Hello, I'm currently evaluating wpkg for software distribution in my company using a Vmware environment. After testing some commercial products without much success, I'm really surprised how well software deployment works with wpkg.
My current setup should work like that: Whenever a PC is powered on and is connected to our LAN the wpkg script should be executed before a user may login. So I set the maximum logon delay to 10 and enabled the offline mode. But there is one issue I couldn't solve so far: Because we have several laptop users working offline from time to time the offline mode of the wpkg client is an important feature for us. The wpkinstall program offers this mode by testing the availability of a server. But I have problems to configure it correctly. Whenever I set the network interface of my Vmware instance to disconnected and reboot the computer the wpkg service starts at the beginning and shows its dialogs. No user is able to login until the maximum logon delay timeout is reached. Any tips on how to fix this? ( ... please see my settings.xml and the Windows event log excerpt I attached to this mail) Another issue: Afaik it is not possible to use AutoIt scripts in my setup (correct?). Is it possible to launch multiple instances of the wpkg service - one before the login page and another one when a desktop is available? I assume with such a configuration it should be possible to separate the normal install scripts from the ones which need to execute an AutoIt script. Thanks in advance for your help. Dieter
02.04.2008 09:52:59 WpkgService Fehler Keine 1 Nicht zutreffend XP Server connecting: failed. 02.04.2008 09:52:59 WpkgService Informationen Keine 1 Nicht zutreffend XP Offline mode: server connecting method selected. 02.04.2008 09:52:59 WpkgService Informationen Keine 1 Nicht zutreffend XP Offline mode enabled: successfuly done. 02.04.2008 09:52:58 WpkgService Informationen Keine 1 Nicht zutreffend XP ServiceStart 02.04.2008 09:52:58 WpkgService Informationen Keine 1 Nicht zutreffend XP WPKG Service->SERVICE_START_PENDING: successfuly done 02.04.2008 09:52:58 WpkgService Informationen Keine 1 Nicht zutreffend XP WPKG Service->RegisterServiceCtrlHandler: successfuly done 02.04.2008 09:52:58 WpkgService Informationen Keine 1 Nicht zutreffend XP WPKG Service trying start... 02.04.2008 09:52:58 VMTools Informationen Keine 105 Nicht zutreffend XP The service was started.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <configuration><file>\\wpkg\wpkg\wpkg.js</file><path-user>192.168.80.11\guest</path-user><path-password>N4LnGp4=</path-password><exec-user>Administrator</exec-user><exec-password>I5LhHJhI</exec-password><parameters>/synchronize /nonotify /quiet /verbose</parameters><silent>YES</silent><pre-action></pre-action><post-action></post-action><show-GUI>NO</show-GUI><logon-delay>10</logon-delay><logon-message-1>WPKG installiert Anwendungen und richtet diese ein ...</logon-message-1><logon-message-2>Bitte warten! Den Computer nicht ausschalten oder herunterfahren ...</logon-message-2><script-variable name="SOFTWARE">\\wpkg\wpkg\apps</script-variable><priority>normal</priority><stop-service-after-done>NO</stop-service-after-done><laptop-mode>YES</laptop-mode><server-connecting-method>standard</server-connecting-method><server-connecting-ip>192.168.80.11</server-connecting-ip><server-connecting-timeout>3</server-connecting-timeout><server-connecting-script-timeout>3</server-connecting-script-timeout><server-connecting-script-file></server-connecting-script-file></configuration>
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