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by baadil

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Hi,

I need to install an application to about 800 systems including 500+ being
laptops. About 200 of these laptops connect to network while about 100 or so
connect to LAN via dialup. Rest of the laptops simply do not connect to the
network. Application is about 20MB.

Here is my problem. I know I can run something in the login script (with
Kix) to check and see if the app is installed and if it isn't, then to
install it. Problem is I don't want to install this if they are on a dialup(RAS or VPN). Is there a way for me to check the bandwidth on the connection
during the login script and then decide if the app should install or not?
Also, if someone has experienced a similer environment I would like to get
some feed back as tohow they managed this type of activity.

Thank you.

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by bos1028

I do not know of any way to check the speed using KIX or via the login script but here is a suggestion, not very sophisticated I know. Use choice.exe (windows resource kit) to prompt the user to install or not. You could display a message in the login script telling them to install only if they are in the office, not dialed in.

by baadil

Thank you for you reply but I do not think it will work in my situation. I don't really want to give users any choice to install or not. If they are on a LAN they must do it. Also, at times login scripts are run minimized and most users out there don't really read what login script is doing.

by georgevlob

If you get Windows & .Net Magazine, the November issue has an article "Trigger Your Logon Script" by Darwin Sanoy that looks at using WMI event monitoring to start logon scripts in VPN and RAS environments. You can also read this article on their site at:

http://www.winnetmag.com/Recent/

I think you have to be a subscriber though. This article may very well help you out.

by georgevlob

Send me your email and I will email you a copy of the article. Not that I work for this publication, but it is one of the better one's out there. Hope it will help.

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