My Autoit programs: MAC Address - - Delete Temp Files - - Ping Test - - Play Video with VLC full screen dual monitors - - Set IP - - Pics Converter - - AutoUpdater - - CPU Usage - - Ending Script Nicely - - GDI+ GUI crossfades (slide transitions) - - Beamer - - Search and Search in Files - - Silent Ninite
Perhaps instead of using RunAs in the script in the script (which may make the process ran as a different user to the script), try running the script as "Run as Administrator" or "Run as different user" as shows under Win7 in the context menu. The latter may need the shift key held down while initiating the context menu. I have not used ninite though would expect it needs to have admin privileges to do the installs.
If you want RunAs in your script, then try restarting the script with RunAs.
Damn those students are annoying! The reason I dont want to show ninite running is that there is a link to the website in the program. And when they click on that link they use my credentials for the internet. So they can youtube facebook etc.
Now they already figured out the position of the mouse and that they have to click the link within less then a second before the screen vanishes. If they fail to click it within that second they logoff and try again.
Another idea could be to move the window off screen. You cannot click something off screen with the mouse. You can even send the mouse in the opposite direction so that split second would prove to be a challenge for them. The WinWaitDelay set at 10 will make detection quite fast so the move will be almost in an instant.
I created a URL filter to block shareware sites; however I need to unblock one that I use. ninite.com. I have had no success getting this site to work. Adding the url ninite.com to the allow list, I am given an SSL error (enable TLS 1.0, 1.1, 1.2) which is enabled. I tried adding the IP address and that did not work. It appears the site is using a non-standard port (port 6080). So I added that port to as part of the IP address to allow. That partially got the site working but the installer still does not. The site has a SSL certificate and the certificate CN matches the URL that I added to the allow list.
hrmm, not sure how exactly an "Allow List" in a URL profile would work compared to the specific URL Category, but it just seems to me that using the "Custom URL" categories would be better. They can be used in multiple places and have more controlls around them.
I use Ninite.com to install most of the basic applications I use on my computers. For those who don't know you go to ninite.com select from their list of applications what programs you want to install and it builds an installer for you. The installer is stand alone it doesn't install itself on your computer. When you run the installer it downloads the latest versions of the selected programs saying no to additional programs like browser tool bars and such and installs them. If you run the installer again some time down the road it will go online and search for updates to those programs and install them. All in one simple click no having to confirm locations no having to accept a bunch of agreements just plain one click install.
Now My question/request is, is there a way or could some one with much greater skill at coding that me make a plugin. That would give us an easy one touch command say right under the windows update command that will launch the ninite.exe file on all my computers or one at a time and let it do its thing? Lets say I stick the ninite.exe file right in my c:\ or maybe even program files doesn't really matter. The command could simply look for the ninite.exe file in that location or where ever you tell it to look and tell it to run it. Now this needs to run the file on each computer because each computer has different programs to install it cant just pull from one ninite.exe file if that would even be possible.
Like I said before I know hardly anything at all about coding outside of some HTML and very little PHP. But I would hope it would be a simpler program considering you don't have to worry about all the pro version log in and program selection things. I simply need the plugin to launch the pre-made installers I already have for each computer. Each computers installer is different my servers only have a few programs to update where as my regular computers have several programs that need updating. I wouldn't even care if I have to manually closet the installers after they are done.
Long story short. I need to install a whole bunch of software quickly and repeatably. Is there a way that I can make something like ninite but with my own software? I need to include software in the installer that ninite doesn't offer.
It depends on the platform and what sort of incorporation of Ninite you wanted to do. You could automate a default Ninite install process and then also have your own custom set of install scripts using a combination of things.
With Windows you'd need to make use of the Administrator Powershell...
With Mac you'd need to use some Terminal commands and depending on what you want to do, some other automation approaches...
With Linux you're just going to YUM everything anyway right?
Ketarin - for offline use, used to download the installers and and create a your usb disk with installers. You can save software lists to files so you can import, export and mix list from other users. There is one guy that uses this program create a massive software toolkit called gegeek tech toolkit, is probably the best example you can find when building you own toolkit.
chocolatey - online use, pretty much apt-get for windows with a lot of packages. Can be installed with one command so you cam probably can write a single bat file to install both the program and packages to be installed.
I think that chocolatey will work in a way that will work for me, assuming that the repository has all of the stuff that I need. But I will have to look into that later. I honestly only look at or think about this project on Mondays when I have a moment (another long story), so I will be getting back to it. If Chocolatey doesn't have the stuff I need, then perhaps Ketarin will be able to function like I need. It is a rather peculiar use case, honestly. So we will see what I can make work.
I am really having trouble getting Ketarin to do what I need it to. So far I have basically got it to open the installers of the applications that I want, but I haven't gotten much more than that. I tried setting silent arguments in the setup, but that doesn't seem to do anything. I'm not sure how to go about this.
This is a tool that has evolved over several years and achieves much more than just debloating a Windows install. I have expanded it to install the programs you select, which is a bigger selection than ninite. The classic debloat is there, but also includes a tweaks section with quality of life features. To round out everything, I have included my recommended settings for Windows update that I use in a variety of businesses. Misuse of this utility can break your install so please be careful and I do not provide any help or assistance should this happen!
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