SMS Client Health Startup Script, and logging
DaleThe pilot of the SMS Client Health Startup Script has gone reasonably well. So far the script has found about 30 broken PCs. But the logging has been a bit…
Our DNS server lies to me again!
By accident, I found out that my DNS server was lying to me again. Last time I caught it out was when it was serving up the wrong IP addresses…
Why I loath InstallShield.
It’s because I’ve had many installs fail when they have been InstallShield-based installations. What would happen is this: Start setup.exe in silent mode. Application would install. Setup.exe finishes and exits.…
How to open an InstallShield Data.cab file – version 12 or later.
Asd commented on my original “How to open …” post: is that working with InstallShield v12 files ? A quick Google search, shows up NO. Flexera changed the format for…
“We did Chucky, we did.”
If you’re of a certain age in Australia, you’ll recognise the title from a series of television advertisements for Telecom Australia’s Mobilenet cell phone network. It features a big-talking American…
The Tombstone Imperative
There is a term in aviation safety, called “The Tombstone Imperative”. Yes, it’s a bit of gallows humour. The term means that a fault or flaw will not be fixed…
Debt free, well almost …
Today is a happy day. Finally got off my arse and consolidated some debt. Now I only have a home mortgage. The reason why my credit card looked like the…
Resetting the Permission Required flag for SMS Remote Control.
We have a VBscript job that SMS 2003 runs weekly on all our client computers. Amongst other things, it sets the Permission Required flag for SMS Remote Control. In other…