Re: [wpkg-users] WPKG & Active Directory

2012-02-13 Thread Matthew Gyurgyik
On 02/10/2012 03:32 AM, Ronny wrote: ... set SOFTWARE=\\Server\Software-Share\packages set WPKGROOT=\\Server\wpkg-Share cscript //nologo %WPKGROOT%\wpkg.js /synchronize /nonotify This worked great. but you can also define them in the profiles.xml like that: ... ... Regards Ronny T

[wpkg-users] WPKG & Active Directory

2012-02-09 Thread Matthew Gyurgyik
So I'm getting ready to test WPKG tomorrow and have a few questions... Shares * WPKG - Contain WPKG scripts * Software - contains installable software Both shares should have "Authenticated User Permissions", correct? If I run wpkg.js manually or via a startup script it appears that I'll h

Re: [wpkg-users] WPKG + Wireless Laptops

2012-02-03 Thread Matthew Gyurgyik
On 02/02/2012 04:18 PM, Alan Adams wrote: You've picked up one of the biggest problems with respect to deploying software to laptops. In general they are only turned on and connected to the network when the users want to work on them, and pushing software out to them in the background can cause p

Re: [wpkg-users] WPKG + Wireless Laptops

2012-02-03 Thread Matthew Gyurgyik
On 02/02/2012 04:10 AM, Malte Starostik wrote: Hi, now on topic :) Same here, our (admittedly few) laptops are configured for EAP-TLS auth with a machine specific certificate, not user specific. WPKG is run by WPKG-gp and this works nicely. Sure it takes somewhat longer than for the wired cli

Re: [wpkg-users] WPKG + Wireless Laptops

2012-02-03 Thread Matthew Gyurgyik
On 02/02/2012 03:55 AM, Stefan Pendl wrote: I am installing at shutdown, since there is no problem with running processes and working users. For Windows 7 I use a scheduled task at 22:00, which will run WPKG.js and shuts the system down afterwards. This checks for a running explorer.exe pro

[wpkg-users] WPKG + Wireless Laptops

2012-02-01 Thread Matthew Gyurgyik
Hello. I've been looking into WPKG and it looks like it can be very useful for my needs. It is my understanding that the client looks for packages to install when the system boots. The information I have found has not been extremely clear. What happens when WPKG can't talk to the server? W