[wpkg-users] WPKG and Windows 8 quirks

Paul Griffith paulg at cse.yorku.ca
Mon Mar 31 15:50:58 CEST 2014


On 03/28/2014 04:29 PM, Frank Morawietz wrote:
>>> How do others ensure that WPKG is run regularly on Windows 8 or 8.1 ?
>>
>> I use a scheduled task to run WPKG after the computer labs are
>> closed. I am still trying to find real simple replacement for psexec,
>> so I can run WPKG on demand when the need arises.
> 
> You mean that you can directly and manually execute WPKG on a remote 
> node, after a change to the configuration for example?
> 
> I use "SC STOP WpkgService" and "SC START WpkgService" locally in my 
> script to restart the WPKG service. But according to the documentation 
> (like <http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb490995.aspx>) it can 
> also be used remote:
> 
> sc [ServerName] stop ServiceName
> 
> and
> 
> sc [ServerName] start ServiceName [ServiceArguments]
> 
> HTH,
> Frank

Actually that is what I wanted, sometimes I forget simple is best :)

Thank You!
Paul





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