[wpkg-users] Deploying a new settings.xml file

2012-02-01 Thread chiddie
Hello, i would like to change the user and password that is actually used by the wpkg clients to connect to the wpkg server. Is there a way to deploy a new settings.xml file to the clients that overrides the old one? Thank you. -- View this message in context:

[wpkg-users] Plugin check + install

2012-01-10 Thread chiddie
Hello, i was wondering if it was possible for WPKG to create a package that checks the existence and the version of some plugins for a certain program and, if the found versions are smaller than the ones indicated in the package, the plugins are updated (the plugins are simply .dll files).

Re: [wpkg-users] RMDIR command not working via WPKG

2012-01-04 Thread chiddie
a .vbs file in the package but i think it's related to the script itself so i'll ask for help in a proper forum. Thanks again! Stefan Pendl-2 wrote: Am 03.01.2012 17:59, schrieb chiddie: While the xcopy command line works (i tried the package removing

[wpkg-users] RMDIR command not working via WPKG

2012-01-03 Thread chiddie
Hello, i created a new package in order to install Squiggle (a domain network only chat system). Unfortunately the program does not come with an installer, so i had to adjust the package in order to: 1. Check if the process squiggle.exe is running and kill it 2. Remove the actual squiggle

Re: [wpkg-users] Strange behavior of WPKG Client

2011-12-21 Thread chiddie
Falko Trojahn-2 wrote: Yes, sure. If it is not - perhaps the wpkg run via wpkgservice tries to deinstall wpkg_client (if there are remove cmds in), and the domain startup script (if it comes later) reinstalls wpkg client again. Good luck, Falko

Re: [wpkg-users] Strange behavior of WPKG Client

2011-12-21 Thread chiddie
Marco Gaiarin wrote: Mandi! chiddie In chel di` si favelave... I understand this is probably a Windows issue, since the error is generated regardless the type of script, i only wanted to know if you may have a clue or not. I bet on the same issue you faced some days ago: there's

Re: [wpkg-users] Strange behavior of WPKG Client

2011-12-20 Thread chiddie
Stefan Pendl-2 wrote: Am 19.12.2011 14:55, schrieb chiddie: But should not i have seen before something like: === 2011-12-19 14:30:04, DEBUG : Profiles applying to the current host:|IncrediBuild Agent| |WPKG_client

Re: [wpkg-users] Strange behavior of WPKG Client

2011-12-20 Thread chiddie
Falko Trojahn-2 wrote: Hello, Stefan Pendl-2 wrote: Am 19.12.2011 14:55, schrieb chiddie: But should not i have seen before something like: === 2011-12-19 14:30:04, DEBUG : Profiles applying to the current host:|IncrediBuild Agent

Re: [wpkg-users] Strange behavior of WPKG Client

2011-12-20 Thread chiddie
=== Yes. In this case you can do: host name=yourpcname profile-id=default profile id=testprofile / /host === I simply did host name=mypcname profile-id=TestProfile / in order not to have to create also an empty

Re: [wpkg-users] Strange behavior of WPKG Client

2011-12-19 Thread chiddie
Falko Trojahn-2 wrote: Hello again, Ri-hello everybody (i know you hate me from the bottom of your hearts), never mind :) ... Is there a way to try and track the reason why on these machines WPKG Client cannot see that is installed yet (of course i can provide the full debug log

[wpkg-users] Strange behavior of WPKG Client

2011-12-16 Thread chiddie
Ri-hello everybody (i know you hate me from the bottom of your hearts), i have another awesome question for you. I finally decided to deploy the WPKG Client x64 edition via Global Domain Policy. I did not use the default domain policy, i created a new one - called WPKG Client Deployment - that:

Re: [wpkg-users] Firefox 8 and extension deployment

2011-12-15 Thread chiddie
David Petterson wrote: Can you please summarize and update the wpkg wiki page on how to install Firefox 8 extensions? The mail thread got large and confusing ;) /David - wpkg-users mailing list archives

Re: [wpkg-users] Firefox 8 and extension deployment

2011-12-14 Thread chiddie
You can „install“ extensions globally by copying them _anywhere_ e.g. %ProgramFiles%\local\FirefoxExtensions and registering them like described here: https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Adding_Extensions_using_the_Windows_Registry Well, i can't believe it... but it works. I have only

