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CSI Toolkit
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Written by Darwin Sanoy
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Wednesday, May 23, 2012 9:55am |
The script CSI_GetSpecialFolder has been updated and renamed CSI_GetSpecialFolderToCMD. It now sports...
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Training Updates and Additions
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Written by Darwin Sanoy
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Tuesday, May 15, 2012 3:49pm |
Our last App-V class ran full and we've scheduled a new one in late June!
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CSI Toolkit
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Written by Darwin Sanoy
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Tuesday, May 15, 2012 1:27pm |
Most everyone is familiar with creating Windows Installer Transforms (.MSTs) using an authoring tool. CSI_INI2MST.vbs allows you to create transforms using just an INI file - or a whole set of INI files! First let's talk about the usefulness of being able to create MSTs using a script and an INI file...
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Training Updates and Additions
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Written by Darwin Sanoy
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Wednesday, May 9, 2012 8:49am |
Just a quick note to let you know we still have room in our 5/21 ENG-55 course - running the week after next!
Upgrade your application provisioning and support skills for Windows 7 and Virtualization!
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Training Updates and Additions
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Written by Darwin Sanoy
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Tuesday, May 8, 2012 4:50pm |
Last year we ran a course on Eastern Australian / New Zealand time in July. This year we have introduced the first multi-week offering for the same market. Participants can take the Application Provisioning Engineer Track (ENG-55) and/or the App-V Sequencing Engineer (ENG-70) Track...
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CSI Toolkit
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Written by Darwin Sanoy
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Friday, March 2, 2012 4:52pm |
It is an increasingly common circumstance to hear of individuals or organizations who have had all their IE shortcuts pointed to 64-bit version of IE. It does not take long for them to realize this was a mistake! The attached script will help reset the IE Desktop and Start Menu shortcuts to the 32-bit version.
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Training Updates and Additions
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Written by Darwin Sanoy
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Wednesday, February 15, 2012 2:46pm |
We have added another session of our ENG-55 week to the schedule for April. This Application Provisioning Bootcamp Week allows you to tailor the training for your role by taking your pick of 3 different options.
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General
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Written by Darwin Sanoy
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Friday, February 10, 2012 10:02am |
How many times have I been asked if there is a way to silence or automatically approve the UAC prompt for non-admins? I lost count a long time ago, but if I had a dime for each time – I’d be set! Windows Installer, however, is a unique case – mainly because Windows Installer only uses the UAC prompt to approve it’s own internal privileges model IF AND ONLY IF it needs to.
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General
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Written by Darwin Sanoy
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Friday, February 3, 2012 9:14am |
From time to time you may find you need to identify which software package a cached MSI is associated with. Since the names are purposely randomized to prevent name conflicts for per-user installs, it is not easy to tell which software they belong to. Here is an easy method to see this information for all packages from within Windows Explorer.
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Training Updates and Additions
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Written by Darwin Sanoy
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012 1:08pm |
We are running a new year special! If you register for any 3 day (or longer) open enrollment class between now and February 10th, 2012, you will receive a one day credit to use the next time you train with us. This is actually credited to your account via our CSI Cash Loyalty Rewards - when it is combined with the CSI Cash you accrue by attending the class it adds up to a substantial discount on another class!
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General
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Written by Darwin Sanoy
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Saturday, December 17, 2011 1:00am |
Active Home Pro (AHP) is a low cost software package from x10.com that allows programming of affordable home control devices that follow the x10 protocol. AHP does not natively provide network or web based access to the computer that is running the software. There are a variety of devices and software packages that can solve this problem for $100 or up – but all I really need is the occasional ability to control a single device. WMI is up to the task…
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General
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Written by Darwin Sanoy
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Friday, December 16, 2011 1:00am |
In preparation for a Windows 7 migration the folder references in countless scripts used by administrators may need updating due to the changes in the standard Windows folder locations. With the broad support for 64-bit Windows, there are also some path variances on the 64-bit platform. If these scripts are updated with new literal location references they won’t work for both OSes during the migration and may not work on 64-bit Windows 7 or later on Windows 8. Let’s look at how to modify your scripts so they work on all these variations simultaneously and become future proof. This article also contains a very cool technique and sample code for being able to retrieve any special folder location in a shell script (.cmd or .bat) using a small VBScript.
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Training Updates and Additions
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Written by Darwin Sanoy
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Thursday, December 8, 2011 1:19pm |
I am excited to announce that we have a new bootcamp week and would like to explain a little about how it works.
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Training Updates and Additions
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Written by Darwin Sanoy
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Thursday, December 8, 2011 12:33pm |
All of our major courses have been added to the delivery schedule for Q1 2012. They are ready for registration if you need to use 2011 funds to book them. Also, check out the new Win7 Application Bootcamp!
Here is the schedule: http://csi-windows.com/schedule |
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General
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Written by Darwin Sanoy
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Friday, November 18, 2011 3:16am |
VMware Workstation 8 added the ability to auto-start virtual machines in the background. This excellent piece of functionality taken from the server product makes workstation like a mini-VM Server. Except that auto-shutdown has not been provided. This post tell you how to configure auto-start VMs and gives you a Windows Shutdown script that will auto-shutdown any shared vms that are running.
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General
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Written by Darwin Sanoy
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Monday, October 17, 2011 1:48pm |
We recently ran an article about compatibility problems with Windows 32 to 64-bit thunking layer (splwow64.exe). There is actually a testing tool to verify whether print drivers follow development best practices and some group policy settings to control whether print drivers are run in their own isolated process. Both of these can be handy when working with printing on 64-bit Windows.
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General
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Written by Darwin Sanoy
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Sunday, October 16, 2011 5:58pm |
I had the privilege of speaking at the PDS Packaging Event 2011 in Amsterdam. I have posted the presentation to this article.
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General
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Written by Darwin Sanoy
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Friday, October 14, 2011 8:29am |
64-bit Windows redirects the "System32" folder for 32-bit processes. On Windows 7 the system account's profile folder lives in "..\System32\config\systemprofile". It is also redirected when accessed from a 32-bit process. This has a direct affect on packages that are run under the system account (many software distribution systems), but perform operations on the user profile.
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General
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Written by Darwin Sanoy
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Saturday, October 8, 2011 10:45am |
Although there have been rumblings for quite some time, the beloved Wise Package Studio is bowing out with a tip of the hat to Installsheild. I still remember conversations with the folks at wise when they were first hatching the idea to create an administrator's tool...
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CSI Toolkit
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Written by Darwin Sanoy
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Thursday, October 6, 2011 3:05pm |
The CSI_IsAdmin script kit provides a quick and passive (doesn't try to change anything) way to check for admin rights on XP through Windows 7. It includes code for VBScript (VBS), PowerShell (PS1) and Shell Scripting (.CMD/.BAT). The previous version could report incorrect results under specific circumstances.
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