Dear Rainer, I was wondering how you exluded the flashplayer activex, since you wrote on http://lists.wpkg.org/pipermail/wpkg-users/2011-November/008252.html that you were against this non-feature ;-).
Did you use such a method as described in http://lists.wpkg.org/pipermail/wpkg-users/2011-December/008424.html : <profile id='CommonTools'> <package package-id='Foxit'> <condition> <check type="logical" condition="not"> <check type="host" condition="hostname" value="^TOTO$" /> </check> </condition> </package> <!-- all your 30packages --> </profile> I don't think so, since the package as described on the wiki http://wpkg.org/Flash_Player includes both activex and plugin installers, and it is not immediately clear to me how you modified it. Could you post your config to the list please? I will add your changes to the wiki if you like. PS: I'm using wpkg-gp 0.15 and it works without any issues (till now) on Windows 8. Thanks for your efforts, Jürgen > From: Rainer Meier <r.me...@wpkg.org> > To: "'wpkg-users@lists.wpkg.org'" <wpkg-users@lists.wpkg.org>, > Date: 27/08/2012 00:46 > Subject: [wpkg-users] WPKG on Windows 8 > Sent by: wpkg-users-boun...@lists.wpkg.org > > Hello, > > Actually I have decided today to spend some time on Windows 8 > migration today. I > try to just report my results without any intention to start a war about user > interface discussions. So if you're going to reply please focus on technical > discussion of issues. > > Here's a summary of my findings: > > I did install WPKG Client 1.3.14 64-bit on Windows 8 Professional > 64-bit. I have > used wpkg.js version 1.3.1-RC12. > The configuration I have used is the same as for Windows 7. This > includes some > post-installation changes I typically use: > > sc config wpkgservice depend= NSI/Tdx/Afd/tcpip/LanmanWorkstation > sc config wpkgservice start= delayed-auto > > This will run the service delayed and usually works fine even for network > adapters reporting link ready even if the driver is not ready yet (see > discussions on the list for Windows 7). > > My configuration also includes service termination after execution so the > service is not permanently running. > > > Overall the migration to Windows 8 was very smooth. The only thing I > really had > to adapt was to create a new profile for Windows 8 machines which > exclude some > packages. In my case: > - Exclude FlashPlayer Active-X > (embedded in IE 10, so I prefer it to be updated via Windows Update; > although the version embedded currently is outdated) > - Exclude installation of Microsoft Security Essentials > MSE is actually integrated into Windows Defender now. It won't install on > Windows 8 and report incompatibility > - Exclude installation of Internet Explorer as IE10 is included already > > And that's it basically. WPKG will just deploy all the packages fine. > > > Some issues: > - CAUTION: I found that the WPKG service is not restarted when you > shut down the > machine and re-start it. This is due to the new Windows 8 session resume > feature. During shutdown Session0 will not be terminated but will be > hibernated > instead. So when the machine is powered on again the system session > is restored > from hibernate rather than fully booted. On one hand this provides very short > boot times but on the other hand services are not refreshed. So crashed > (unexpectedly terminated) services remain dead and also WPKG service is not > re-launched as some people might expect. > Please also note that if you initiate a REBOOT rather than shutdown/restart, > then session 0 is actually terminated completely and then of course > also WPKG is > re-launched then. > So if your users always just shut down properly, then you might have issues > getting WPKG re-launched without putting a task scheduler entry > which (re)starts > the WPKG service based on schedule. > You have to expect that such installations will run WPKG basically > once a month > (after Windows Update installation and required real reboot) unless > you're going > to disable the feature entirely: > - (Desktop) Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Power Options > Click "Chose what the power buttons do" and disable "Turn on fast startup" > > But I do not recommend this since fast startup actually provides really > accelerated startup on many machines (especially those without SSD). > > I will have to check how WPKG-GP complies with Windows 8. > > > - Only partially a WPKG issue but I found Windows 8 creating pinned "Start" > items for every installed application installed for the user which installs > them. When additional users log on to the machine they will find > empty "Start" > panel so users will have to pick all the programs from the "All > apps" menu only > found when right-clicking in the start screen. I am working on a script which > pins most important applications (Word, Excel, LibreOffice, > Firefox...) to the > start panel for new users via RunOnce registry key. So on very firstlogin the > start panel will not only contain app tiles. > > > > Overall WPKG seems to work pretty well on Windows 8 without any changes. > Although packages might need some updates and new profiles will have to be > defined in some cases. The good thing is that we won't have to care about app > deployment as they are installed and updated via the store. Not sure > if it would > be even possible to deploy apps via command-line from sources other than the > market or install them globally. I found already strange that in a multi-user > environment user A won't see apps installed by user B at all even if > the appl is > free (well, might be license policy driven). As far as I know > Microsoft at least > promised providing tools to deploy apps in corporate environment to all users > but I guess it requires a system management center installation > which is perhaps > a bit overkill in smaller networks or at smaller schools. > > > > Pending: > - Try WPKG-GP > - Get informationa bout app deployment and policies > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
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