[wpkg-users] Questions about offline mode and executing the wpkg service

[Dieter Scholz]

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
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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.
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