KACE Product Support

Another one I covered during my support call yesterday. Again, not much written up on this, so hopefully this can help someone.

John
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Running Postinstallation Tasks Manually
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Facilitates running postinstallation tasks manually without having to go through entire scripted install

* use to save time while troubleshooting postinstallation tasks

* can change postinstall tasks in a scripted install (i.e. change order, adjust, etc),
save scripted install, and then follow the steps below to test effectiveness

* particularly ideal in concurrence with virtual machine
* snapshots & ability to roll back to pre-postinstallation state
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From the target machine (for all steps below):

1) Complete the scripted install, to the point of postinstallation tasks (or where they break)
* reboot as necessary to clear stuck installs/processes
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2) Browse to K2000 oemfiles directory:
\\ikbox\peinst\oemfiles
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3) Determine folder used for scripted install
* K2000 - Deployments - Scripted Installations - click on target name

* path in browser's address field will reflect \\ikbox\peinst\oemfiles\#
* i.e. http://ikbox/setup_detail?boot_image_id=5
= \\ikbox\peinst\oemfiles\5
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4) Copy these files into C:\Windows\System32 to avoid path issues:
\\ikbox\peinst\oemfiles\#\$OEM$\$1\KACE\bin

* cmdhide.exe, kb2kping.exe, kdevpath.exe, watchdsp.exe
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5) Copy contents of $OEM$\$1 folder to C: on target machine
* i.e. \\ikbox\peinst\oemfiles\5\$OEM$\$1 (KACE folder & kcleanup.exe)

* Note
* \\ikbox\peinst\oemfiles\#\slipstream is used for drivers

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6) Copy \\ikbox\peinst\oemfiles\#\$OEM$\RunOnceEx.cmd to the Desktop on the target machine,
double-click to run, and reboot the target machine

* Notes
* \\ikbox\peinst\oemfiles\#\$OEM$\RunOnceEx.cmd contains all of the commands
that will be injected into the registry and will be scheduled to run following
the reboot prior to the postinstallation tasks

* a script could be setup to facilitate auto-login following the reboot
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7) Log back into the target machine and the postinstallation tasks will run
* adjust postinstallation tasks and repeat as necessary
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solution provided by Gerald Mack
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2011-12-21 - jv