[wpkg-users] "The network path was not found." - Windows 7, wireless connection.

[Justin Brinegar]

This does not seem to be true for Windows XP.  I have not tested this on 
Windows 7, but if I had to guess I would think it is 
connection-dependent.  The user is asked to configure the Wireless 
Connection (if applicable) in the OOBE when setting up Windows - which 
occurs before a login occurs.  This deserves some more investigation 
with multiple wireless authentication schemes.

To the original poster:

I would investigate forcing the WPKG service to depend on the Wireless 
Connection.  It will not start until the service or system component 
becomes available.  You should be careful with what you select, because 
you may run into situations that won't let WPKG start.  I've only worked 
with service dependencies on Windows XP, but I'm sure there's 
documentation out on the net that will help you.  Note that the service 
depends on AFD and TCP/IP by default.  That should be a start, in any case.

Justin

Kevin Keane wrote:
> I believe Windows establishes the wireless connection only at login. This is because with some types of wireless authentication (Enterprise/RADIUS-based), the Windows user name and password actually doubles as wireless user name and password.
> 
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>> Subject: [wpkg-users] "The network path was not found." - Windows 7,
>> wireless connection.
>>
>> I have Windows 7 machines which are connected only by wireless. WPKG is
>> set to run at startup. However, no packages are installed, instead the
>> Event Viewer has an error entry
>>
>> WNetAddConnection2-> The network path was not found.
>>
>> from WPKGService.
>>
>> If I manually start the service, all is well. So I think the problem
>> is that WPKG is running before the wireless connection is established.
>> I'm not actually sure when Windows 7 establishes the wireless
>> connection - at startup or at login.
>>
>> How can I make wpkg wait until the connection is established, then
>> run, rather than quitting as is currently the case? Possibly something
>> with the 'Execute Before' option?
>>
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