[wpkg-users] Registry change during boot and roaming profiles

[cleitet at gmail.com]

Hi again

Well, WPKG is not a really good tool to use for user-specific settings for a
number of reasons. It is intended as a tool to install software for all
users on a workstation.

Your issue with "race conditions" is one example of this. WPKG sets the
registry during boot (I am not sure how you execute WPKG though), and the
setting is reset by the roaming profile. I would believe that configuring
per-user settings is better done through a logon script (executed under the
user's environment), or by utilizing a tool as Active Setup:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_Setup to make sure all users on the
computer has the same environment.

I didn't explain it too well, did I? :)

-CL



2010/7/22 Sebastian Hoffmann <sebastian.hoffmann at pallas-group.de>

>  Yeah thanks, that solved the problem with the Firefox package under W2K
> for me.
>
> I found a "newer" ;-)  version, 2.4.2, under
> http://www.grossmatten.ch/share-freeware/Microsoft/SysInternals/PsTools%202.42/PsTools/
>
>
> But what can I do when I have to set registry keys during delayed logon
> with roaming profiles?
> In my opinion they are always restored from the roaming profile during
> login when they first have been deleted by the uninstall cmd during delayed
> logon. Or am I wrong?
>
>
>
> Mit freundlichen Grüßen
>
> Sebastian Hoffmann
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> schrieb cleitet at gmail.com:
>
> Hi,
>
> Try a "newer" version of pstools with the -accepeula switch.
>
> More info here:
> http://blogs.technet.com/b/sysinternals/archive/2006/12/05/updates-pstools-and-sysinternalssuite.aspx
>
> -CL
>
> 2010/7/22 Sebastian Hoffmann <sebastian.hoffmann at pallas-group.de>
>
>>  Hello list,
>>
>> I think I've a conceptional problem: I've got computers running W2k which
>> are not capable of the "taskkill" command used in the firefox package to
>> kill any running firefox-processes. So I decided to use pskill instead of
>> taskkill. But on the first run of pskill it asks the user to accept the
>> eula. I found a .cmd file on
>> http://forum.sysinternals.com/topic8783_page7.html which sets a registry
>> values indicating that the eulas of all sysinternals tools have already been
>> accepted.
>> Now I tried to make my own package file with this command, but only
>> working for pskill:
>>
>> <packages>
>> <package
>>     id="pskilleula"
>>     name="Accept pskill EULA"
>>     revision="1"
>>     reboot="false"
>>     priority="99">
>>
>>     <check
>>         type="registry"
>>         condition="equals"
>>         path="HKCU\Software\Sysinternals\PsKill\EulaAccepted" value="1"/>
>>
>>     <install cmd='REG ADD "HKCU\Software\Sysinternals\PsKill" /v
>> EulaAccepted /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f'>
>>         <exit code="0" />
>>         </install>
>>
>>   <--  <upgrade cmd='%SystemRoot%\System32\msg.exe * /TIME:10 "upgrade"'>
>>         <exit code="0" />
>>         </upgrade>
>>     -->
>>
>>     <remove cmd='REG DELETE "HKCU\Software\Sysinternals\PsKill" /v
>> EulaAccepted /f'>
>>         <exit code="0" />
>>         </remove>
>>
>> </package>
>> </packages>
>>
>>
>>
>> The value gets correctly set and works fine. My problem now is the remove
>> command: When a client is booting up the registry key gets deleted by wpkg
>> irunning in delayed logon mode. But when I login as a domain user using
>> roaming profiles, the old registry becomes restored from the roaming profile
>> on the server and the key also gets restored. But the wpkg.xml file in
>> system32 has already deleted all information belonging to "pskilleula" and
>> the package is marked as not installed.
>>
>> I know, it doesn't make much sense to remove this key, but I'm interested
>> in the problem itself. How can I act in such circumstances when designing my
>> own package files?
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Mit freundlichen Grüßen
>>
>> Sebastian Hoffmann
>> -Pallas Group-
>> P+O Compact Disc GmbH & Co. KG
>> IT / Programmierung
>> Auf dem Esch 8
>> 49356 Diepholz
>> Tel.: +49 5441 977-180
>> Fax: +49 5441 977-177
>> E-Mail: Sebastian.Hoffmann at pallas-group.de
>> Internet: www.pallas-group.de
>>
>> Amtsgericht Walsrode HRB 100696
>> UST.ID.NR.: (VAT.REG.NO.): DE 811248035
>> Persönlich haftende Gesellschafterin:
>> Order Verwaltungs-GmbH * Sitz Diepholz
>> Amtsgericht Walsrode HRB 101171
>> Geschäftsführer:
>> Rolf Neumann * Holger Neumann * Rainer Koppermann
>>
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