You could add a package that unconditionally calls a batch file. Give it a high priority so it executes first.
This batch file should do the following: - Check if %SystemRoot%\System32\wpkg.xml contains information about Windows updates (hint: findstr.exe may help you here) - If not, exit - If it does: - delete %SystemRoot%\System32\wpkg.xml - reboot (to prevent the WPKG from using what it may have already read from wpkg.xml The next time wpkg runs, it will rebuild the wpkg.xml file from scratch. -----Original Message----- From: wpkg-users-boun...@lists.wpkg.org [mailto:wpkg-users-boun...@lists.wpkg.org] On Behalf Of David Petterson Sent: Saturday, July 03, 2010 4:40 PM To: wpkg-users@lists.wpkg.org Subject: [wpkg-users] How to remove the package but leave the software installed I have been using WPKG to force installation of Windows XP updates, and are now switching to a WSUS server. So the question for you all: Is there a way to force remove the package information from the clients without running any remove commands? Solutions I have though of and why they wont work. 1. Solution: Remove the packages from the computer profiles. Problem: I have made "remove" entries for all updates (sometime it is not good to do things the right way). If I just remove the package from the computer profile, the updates will be removed, the users annoyed by the computer beeing slow for too long and I will be hunted down. 2. Solution: Create a new revision of all packages and remove the "remove"-entries. Then after all clients have got the new revision, remove the packages from the computer profile and remove/rename the packages to force removal of the package on the client. Problem: We have a lot of users working on laptops, some are away for months (up to a year in some cases) and I have no idea when all computers have received the updated packages. (this was the first reason why I started to use WPKG to force install updates on the computers when they get back to campus. With WSUS I can force install critical updates by setting a deadline) /David ------------------------------------------------------------------------- wpkg-users mailing list archives >> http://lists.wpkg.org/pipermail/wpkg-users/ _______________________________________________ wpkg-users mailing list wpkg-users@lists.wpkg.org http://lists.wpkg.org/mailman/listinfo/wpkg-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- wpkg-users mailing list archives >> http://lists.wpkg.org/pipermail/wpkg-users/ _______________________________________________ wpkg-users mailing list wpkg-users@lists.wpkg.org http://lists.wpkg.org/mailman/listinfo/wpkg-users
