@Pete-S said in Windows SDK to build an MSI:

@DustinB3403 said in Windows SDK to build an MSI:

Hey all, long time since I've posted. To summarize the ask is anyone familiar enough with Windows SDK to build an MSI out of an EXE? Hoping for a crash course on this.

The software vendor provides only loose instructions to building an MSI, but it's all for SCCM and not SDK.

Thanks

Why not convert the exi (as it is) to msi file without building it as an msi?
There are wrappers and converters out there that will do it.

Or are you looking for special customization of the msi files?

The exe has no options at all, I did try a wrapper but it failed to work. So I figured might as well go down the road that's been paved..

Hey all, long time since I've posted. To summarize the ask is anyone familiar enough with Windows SDK to build an MSI out of an EXE? Hoping for a crash course on this.

The software vendor provides only loose instructions to building an MSI, but it's all for SCCM and not SDK.

Thanks

@Pete-S said in Windows 10 and RHEL 9 Dual Boot help.:

@Saba said in Windows 10 and RHEL 9 Dual Boot help.:

@Pete-S When i rebooted from Linux, I actually selected Windows 10 from the list of available operating systems

Sorry, I can't help you. I stopped trying to get Windows and Linux to coexist on the same drive with dual boot because Windows would often cause some problem even when it's suppose to work.

So when I need windows and linux on the same machine I do one of three things:

• run the secondary OS in a VM and then both OSes can run at the same time
• install each OS on it's own drive and swap drives as needed
• have windows installed but boot linux from a USB drive without actually installing it

Agreed, running a VM on either Windows or Linux is such an easy thing to do now that dual booting really doesn't make sense any more.

@dafyre said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

@scottalanmiller said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

@nadnerB said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

oooh I'm getting reported for this one

This is old because everyone is super happy with Nvidia now.

The reason people didn't like Nvidia in the past was an absolute refusal to allow their drivers into Linux. Last week they reversed this and have embraced the ecosystem. So they've totally done a 180.

All about wine here.

I just hope we get full on NVIDIA support. I know it will be a little while, but I'm glad to see some positive movement there.

I avoid Wine if I can... If I can't, I hope I can get the app to work, lol.

I've rarely had success with WINE as well. I'm sure it works for a lot of things but so much is listed as partially working or not...

Some backyard camping and campfires

@WrCombs said in Application error -:

@JaredBusch said in Application error -:

@WrCombs said in Application error -:

it requires .net 4.0 or higher (4.9 is installed)

.Net 4.0 is not .Net 4.9

Are you sure it allows .Net 4.0 or higher?

Pretty sure.. it wont let me install .net 4.0 because a higher version is already installed.

This could be because someone updated to 4.9 the error code shows that the system cannot find a 4.0 module.

This is good to know about we deal almost exclusively with HPE. Another possible reason to drop them as a vendor if this turns out to be the case.

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@dafyre said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Power keeps going off for a few minutes. Not tragic but so annoying.

Surely you have all your important things on UPS... Things like... your internet and such? lol.

You only get a very little bit on UPS. Big UPS are expensive here.

Big UPS are expensive everywhere.

@scottalanmiller said in How Do You Replace Active Directory?:

@siringo said in How Do You Replace Active Directory?:

So how do you add a new shared printer to a group of PCs? You'd never visit each PC individually and add it.

So many ways. And all ways that we need in Mac and Linux worlds since GPO doesn't work there. So this is a solution in search of a problem.

Add via script, Salt, Ansible, RMM, you name it. It's not a challenge in the Windows world.

Who brought up GPO's? This conversation has been based on Centralized user administration.

Quit with the what aboutism's.

@siringo said in How Do You Replace Active Directory?:

I cannot see any corp running 1000's of Windows devices without AD. However I could see a small business not using AD.

Scott seems to only deal in little Windows environments, hence he always questions the practical use cases of AD and central user administration.

@scottalanmiller said in Tactical RMM:

@notverypunny said in Tactical RMM:

@scottalanmiller said in Tactical RMM:

TacticalRMM is no longer completely free. It's open source, so I'm not completely unhappy about it. But it is at least $50/mo for full functionality (unless you alter the code yourself to disable the fee... which they even say that you can do.)

https://docs.tacticalrmm.com/code_signing/

I don't think that the code-signed agents were ever available free of charge....

Yes, but the Linux functionality is only available when you pay for the code signing. And it's not something that you want code signed.

For now because the Linux agent was just released. Once the agent is out of beta the website clearly says it'll be available for everyone.

@notverypunny said in Tactical RMM:

@scottalanmiller said in Tactical RMM:

TacticalRMM is no longer completely free. It's open source, so I'm not completely unhappy about it. But it is at least $50/mo for full functionality (unless you alter the code yourself to disable the fee... which they even say that you can do.)

https://docs.tacticalrmm.com/code_signing/

I don't think that the code-signed agents were ever available free of charge....

Correct, they haven't ever been.

Scott simply isn't paying attention.

@scottalanmiller said in How Can I Upgrade Ubuntu 20.10 to 21.10?:

@eddiejennings said in How Can I Upgrade Ubuntu 20.10 to 21.10?:

Prior to that you would run a script that copies /home and other stuff to external drive

No external drives.

Then buy them for her? What would this cost in local currency?

@dashrender said in appear to come from an IP:

@scottalanmiller said in appear to come from an IP:

@dashrender said in appear to come from an IP:

Any other suggestions from anyone?

Actually ask them how they can both say that they need this software AND continue using it knowing that at any moment access to it could evaporate and they'll be stuck.

Sadly - so many just don't understand this. And there aren't as many options for pharmacy software as you might think.

I would actually assume there to only be 1 or 2 options anywhere.

@siringo Fog

Waiting for a haircut.

Dealing with near retirement aged children.

@travisdh1 No, backend database access isn't available to me.

@pete-s said in Need Regex Help:

@dustinb3403 said in Need Regex Help:

@pete-s yeah that is what I'm feeling as well. . . sadly. This really needs to be somehow capable with the tooling, even if I'm not able to implement it.

I haven't heard of BrightGauge before. Maybe it's big in the market, I don't know.

Regardless of that, it looks very capable on their website but that's because that's what marketing does - makes things look good.

The actual technical capability of the product is unknown until it's put to use. In your case unfortunately it looks like the product can't get the job done.

Maybe you're trying to hammer with a screwdriver or the hammer you have is just crap. In either case the support should be able to help you.

It very well may not be up to task, or it could very well be my limited use of the tool and familiarity with it.

@pete-s yeah that is what I'm feeling as well. . . sadly. This really needs to be somehow capable with the tooling, even if I'm not able to implement it.