[wpkg-users] How to remove the package but leave the software installed

[Kevin Keane]

You could add a package that unconditionally calls a batch file. Give it a high priority so it executes first.

This batch file should do the following:

- Check if %SystemRoot%\System32\wpkg.xml contains information about Windows updates (hint: findstr.exe may help you here)
- If not, exit
- If it does:
- delete %SystemRoot%\System32\wpkg.xml
- reboot (to prevent the WPKG from using what it may have already read from wpkg.xml

The next time wpkg runs, it will rebuild the wpkg.xml file from scratch.

-----Original Message-----
From: wpkg-users-bounces at lists.wpkg.org [mailto:wpkg-users-bounces at lists.wpkg.org] On Behalf Of David Petterson
Sent: Saturday, July 03, 2010 4:40 PM
To: wpkg-users at lists.wpkg.org
Subject: [wpkg-users] How to remove the package but leave the software installed

I have been using WPKG to force installation of Windows XP updates, and are now switching to a WSUS server.

So the question for you all:
Is there a way to force remove the package information from the clients without running any remove commands?

Solutions I have though of and why they wont work.

1.
Solution: Remove the packages from the computer profiles.

Problem: I have made "remove" entries for all updates (sometime it is not good to do things the right way). If I just remove the package from the computer profile, the updates will be removed, the users annoyed by the computer beeing slow for too long and I will be hunted down.

2.
Solution: Create a new revision of all packages and remove the "remove"-entries. Then after all clients have got the new revision, remove the packages from the computer profile and remove/rename the packages to force removal of the package on the client.

Problem: We have a lot of users working on laptops, some are away for months (up to a year in some cases) and I have no idea when all computers have received the updated packages. (this was the first reason why I started to use WPKG to force install updates on the computers when they get back to campus. With WSUS I can force install critical updates by setting a deadline)


/David
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