[wpkg-users] WPKG on Windows 7

[Marco Gaiarin]

Mandi! Daniel Berteaud
  In chel di` si favelave...

> I'm actually using this method:
> http://www.mail-archive.com/wpkg-users@lists.wpkg.org/msg05228.html

Trying to summarize, on win7:

 + WPKG-GP works only on startup

 + WPKGClient does not works reilable on shutdown, because windows
   after 10 minutes forcibly kill all running processes, so long
   installation never complete.


First question: seems strange to me that, even Microsoft, put an
hardcoded 'ten minutes' delay, really there's no knob to simply disable
or make it looooong?! Even the cited 'MaxGPOScriptWait' that seems to
have exactly 10 minutes timeout as default?
Someone have tried to install WPKGClient, put MaxGPOScriptWait=0 and
give it a try?

Second question: AFAIK, WPKGClient use the ''service'' because in XP
there's no shutdown and startup scripts, so start of the service are
considered ''startup'' and stop of the service ''shutdown''.
But also, that wpkg and the ''display helper'' WPKGMessage communicate
with a simply method: probably WPKGClient redirect stdout to a pipe, or
instruct wpkg.js to write to a pipe, and WPKGMessage read them.
It is possible, with a simple shutdown script, to run WPKGMessage and
wpkg.js and ''connect'' them?


Some minor question arise, specifically to Daniel:

+ you propose to create a "secure" user account "wpkguser": ok, it is
  better, but is needed?! Eg, logoff script cannot access to shares in
  'guest access' mode?

+ you modify some parameters, via (L)GPO or registry: you have some
  reference documentation/mapping/... about equivalence of GPO and
  registry? Eg, you have catched by trial and error or found some
  reference?


Thanks to all.

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