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Eddie Rowe

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  • Eddie Rowe created a post,

    HKEY_USERS Registry Scanning Examples?

    1. Community
    2. PDQ Inventory

    Am I overlooking examples for setting up a registry scanner for HKEY_Users? (lots of GREAT examples for HKLM) I am confused why I need to wildcard the Include pattern to have "**\Software" rather t...

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    Collection for Firefox 57 Bad Microcode

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    2. PDQ Inventory

    So looks like there is the potential to have crashing Firefox due to old microcode per https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/microcode-update.  Any idea how to speak hex for a value comparison for a...

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  • Eddie Rowe created a post,

    Packages With Reboot Step In The Middle

    1. Community
    2. PDQ Deploy

    We purchased an upgrade to one of our standard apps, but some water has gone under the bridge since our last upgrade.  The developer/MSI package created did a pretty poor job of helping customers u...

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  • Eddie Rowe commented,
    1. Community
    2. PDQ Deploy
    3. Command Line

    Where are the command lines documented?  I ask because I do not see anything in the PDQ Deploy documentation and searching for "-package" does not find any hit???   Found it...under manually deploy...

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    Repackaging, Uninstalling Silly Vendors Software

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    2. PDQ Deploy

    We need to be able to install software that was not really designed with a company use like printer/scanner software that has a custom, yet "brain dead" installer that harkens back to Windows 9x in...

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  • Eddie Rowe commented,
    1. Community
    2. PDQ Deploy
    3. Office 2016 - Pesky .XML File Looks To Other Systems

    No, the XML file is very basic and only has one element for SkuManifest.  I originally ran the OCT program on my PC while mapped to a file share where the Office media existed.  Inside that SkuMani...

  • Eddie Rowe created a post,

    Office 2016 - Pre-cache files?

    1. Community
    2. PDQ Deploy

    Prior versions of Office had an option to pre-cache the files in the C:\MSOCache\ folder over time and then later you could launch the installs on multiple systems.  Has anyone done this with 2016 ...

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  • Eddie Rowe created a post,

    Office 2016 - Pesky .XML File Looks To Other Systems

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    2. PDQ Deploy

    I worked with the OCT program to create a "work in process" setup while working on the templates to make Office more secure (you would be shocked to see how unsecure Office is until you install tho...

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  • Eddie Rowe created a post,

    Ethernet Configuration?

    1. Community
    2. PDQ Inventory

    Is there a property I am overlooking that would let me find NICs that have been hard-coded to a specific speed rather than autodetect?

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  • Eddie Rowe commented,
    1. Community
    2. PDQ Deploy
    3. Office 2016 Standard Deployment and Management

    The whole topic is confusing since ANOTHER web site at Microsoft states that Group Policy IS supported for Office 2016 Standard. At this point I am not sure what features we will deploy with vs. th...