Kixtart Scripts
Network Install Scripts Usage
Network Requirements
To get the scripts I provide to work, there are a few things that you must know.
- First, these are designed to install applications over a Domain Type Secured Network - This is to ensure that you have Domain Admin priviledges on your network.
- You cannot disable the Default Admin Shares - These scripts make use of the Windows Default Admin Shares to copy files over and to write registry settings. If you do not know what these are, then the shares are probably enabled on your network workstations.
- These scripts will only work with Windows NT based workstations, such as Windows NT, 2000, XP Professional and Vista Business - they will not work on Windows 9x workstations.
- If you are using these with Windows XP Service Pack 2 Workstations or Vista Business Workstations, the firewall must be disabled or allow traffic to the smb ports.
- Windows Vista clients must have the "RemoteRegistry" Service running (disabled by default)
- Windows Vista Clients must also set the network to a "Private Network" to ensure the admin shares are enabled
Getting Started
To use these scripts simply launch the "net_install_appname.exe" executable. This will launch a graphical app that will allow you to select which computers you want to install the application to.
As the script runs there will be messages on the screen to ensure that it is working properly, also it will create a log file so you can walk away and still be sure that the script ran properly on every computer, the log file is called "install.log".
Troubleshooting
- Some Known Issues:
- NT4 Workstations will not detect if the app is running, causing errors if it is
- Sometimes a Workstation that is not on will still be in the "running computers" list
- If an error occurs, the timeout can sometimes be lengthy before moving on to the next computer (45 seconds or more)
- The Script may seem to "Not Respond" when running - in fact it is working fine
- If you are launching the Utility on a Vista Machine, you may need to install kixforms
If you get network timeout errors, a firewall is probably enabled on the remote workstation or the computer is not on.
Note: If Administrators can launch the applications, but if normal users get a dialog box asking for a username and password - Your workstations have link-tracking enabled, a temporary fix is to run my "Reset Application Links" script for all the workstations. A more permanent fix would be to disable Link Tracking using either the System Policy Editor, or Group Policy Objects depending on what type of server you use (Domain Controllers or Active Directory Servers).
Also, if you get a "security" error when trying to launch these, set SEE_MASK_NOZONECHECKS=1 in the enviornment variables (stupid windows error). Hopefully I created the shortcuts to avoid this error, but I am not 100% sure.
