Dear WPKG-users<br><br>I am happy to announce to you that I have
released a "working" version of wpkg-gp: A Group Policy Extention that
executes wpkg, meant to be an alternative to WPKG client, although it
hasn't nearly the same level of features.<br>
<br>The project is available at: <a href="http://code.google.com/p/wpkg-gp/" target="_blank">http://code.google.com/p/wpkg-gp/</a>
along with an <a href="http://code.google.com/p/wpkg-gp/w/edit/InstallationGuide">Installation
Guide</a>.<br><br>What I have now is something compiled for x86 and
tested on Microsoft Windows XP and Windows 7 only (so far) with Domain
Group Policies and Local Group Policies. I have not been able to test it
extensively, so bugs should be expected, and it is _not_ meant for
production (yet).<br>
<br>What wpkg-gp does is to execute wpkg.js, and delay login until it is
finished, much like what WPKG Client does today. However, it also has a
few additional features:<br><ul><li>Delays logon on Windows Vista and
Windows 7</li><li>Presents status information to the user (Which packages are being
installed etc.)</li><li>Behaves much like the Group Policy Install feature Included in
Active Directory, but now you have the power of WPKG at your hands.</li></ul>See the current issues, and post bugs here: <a href="http://code.google.com/p/wpkg-gp/issues/list">http://code.google.com/p/wpkg-gp/issues/list</a><br>
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I hope this can be of some use to others as well :)<br>
<br>
cleitet