Workstation reboot script needed. Reboots must occur at Midnight LOCAL time
Because we have machines all over the world.. I need a script that will read a file with workstation names, and reboot those machines at midnight of their local time.
View ArticleScandAll Pro Default Settings
I am trying to change the default settings for ScandAll Pro such as Save Path and File Type. I would like to be able to push this out along with the installation of the software. Does anyone know if...
View ArticleAfter advise on imaging for a training room...
Hi, hoping one of you lovely Spiceheads will be able to offer me some advise on imaging software for a training room... Here's the current set up and what I'm after Single imaging server (can run any...
View ArticleNeed to remotely uninstall Google Update Helper, Google Toolbar for IE, Chrome
Hey guys...so I have been researching this and researching this, and having issues. I need to remotely uninstall Google Update Helper, Google Toolbar for IE, and Google Chrome from a few machines....
View ArticleBest Image Management Solutions
Hey guys work for an SMB, its a Law Firm of about 60 users and we are about to acquire another Law Firm and also have attorneys working remotely via laptops supplied by our Law Firm. So as you can...
View Article3rd Party software push via ESET Remote Administration Console
Anyone else using the Custom Package feature in ESET Remote Administration Console to push software? I have it setup so I can Push Adobe Flash both IE and Non-IE versions, Adobe Reader X and Microsoft...
View ArticleHow to Deploy Software to Clients
I want to Deploy a software " Microsoft Safety Scanner " to all clients and Scan automatically .. How do i acheive this goal .. When i tried Windows Deployment Service it accepts only images .. I...
View ArticlePDQ Deploy is not pulling Spiceworks inventory
I downloaded PDQ Deploy today to try out. I must say I am quite impressed with the features and the speed of package deployments. I noticed that they offer Spiceworks integration. I entered in my...
View ArticleGreenshot - Turn off magnifier via command line install
For those of you that use Greenshot... In the new version of Greenshot they have included a magnifier when taking screenshots. I need to push out the new version to my workstations via the command...
View Articlefog .32 Unable to located master node from storage group.
I've seen many posts but little solutions on this topic and hopefully this will get to be a resolved one. I am having a problem connecting to the FOG .32 node I just added. I set the FOG <'Server'...
View ArticleCorporate Patch Management Software - Need Some Reviews!!!
We currently use WSUS 3.0 SP2 for patching our 1,100 workstations and use SMS to patch our 200 servers.. Problem is, WSUS only does M$FT patches and we need 3rd party apps to be patched as well (Adobe,...
View ArticleSCCM for a 100-node network?
Our network is small compared to most, about 100 workstations and a half dozen servers. We currently use WSUS for updates and manually roll out software and new pc's. So fellow Spiceheads, what are...
View ArticlePDQ Deploy MSI Error 1602: User Cancelled installation
I am pushing out a silent MSI of our patchlink agent out to some workstations via PDQ. It was only successful on 17 of 35 PCs. Most of the PCs that errored out gave an error message of 1602. I am not...
View ArticleUnable to find you as helpdesk in my list of authorized users
The exact text of the email a user gets in their email (possibly after I respond to them in the helpdesk) is: Thank you for submitting a problem ticket. I was unable to find you as 'Help Desk...
View ArticleMSI Packaging and .NET Assemblies
For .NET assemblies and the global assembly cache folder, you can either install the assemblies via the proper MSI tables (MsiAssembly and MsiAssemblyName), or manually install the files using the...
View ArticleControl of applications: install, uninstall, deploy, patch management
One thing I wish spiceworks had was the ability to remove software. I am actually looking at alternatives such as manage engines products to remove and install software and supply patch management. I...
View ArticlePatch Management
I use Wsus for windows and SolarWinds for 3rd party. SolarWinds was not even remotely easy to setup and get going like they advertised. I just found out about Ninite. Looks really good and I found out...
View ArticleSlow Patching with Shavlik
I'm noticing huge delays between patch installations when updating clients with Shavlik patch management software. One update (a 500KB download from Microsoft) literally took 20 minutes to install......
View Articlefog client could not find kernel image
I am trying to clone a Lenovo ThinkPad laptop with a different kernel, since it freezes five minutes into imaging. I placed it into the Kernel folder when it gave me the 'could not find kernel image:...
View ArticleWDS client unattend file not joining the domain
I have been having an issue with getting the client computer that I am imaging to join the domain. Now the previous image I had made works perfectly fine. I even tried using that exact unattend...
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