[THIN] Re: OT: kixtart help
- From: Evan Mann <emann@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 08:18:06 -0400
No, everything is Windows 2000 (mostly). I use VNC because it's free and
our use of Citrix is 1 server for publishing select software only. Everyone
has a desktop PC in this company and it's going to stay like that. VNC
isn't the greatest, but it's free.
But in any event, I can do 95% of my systems using AT \\computername
As for my 98 machines, I can do those by hand because they are so limited in
number.
-----Original Message-----
From: Shannon Wyatt [mailto:swyatt@xxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 7:33 AM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: OT: kixtart help
I believe that you can use WMI to automate the scheduler. If your
servers are Windows 2000 you should be able to write a script to update
all of the PCs on your network. But I would bet that they are NT 4.0,
since you mentioned VNC to manage them. Sucks to be you.
-----Original Message-----
From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Evan Mann
Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 1:51 PM
To: 'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: [THIN] Re: OT: kixtart help
Neither of which are FREE, which kixtart is.
-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Shonk [mailto:JShonk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 1:50 PM
To: 'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: [THIN] Re: OT: kixtart help
Altiris and SMS are a few way to package and deploy applications and
updates.
Joe
-----Original Message-----
From: Evan Mann [mailto:emann@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 10:45 AM
To: 'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: [THIN] Re: OT: kixtart help
Using the scheduler brings up a non kix related question then. How do I
put a schedule for this task on 200 computers remotely and in 1 shot.
The idea is to not have to visit/VNC and set them all up by hand.
-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Shonk [mailto:JShonk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 1:39 PM
To: 'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: [THIN] Re: OT: kixtart help
Setup a scheduler to application at a specific time regardless of the
user who is logged on. Even in the case where a user may not be logged
in.
The AT scheduler is built into NT and 2000.
Joe
-----Original Message-----
From: Evan Mann [mailto:emann@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 10:32 AM
To: 'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: [THIN] Re: OT: kixtart help
The not user dependant was dealing with the registry.
The audit program needs to run only ONCE per week PER computer. Getting
it to run on a certain weekday is easy, but I only want it to run ONCE
on that computer. We have numerous computers where 4 different people
may login within 2 hours. I don't want the audit programming running
every time they login if today is the day the program runs.
So back to the user dependant comment. If the registry key I used was
in HKCU, when User1 logs in on audit day, the audit will run and it can
write some keys to HKCU. Now if User2 logs in on audit day and it tries
to check registry keys to determine if the program has ran today or not,
it would not find the keys, because they are in the other users HKCU
keys. Thus using a non-user dependant registry key.
But anyways, I've still not come up with the ideal solution.
-----Original Message-----
From: Rob Beekmans [mailto:robbeekmans@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 1:30 PM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: OT: kixtart help
He could also use kix for it, let the script determine the current day /
machine variable. It's pretty easy to get that working....I just wonder
why he goes on the "not user dependent"..........he just needs a script
that runs every so often on certain computers.....look at kixtart.org
for many examples.
Grx
rob
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Van: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Namens
Shannon Wyatt
Verzonden: dinsdag 17 september 2002 18:11
Aan: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Onderwerp: [THIN] Re: OT: kixtart help
If you need to copy a file to or from a server everyday you could write
a script to do this from a remote pc and not have to do anything on the
servers, or am I missing something here.
-----Original Message-----
From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Evan Mann
Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 12:04 PM
To: 'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: [THIN] Re: OT: kixtart help
It needs to run once per computer, not per user. Sorry about that. So
thats why I said a registry key not user dependant (which HKCU is).
I could use the scheduler, but than I need to modify the scheduler to
add the task and drop a bat file onto the computer (the program runs
over network via UNC path) would I not? Is kixtart capable of modifying
scheduler and adding a task? That way I could have the script add a
task to every computer and copy off a small .bat file.
-----Original Message-----
From: Shannon Wyatt [mailto:swyatt@xxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 11:59 AM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: OT: kixtart help
I'm not sure what you mean by user dependent. Is this something that is
going to run for all users, or run one on the server per day regardless.
If it has to run once per day and only once I would recommend that you
schedule the task with the scheduler and then you don't need to mess
with the registry key. If it need to run once per user you would put it
in the HKCU key. You can make up your own keys. I usually do this in
HKCU\Software and make up my own key with the company name.
-----Original Message-----
From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Evan Mann
Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 11:42 AM
To: 'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: [THIN] Re: OT: kixtart help
Yes, it would be so that the program is only run ONCE on that particular
computer and only on 1 specified day of the week. The registry idea
sounds like the best bet, but that requires a registry key that the user
can write to to set any flags/dates/times, and it has to be a key that
is not user dependant.
-----Original Message-----
From: Shannon Wyatt [mailto:swyatt@xxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 11:35 AM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: OT: kixtart help
I think that he only wants it to run once a day per user, and only on
certain days. I would suggest either creating a registry entry to check
or create a file and looking at the files creation date.
-----Original Message-----
From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Ron Oglesby
Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 11:27 AM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: OT: kixtart help
cls
color g+/n
break on
? @day
SELECT
CASE @day =3D "Tuesday"
Run "c:\winnt\Notepad.exe"
CASE @day =3D "Monday"
Run "c:\winnt\regedit.exe"
CASE 1=20
? "This is not a day of the week that we work on computers."=20
ENDSELECT
Ron Oglesby
Senior Technical Architect
=20
RapidApp
Office 312.372.7188
Mobile 312.961.2380
email roglesby@xxxxxxxxxxxx
=20
-----Original Message-----
From: Evan Mann [mailto:emann@xxxxxxxxxxxx]=20
Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 10:23 AM
To: 'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: [THIN] OT: kixtart help
Never touched kixtart before so hoping someone can give me a few
pointers on what I wnat to do.
Basic script which executes commands based on a given day of the week.
something like if @day =3D "monday" seems to conver this part of the
requirement.
The second requirement is that it only runs the commands ONCE that day.
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