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    • JustRobJ
      JustRob @scottalanmiller
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      @scottalanmiller said:

      @JustRob said:

      Can you set the chocolatey program to use a specific network share for the repository, instead of connecting to the same website on every machine? This would be really useful on networks behind firewalls with no internet access or really poor internet connectivity.

      That's something that I would have to research. But I would be surprised if you can't. Although you can definitely use a proxy to do that.

      You can set up a proxy to take requests for files from a website and pull them from a file share instead?

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      • scottalanmillerS
        scottalanmiller @JustRob
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        @JustRob said:

        @scottalanmiller said:

        @JustRob said:

        Can you set the chocolatey program to use a specific network share for the repository, instead of connecting to the same website on every machine? This would be really useful on networks behind firewalls with no internet access or really poor internet connectivity.

        That's something that I would have to research. But I would be surprised if you can't. Although you can definitely use a proxy to do that.

        You can set up a proxy to take requests for files from a website and pull them from a file share instead?

        The proxy itself would be the file share in that case. A proxy like squid would allow that, yes.

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        • RoguePacketR
          RoguePacket
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          @scottalanmiller @dashrender @justrob Russinovich pushed out an update to psexec last week—

          • http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897553

          As usual, he doesn't say much about it (or even announce it). Assumption is it smooths interoperability up to Win8.1

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          • scottalanmillerS
            scottalanmiller
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            Awesome. I was using PsExec in 8.1 today without issue.

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            • AmbarishrhA
              Ambarishrh @Minion Queen
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              @Minion-Queen Have you tried http://www.adminarsenal.com/pdq-deploy

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              • Lost_Signal773L
                Lost_Signal773 @Minion Queen
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                @Minion-Queen N-Able has package management, but for SMB stuff Chocolatey is likely a better fit (N-Able can run a caching server which is nice in T1 hell holes).

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                • ?
                  A Former User @Minion Queen
                  last edited by

                  So lets say I have a computer all setup with Java installed. Will chocolately see Java and update it when I do cup all or do I have to install Java with choc, then it will be able to update it?

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                  • scottalanmillerS
                    scottalanmiller @A Former User
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                    @Aaron-Studer said:

                    So lets say I have a computer all setup with Java installed. Will chocolately see Java and update it when I do cup all or do I have to install Java with choc, then it will be able to update it?

                    No. Chocolatey only managed software that comes from Chocolatey. It is not automation for arbitrary packages and it bypasses the Windows installer system completely.

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                    • DashrenderD
                      Dashrender @scottalanmiller
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                      @scottalanmiller said:

                      @Aaron-Studer said:

                      So lets say I have a computer all setup with Java installed. Will chocolately see Java and update it when I do cup all or do I have to install Java with choc, then it will be able to update it?

                      No. Chocolatey only managed software that comes from Chocolatey. It is not automation for arbitrary packages and it bypasses the Windows installer system completely.

                      Well that stinks! That's a definite +1 in Ninite's bucket. I used the trial version of Ninite and wow - it's just awesome at how simple it is.

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                      • scottalanmillerS
                        scottalanmiller
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                        Ninite, likewise, can't manage software from Chocolatey.

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                        • DashrenderD
                          Dashrender @scottalanmiller
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                          @scottalanmiller said:

                          Ninite, likewise, can't manage software from Chocolatey.

                          Considering that it bypasses the windows installer - I'm not surprised, and bypassing the installer kinda makes me uncomfortable.

                          Does this also mean that plain jane users can install anything that they can package up using chocolatey?

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                          • scottalanmillerS
                            scottalanmiller @Dashrender
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                            @Dashrender said:

                            @scottalanmiller said:

                            Ninite, likewise, can't manage software from Chocolatey.

                            Considering that it bypasses the windows installer - I'm not surprised, and bypassing the installer kinda makes me uncomfortable.

                            Does this also mean that plain jane users can install anything that they can package up using chocolatey?

                            It replaces the installer with something more enterprise. No end users cannot.

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                            • ?
                              A Former User
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                              What happens if I install a program via Chocolately over the regular install? Will the Chocolately version take over?

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                              • scottalanmillerS
                                scottalanmiller @A Former User
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                                @Aaron-Studer said:

                                What happens if I install a program via Chocolately over the regular install? Will the Chocolately version take over?

                                It won't install over. They install to different trees.

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                                • ?
                                  A Former User @scottalanmiller
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                                  @scottalanmiller said:

                                  It won't install over. They install to different trees.

                                  In English please? 😉😁

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                                  • scottalanmillerS
                                    scottalanmiller
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                                    They use different install locations. Each maintains its own space and database. They don't interact at all.

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