[wpkg-users] Automated WPKG-Client settings update

[Jason Oster]

Hello List,

I've got some workstations on a corporate network suffering from Bug 
172: http://bugzilla.wpkg.org/show_bug.cgi?id=172

As you can see in the bug, I've found a workaround.  Now I need to 
deploy it to all workstations; especially the ones where WPKG fails. 
Since I cannot use WPKG directly to do the update, I'd like to find an 
alternative.

I've tried using Active Directory startup-scripts to import the 
settings.xml file, but this does not work (no error messages are logged, 
no settings are changed).  Running the script while logged into the 
workstation does update the settings properly.

I thought at first the trouble with AD startup scripts was related to 
the service running in the background.  I've tried running "net stop 
wpkgservice", killing wpkgsrv.exe and wpkgmessage.exe.  On workstations 
where WPKG works, killing these just causes the WPKG logon message to 
hang until the timeout, instead of the expected result of not seeing the 
message at all.  On all workstations, settings are still not updated.

Any ideas how I can either fix the AD script, or a better solution to 
deploying the settings configuration?  We also have OCS-NG installed on 
all workstations, which can deploy packages.  I can use that, in the 
worst-case scenario.
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