> 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 mach
>
> Strangely, if I run wpkg.js in a terminal window with /debug, it tries
to
> run the proper file (but fails due to the software variable not being
set).
> But then when I try the service it again goes back to trying to install
the
> 32 bit version.
This sounds like you're running the 32bit
>
> ..., because there is always something missing from the log on the
> server, if it is done by a package.
>
> It is best to do it after WPKG.js is called, which can be accomplished
> by a post action in WPKG client or a line in the batch file executing
> WPKG.js
I've done this inside of W
> >
> > Wouldn't this cause a reboot loop? The enable and disable package both
> > need an immediate reboot...
>
> One could set an environment variable to avoid this, which gets checked
> to prevent the execution of the install commands.
>
> The reboot loop problem exists with the first solutio
> >
>
> How about disabling FBWF with a package of priority using
> execute="always" and enabling it with a package of priority 0 also using
> execute="always", so you won't have to implement this in each and every
> package?
Wouldn't this cause a reboot loop? The enable and disable pac
> You can momentarily disable the FBWF to install programs and make
> other changes to the system but it requires a reboot.
> So : Disable FBWF > Reboot > Install Software > Enable FBWF > Reboot
> So I have used WPKG-GP successfully to install some basic software
> (Flash Player and what not) aft
Hello Stefan,
>
> The Java installer is a bit tricky and results in problems from time to
> time.
>
Tricky might be not the right word. It's pretty buggy: It doesn't seem to
handle open files.
We have this problem too. If we run the update on any machine that happens
to have SmartSVN or Jenk
>
> I've been trying to figure out a way to allow end users to trigger
> WPKG to run when it is convenient to them. Ideally we could setup a
> shortcut on everyone's Start menu so that they could click "Install
> Updates" which would start wpkg.js. The issue I'm having with
> implementing this
> i would like to know why you install another program on windows if you
> have RemoteDesktop on windows and an excelente client on linux?
>
> I've made a special CD for installing XP, and it set's by default the
> remote access option. I combine it plus Wake on Lan capabilities and
> works great
>
> What I want to do is to check if the 32-bit version of Java has been
> installed on 64-bit Windows 7.
> Is there a better way to do this? uninstall only checks for 64 bit apps
> (on 64-bit os), or will it check for both?
I use these:
Java 6u32 32bit
Java 6u32 64bit
Best Regards
Hei
>
> using the foobar2000 package from the wiki (http://wpkg.org/Foobar2000)
> I had a strange problem. After removing the package from the profile,
> wpkg.js reported that the package could not be removed. But all the
> files were uninstalled corectly when I checked in explorer. It took me a
Hello,
Does WPKG handle multiple versions of the same package of is this planned.
It's a corner case - for example Vmware Infrastructure Client installs
different versions all having the same DisplayName. So if you manage 4.1
and 5.0 servers you have two Clients installed with different version
> Am 04.04.2012 16:17, schrieb Bruno CHOQUET:
> > Falko,
> >
> > It's not a profil or host problem : i just want to uninstall Firefox
6.
> >
>
> Installing the latest version of Firefox will replace any previous
version.
>
Not always - I just debugged a user whose 10.0.2esr Firefox was install
Hello Alan
> Does WPKG put messages to the screen, for example "do not shut down or
> power off, installing software"?
Windows Vista and later changed the logout and shutdown procedure. The
mechanism the old wpkgclient is using doesn't work with Vista+.
It is pretty much the same reason why wpk
> i have been hoping I could use wpkg, running as a service, to allow
> deployment during lessons. Using AD deployment simply prevents the
> lesson from starting. (I only have one day every 3 weeks in each
> school, so doing it out of normal hours is generally not possible.)
> However the issue
Hello,
> Is the only option going to be the slightly messy approach to
> install to a new directory in the root of c:? That will mean having
> to modify the existing data files that have already been authored,
> but will only have to be done once, before we create too many more.
I'm afraid yes
fixed it - at least this works - I don't really speak Jscript :)
Index: wpkg.js
===
--- wpkg.js (Revision 1304)
+++ wpkg.js (Arbeitskopie)
@@ -1851,7 +1851,7 @@
}
}
}
- ret
Hello,
I have problems with the download tag and wpkg 1.2.1-rc20...
it looks like 1.2.1-rc20 is totally ignoring tags... can
anybody reproduce this?-
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Hello,
When using wpkg.js (1.2.1-RC18) with /debug switch (specifically, /debug
/noreboot /nonotify), then there's no output to the console any more.
Is this a bug or did I miss a change?
Best Regards
Heiko H
It depends on what the author of the MSI has set as default. Microsofts
default for MSIs is per-user install.
