[wpkg-users] Delayed sevice start

[Falko Trojahn]

Hello Alan,

>
>> Consider also:
>
>>          http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;305293
>
> I am only too aware of that, and in the domain always ensure it is set
> in Group policy to wait for the network.
>
> However XP Home edition can't join a domain, and I haven't found an
> equivalent registry setting to make it start the wireless before
> logging in. The problem is not that the wireless is slow to start -
> you can leave the computer at the login window for an hour, and the
> wireless still hasn't started. It waits for someone to login before it
> tries to connect.
>

I think there are at least two other possibilities:

- sync to local disk, then install at shutdown or next boot from there
   (sometimes I use e.g. Dropbox for this, but
    that's nothing for company environments)

- let a login script (via group policy) trigger the
   start of wpkg service (it can be set to manually, so it
   does not start during boot). If the user has no rights,
   create a user with only rights to start the service,
   then use psexec with logon credentials or make an
   .exe using bat to exe converter.

- have a cron job at a server running, using winexec (linux) or
   psexec (windows) to start the service on the remote computers
   in the wireless network e.g. hourly.

HTH
Falko