Re: [wpkg-users] Firefox 8 and extension deployment

2011-12-14 Thread chiddie
chiddie wrote: You can „install“ extensions globally by copying them _anywhere_ e.g. %ProgramFiles%\local\FirefoxExtensions and registering them like described here: https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Adding_Extensions_using_the_Windows_Registry Well, i can't believe

Re: [wpkg-users] Push Install WPKG with Psexec

2011-12-13 Thread chiddie
Have you already tried that? I think that the folder must exist in order to make this work. That works, ofc. Logs all go to a \\servername\wpkg\logs folder. What i would like is the program to put machine logs in subfolders of the log folder in

Re: [wpkg-users] Batch file not working

2011-12-13 Thread chiddie
Falko Trojahn-2 wrote: Hi, The .bat contains the following lines: cd /D %userprofile%\appdata\roaming\thunderbird\Profiles for /D %%f in (*.default) do cd %userprofile%\appdata\roaming\thunderbird\Profiles\%%f\ rd extensions /s /q I then added the corrispondent line to the package

Re: [wpkg-users] Push Install WPKG with Psexec

2011-12-13 Thread chiddie
David Petterson wrote: If you can pass me that script i will be more than happy to use it instead of wasting hours trying to make psexec work with wpkg client. :) I use a two parted script for this, they are not very pretty, but they work! I have plans to do a version check to be able

Re: [wpkg-users] Firefox 8 and extension deployment

2011-12-13 Thread chiddie
chiddie wrote: Are you sure that Firefox 8 extensions deployment is the same as Firefox 4? I followed the instructions in the Firefox 4 Series Extensions section of the wpkg firefox page, but, even if after the installation i see the folder with the GUID number in the \firefox

Re: [wpkg-users] Batch file not working

2011-12-13 Thread chiddie
chiddie wrote: Falko Trojahn-2 wrote: Hi, The .bat contains the following lines: cd /D %userprofile%\appdata\roaming\thunderbird\Profiles for /D %%f in (*.default) do cd %userprofile%\appdata\roaming\thunderbird\Profiles\%%f\ rd extensions /s /q I then added

Re: [wpkg-users] Push Install WPKG with Psexec

2011-12-12 Thread chiddie
I will probably solve the issue not using psexec (nobody seems to know why it's not working via psexec and i can't wait weeks hoping that someone makes a test and find what's wrong with psexec) but using a startup script deployed via gdp (global domain policy). The instructions are basically the

[wpkg-users] Batch file not working

2011-12-12 Thread chiddie
In order to deploy an upgrade from Thunderbird 3.1.2 + Lightning 1.0b2 to Thunderbird 8 + Lightning 1.0, since i cannot use the instructions provided in the wiki page to update lightning silently (old Lightning versions are installed in

Re: [wpkg-users] Push Install WPKG with Psexec

2011-12-10 Thread chiddie
David Petterson wrote: Try running psexec with the -s variable to run as SYSTEM. Cant you run the installation with your startup script in your domain? I run a script to check if WPKG is installed, and it also make sure older versions are uninstalled and replaced by current client

Re: [wpkg-users] Firefox 8 and extension deployment

2011-12-07 Thread chiddie
My tries went in a different direction. Since i like basic commands and not being involved too much with variables, i simply: - extracted the .vxi in a folder called Italian Dictionary. - copied the folder in the \\server\wpkg\software\mozilla firefox\extensions\ folder of my server where WPKG

[wpkg-users] Push Install WPKG with Psexec

2011-12-07 Thread chiddie
Hello, it's me again -.- As the subject says, i'm trying to deploy WPKG client to some computers over the network in order to widen my tests environment. I follwed the instructions: - created the getcomputers.vbs file - ran it and obtained the hosts.xml file - copied the file in a C:\Temp

[wpkg-users] Firefox 8 and extension deployment

2011-12-06 Thread chiddie
Are you sure that Firefox 8 extensions deployment is the same as Firefox 4? I followed the instructions in the Firefox 4 Series Extensions section of the wpkg firefox page, but, even if after the installation i see the folder with the GUID number in the \firefox\extensions\ folder, and even if i