See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa367559%28v=vs.85%29.aspx
From:
"Shier, Jon"
To:
"heiko.hel...@horiba.com"
Cc:
"'wpkg-users@lists.wpkg.org'"
Date:
08.09.2011 17:49
Subj
wpkg-users-boun...@lists.wpkg.org wrote on 08.09.2011 03:41:01:
> I have one msi install that I am having issues with using wpkg, it
> will not create the program files shortcuts or desktop shortcuts. I
> have moved this msi from a standard windows domain GPO, which
> installs just fine. I just
> MOD: Updated log file handling. Now there is no intermediate local log
file
> created any more. Instead a log is kept in memory as long as the
log file
> is not initialized. If anything goes wrong WPKG still tries to
flush the
> logs at least to a log file in %TEMP%.
> This
> [wpkg-users] Using wpkg to set windows update to use wsus
>
> Does anyone have the settings they use to push out the settings to make
> windows use their internal WSUS server? Normally when we setup a new pc
> we go in to gpedit.msc and manually configure them. However I have found
> the reg
Hello Matthias,
a) this problem is fixed in recent tortoisesvn-builds - it's an MSI-bug
that they worked around now. Nevertheless, if you replace older versions,
the bug might still bite you.
b) uninstalling during upgrade works fine here - reboot in between is not
necessary for tortoise and c
> Honestly I did even not think about this too much before since in my
> mind people
> were using one or the other, but not both. But as it's technically
> possible to
> use hosts.xml and hosts/*.xml at the same time I think the old
> approach was more
> logical.
>
I thought the same, but wh
> information you provide it seems to be logical and intentional for
> me that the
> "default" profile is applied to the host since your name="." would
> match all the
> hosts. If you don't intend to match them all then make sure
> hosts.xml does not
> contain such a "catch all" host entry wh
> > So we can have predefined options for e.g. wget or curl in wpkg.js,
> > while preserving the possibility to use another tool.
>
> ...eg, a script (cmd suffices?!) that also check the MD5 of the file,
> preventing wpkg tring to install ever an ever that corrupted installer.
> ;-)
>
> This clea
ss just because the network goes down (mobile users tend to be pretty
mobile sometimes)
* some Installers (especially MSI) are for some reasons really really
slow and use huge network resources (10x the actual size) when run over
SMB. They work fine when run from local storage.
What do
wpkg-users-boun...@lists.wpkg.org wrote on 14.06.2011 23:32:37:
> I'm currently thinking about a new deployment tool software for
You might want to take a look at ocsinventory (
http://www.ocsinventory-ng.org/). It might scratch your itch :)
> Microsoft systems (XP/Vista/7) like WPKG but with t
Hello Kevin,
I have the same issue with Win7 (32 and 64) and WPKG-Client and mentioned
this on this list back in August.
This seems to be a bug only in 1.3.14 - if you can live with the
assortment of bugs in any other version, use those. Or try wpkg-gp.
I'd love to see the source of 1.3.14 -
Hello CL,
>> You could marry this feature with the prompt. AFAIK there's an API
>> for Applications to pop up a message on shutdown (like Word with a
>> document open displays Save, Don't Save, Cancel). You could pop up a
>> dialog as well (install update, shutdown immediately) via the same
>>
Some Ideas I carry around for a while:
> - Optionally run in system tray and check for updated packages at
> regular intervals. Inform users about updates and prompt them with
> alternatives. (the platform is designed to be able do this)
I really looking forward to this one. I have lots of user
Hello Jeff,
I found out that a few versions of the WPKG.MSI are buggy. The problem is
that they don't request elevated mode, then try to write to privileged
space and fail. On most systems, writing to %programfiles% even works but
they fail when wpkginst.exe is started as part of the installati
Hello,
> The system is now that the wpkg-gp.dll running as a GPE will contact
> a service and ask it to execute wpkg.js.
Would you mind checking this into a branch of you public repository at
g-code? Maybe there's help out there :)
(I'm not promising anything because personally I have c++-phobi
>
> But i've discovered that anyway the ''upgrade'' actions are executed,
> even if the new check condition are false for a ''broken'' vlc
> installation.
>
> Seems to me that WPKG evaluate on upgrade the old check condition, and
> not the new one (or better: evaluate on pre-action the old one, a
Hello Damian,
You need to install the x64-version of the WPKG-Client on x64-windows.
There are a few "bounce"-like tricks to do with the x86-one but using the
x64-version on 64bit-OS is the cleanest (and most simple) solution.
Best Regards
Heiko
From:
"Damian Kasper"
To:
Date:
08.1
wpkg-users-boun...@lists.wpkg.org wrote on 20.10.2010 07:55:46:
>
> The strange thing is that any package tests are succesfull and others
not !
> For example, a similar test for Firefox install is ok :
> 2010-10-20 07:42:16, DEBUG : Uninstall entry 'Mozilla Firefox (3.
> 6.10)' matches string
wpkg-users-boun...@lists.wpkg.org wrote on 30.08.2010 20:02:34:
> From:
>
> Aaron Bliss
>
> If you are using a samba server for your back end, the max xmit
> configuration option may be what you are looking for.
