[wpkg-users] Feature request - prevent logi until package installs completed

[Tomasz Chmielewski]

Chris Wilcox schrieb:

>  > This feature (password-protected cancel of a logon delay window) only
>  > works if administrator is around.
> 
> So setting the login delay to really long is the only option?  If so, 
> can I request the ability to set it for longer than 120 minutes?  120 
> minutes might sound like a long time, but if I roll a new PC out, or 
> re-install Windows for whatever reason, the growing number of packages 
> that need installed before I want the PC to be used means that in some 
> cases it could well take over 2 hours to get all programs installed.

Your thinking may be correct, but it looks like it was never faced with 
reality.
If you have users around when your PCs are being upgraded, and these 
users want to use computers, they will do everything to log in. Some 
will search for the next free PC; some will just hit "reboot" button. 
And again, and again, on many of your PCs.

And you will likely have more troubles because of interrupted installations.


> Having the WPKG interface being shown is essential in most cases, as it 
> holds the login and lets people know what is going on, and prevents them 
> using the computer until the software installs are complete.

"WPKG user interface -> Show" (perhaps not a very good name) is not the 
same as "logon delay".

"Logon delay" keeps users from logging in.

"WPKG user interface -> Show" makes all programs started by WPKG Client 
appear in the foreground *after* user logs in - it's good for debugging, 
but otherwise, should be disabled.


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Tomasz Chmielewski
http://wpkg.org