On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 11:32 AM, Barry Ralphs barry.ral...@tippingmar.com wrote: I'm trying to push out the Google Drive Sync client to