>
No, sorry - max xmit limits the packet size. You don't want to do this and
you
> [wpkg-users] Bandwidth Limiting
>
> When a new update comes out we need some method of
> limiting the bandwidth of the transfer to those computers, so it
> won’t slow the entire network down.
Well it depends on how you invoke the installers. Normal operation of WPKG
is running the installe
Hello,
Does anyone know why all displays (including the cscript window) are
garbled/broken on the Windows 7 secure desktop with wpkg-client 1.3.14?
(Curiously it seems to look better with wpkg-client 1.3.13)
Tested on Windows 7 VMs and real hardware, 32 and 64 bit:
* Install WPKG-Client
* let
Hey,
We solved this by activating offline mode and a generous timeout of 60
seconds. Turns out Windows 7 brings up the network very late (sometimes
even after the user has already logged in). 60 seconds is a pretty big
timeout (maybe 30 is enough...), but in my Test-VM at least, a 10second
tim
> path="HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer
> \UpgradeCodes\AA5D9C68C00F12943B2F6CA09FE28244"
> />
>
> Neither the registry path
> 'HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer
> \UpgradeCodes\AA5D9C68C00F12943B2F6CA09FE28244'
> nor its expanded value of
> 'HKLM\
> Also, what is the best way to use wpkg to change the administrator
> account password on windows xp and vista?
I don't know the best way - i used a variant of a vbscript Dr.Google found
for me. If you have powershell installed on XP I'd suggest you use that
instead - it's much more readable.
> > I was under the impression that the current WPKG client can't delay
the
> > logon and display information during the boot up process
> > http://wpkg.org/Screenshots#Windows_Vista on Windows >= Vista
>
> ok, that. I thought you meant it didn't work at all :)
>
Well it works, but no logon-del
Hello Tomasz, List,
> > Are you sure? Shouldn't the "Connecting" stage fail first?
>
> Can you try:
>
> net use /delete *
>
> prior to any tests (to make sure you're not trying to be connected twice
> anywhere)?
>
Tried, - net use list is empty. I switched to a Win7 VM (32bit) for
testing
wice to the same share with the same
> credentials, and you see the error.
Are you sure? Shouldn't the "Connecting" stage fail first?
And why does it work when I use Windows "runas" and not WPKGs built in
execution context feature?
I
> So you're planning to use "runas" with the Administrator account I
guess. For
> sure this might be an option as well.
> This could have been a solution to the "broken Innosetup" installer
> problem some
> of us faced a while ago. Some new version of Innosetup was just hanging
during
> the inst
fault. That would mean no UAC-Prompts for this user - so
it'd work for silent installs. It just needs to be activated (and
passworded). I'll try this and report back to the list :)
Best Regards
Heiko Helmle-
Hello list,
I'm currently and regularly running into the WOW64 mess while trying to
make my wpkg-package collection "Win64-ready". The problem consists of two
facts:
* A 32 bit installshield .exe
* the WOW brain-hurt diversion layer
* MSI
* WPKG running as user SYSTEM and the SYSTEM profile sit
Hello List
>
>
>
>
>
>
I love this idea - this would save lots of copy/paste and
"s/-
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e easy 'shortcut checks' could also make life easier (and
xmls smaller), like a check type "arch" or "winversion".
I know these are easily replaced by registry check or cmd script, so I
consider this
> > This is a shot in the dark - is "show gui" activated in the wpkg
> > service? I had several packages behave oddly when this was not active
> > (stalling or failing).
>
> I never thought of that. On your suggestion I tried showing the GUI,
> but the results were the same. Except that now the I
>
> I have a simple package that installs an engineering program. It
> looks like this:
>
>
> value="2009.9" />
>
>
>
>
> This works on all my XP machines. On Win 7 it works fine if run
> from a command
> prompt using wpkg in debug mode. But if run at boot time it hangs
> and does no
dencies to
manage. And you can do stuff like this:
Hello Marc,
> Hi guys,
>
> Then I
> ran WPKG again expecting that the checks will be met and the upgrade
> commands wouldn't be run. But the debug output states that the checks
> were not executed and the upgrade commands were run immediately leading
> to the same error again.
>
> Is this the in
ther hand I guess someone must have run into this already and
maybe I missed something.
PS: Beta 1.3.10 runs fine.
Best Regards
Heiko Helmle-
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Hello Paul,
This didn't work for me either (on 1.3.9 and 1.3.10 at least). I defined
it as a variable in the profile.
Best Regards
Heiko
From:
"Landers, Paul"
To:
"wpkg-users@lists.wpkg.org"
Date:
17.02.2010 20:57
Subject:
[wpkg-users] Variable expansion question
I'm having diffi
ling extra scripts :)
Best Regards
Heiko Helmle-
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Hello Stefan,
Thanks for your reply -
> > Well - the start-menu part is saved in the registry:
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion
> \Explorer\Shell Folders\Common Programs
> >
> > If WPKG could expand some of those paths ("Common Desktop" would
> > also be very use
t variable, which then could be used inside an install cmd.
What do you think?
Best Regards
Heiko Helmle-
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