New Post: Accessing %appdata% of current user
The hard part is to get the current logon user. What happens if the update is installed when nobody is logon on (scheduled install or "at shutdown") ? If there is someone currently logged, you can try...
View ArticleNew Post: Not an Issue, More a question about downstream
Hi, I was wondering, if I use WSUS downstream servers, is WPP will push his package to the downstream servers or It will push the update individually from the upstream to each target? Thank you
View ArticleNew Post: Not an Issue, More a question about downstream
Hi, WPP publish updates, only on the server where it is connected to. Your downstream servers will synchronise these updates and download it if they trust the code signing certificat. If the downstream...
View ArticleNew Post: Install rules - Longer MSI Product code for Java 8 u101
Hey everyone, anyone else having an issue when trying to use a longer MSI product code in an install rule etc - The new version of Java 8 has a longer code and I can't enter the last digit: Eg Java...
View ArticleNew Post: Not an Issue, More a question about downstream
I use WPP on both our top level and lower level server (not a replica) in a manor used for testing then production and it works great. Once you've run a sync you just need to approve the update on the...
View ArticleNew Post: Install rules - Longer MSI Product code for Java 8 u101
That has to be a bug on Oracles part. That isn't a valid GUID as the length is fixed, you can't simply throw an extra digit on the end of it.
View ArticleNew Post: Install rules - Longer MSI Product code for Java 8 u101
Indeed - I just checked their Release notes and nothing yet about it. We use the patchmypc catalog and they have just released Java 8 u101 but they have thankfully amended the GUID so its correct...
View ArticleNew Post: MSI UID for creating custom update(s)
Do I really need a MSI UID for every update I create? I would like to run an application installation rather than an update to an existing application, we have so many older outdated version of java,...
View ArticleNew Post: MSI UID for creating custom update(s)
Java for example will normally remove older versions if updated. I've got an "Install Java x64" update setup that only installs if another version of Java 8x64 is not installed already. Annoying like...
View ArticleNew Post: Computer Name
We have an issue where all our clients are public IP's, but our internal domain name is different from the external DNS record, which puts all clients in a offline status for remote commands. For...
View ArticleNew Post: Computer Name
Hi, Are you saying that you have WMI access etc enabled to the remote machines via their Public IP and a Firewall rule & NAT? I take it you don't have VPN's to those remote machines and they are...
View ArticleNew Post: Java 8u101 und Adobe Reader DC 2015.017.20050
Hallo Community! Ich beschäftige mich seid kurzer Zeit mit dem WPP und muss ein Kompliment an die Entwickler aussprechen, sehr gute Arbeit. Ein paar Fragen bzw. Hilfestellung hätte ich dennoch. Fakten...
View ArticleNew Post: WPP for the Enterprise
Has anybody tried this on deployments with more than 50,000+ WSUS clients?
View ArticleNew Post: How can I create shortcut to desktop in 32bit&64bit system?
I make a winrar sfx package for a software.Path=Beebeep SavePath Shortcut=Shortcut=D, %ProgramFiles%\Beebeep\beebeep.exe, , BeeBEEP, BeeBEEP, If I double click it in 32bit system it will unzip to...
View ArticleNew Post: Java 8u101 und Adobe Reader DC 2015.017.20050
Hallo, ok, die ganze Beschreibung geht für mich etwas durcheinander aber ich fang einfach mal an, und zwar mit Adobe. So wie ich das sehe benutzt du die falschen Versionen, denn du arbeitest mit dem...
View ArticleNew Post: Java 8u101 und Adobe Reader DC 2015.017.20050
Ok, JAVA: Die Fehlermeldung deutet wohl darauf hin das der Pfad zur Installationssoftware nicht erreicht werden kann, vermutlich wegen fehlender Rechte. Installer und Benutzer sind zwei verschiedene...
View ArticleNew Post: Office 365
You can download these Files via WSUS, but you cant deploy it without a CM? Wow. Funny Microsoft. So, maybee pick up the downloaded files from WSUS, and deploy it via WPP. There are no MS...
View ArticleNew Post: Deinstallationsprobleme bei JAVA
Aus gegebenen Anlass werfe ich mal wieder das Problem in die Runde das gerade abgelaufene JAVA Updates bei Verteilung der .msi via WPP nicht deinstalliert werden wenn eine neue Version erscheint. Die...
View ArticleNew Post: Deinstallationsprobleme bei JAVA
Hast Du denn schon mal REMOVEXSISTINGPRODUCTS = 0 getestet? Wenn nein, dann hol das nach. Ansonsten benutze ich die von dir als 'Krücke' bezeichnete Uninstall2Install.exe und bin damit bestens...
View ArticleNew Post: How can I create shortcut to desktop in 32bit&64bit system?
I make a innosetup exe to solve it.It work. But I find another problem. With double click,the innosetup.exe create an ini file in the %USERPROFILE%\Documents\ . But with WPP,It create the ini file in...
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