Would it be worthwhile changing the wpkg service to a script that tries to access the share or port 139 on the server every 5 seconds before launching wpkg. You could even put in place detection of dialup and abort wpkg at this point.
-- Michael Chinn User Support Officer - Information Technology Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority PO Box 1379 TOWNSVILLE, QLD 4810 Ph 07 47500874 Fax 07 4772 6093 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ================================================================================ If you have received this transmission in error please notify us immediately by return email and delete all copies. Any unauthorised use, disclosure or distribution of this email is prohibited. ================================================================================ Tomasz Chmielewski wrote, On 23/05/2007 06:07: > Dave Ewart schrieb: > >> On Monday, 21.05.2007 at 19:03 +0100, Dave Ewart wrote: >> >> >>> On Monday, 21.05.2007 at 12:02 -0500, Adam Williams wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Is the erroring PC using a wireless NIC? I've found that wireless >>>> NICs don't start their software and connect to the wireless >>>> connection until a few seconds after the login screen comes up (or >>>> after the start menu loads if not in a domain), however in both >>>> cases, WPKG service has already ran and errored out since there >>>> wasn't a network connection yet. >>>> >>> No, all the PCs I mention use wired NICs. In fact, the PC hardware is >>> all pretty similar, really; different, but very similar. >>> >> Working on this basis, though, I was wondering if there was any way to >> make WPKG launch later in the boot process. I even tried hacking the >> registry to make "WPKG Service" dependent on some other services such as >> TCP/IP and NetBIOS, to see if that made a difference, but no luck. >> >> I am assuming that the problem I'm seeing is essentially a race >> condition at boot-up and WPKG sometimes loses :-( >> > > Hi, > > I could add it to the TODO list (delay startup of WPKG service) - but: > how should we handle the so called "delayed logon" in that case (user > not allowed to logon when WPKG client operate, for 10 or 15 minutes or so)? > > Somehow I feel, these two exclude each other? > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ wpkg-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wpkg-users
