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333 bytes added, 20:22, 14 December 2005
add note about requirements; also minor cleanup
The most proper way to do it will depend on your setup, you have to decide which one to choose.
== Requirements: Windows Scriting Host ==
== Using wpkg requires [[Windows Task Scheduler ==Scripting Host]] (WSH; also known as cscript.exe) which is shipped by default on Windows XP and higher only. The WSH shipped with Windows 2000 is too old and must be upgraded, and older versions of Windows probably don't have any WSH.
Do not confuse the two, different WSH installers: one for Windows 98, ME, and NT and another installer for 2000 and XP.
 
See the [[download]] for link to download WSH. See [[Windows Scripting Host]] for an automated method to install WSH using a batch file.
 
 
== Starting wpkg Using Windows Task Scheduler ==
* create a small batch script called wpkg-start.bat and put it on your server:
<code>cscript \\server\wpkg\wpkg.js /synchronize /quiet</code>
 
Note that cscript binary, in the right version, is shipped by default on Windows XP and higher only (cscript shipped with Windows 2000 is too old; you should download and install a newer version of scripten.exe - see the [[download]] link).
* open Scheduled Tasks from Start Menu -> Accessories -> System Tools
== Client which is an Starting wpkg using Active Directory client == 
Basically, you don't have to configure anything on the client, because everything was configured on the Active Directory server (see above - Server side).
== More sophisticated example - Starting wpkg using srvany to create a system service (advanced) ==
All you have to do is to login to your Windows box, and issue these commands as Administrator - you can put them in one file which we call <code>wpkg-install.bat</code>:
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