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Install a program remotely over a Win98 network to every machine?
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spyordie007
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What he said, if they were all in an NT or 2K domain you could have a login scrip that installs/runs it, it wouldnt run as a service, however based upon the way you asked your question I'm not sure you know what a service is. If this is simply a P2P network you would still have to install it on every machine as there would be no way to "push" anything.
There is a way to run Seti as a service, however only on NT/2K/XP not any of the 9.x series.
-Spy
Confused
Elite Member
Yeah they run with NT4 servers.
However i was looking for something that wouldn't need access to the servers. I understand that you cannot get something to run as a service in 98 like you can in NT, but not having it in the startup folder would be best (the computers aren't always logged in, and it needs to be run hidden)
However i was looking for something that wouldn't need access to the servers. I understand that you cannot get something to run as a service in 98 like you can in NT, but not having it in the startup folder would be best (the computers aren't always logged in, and it needs to be run hidden)
spyordie007
Diamond Member
So let me get this strait, you have a bunch of 98 machines at work. Your not the network admin (or even from IT) but you want us to help you get seti running on all of them with nobody knowing?
Confused
Elite Member
No
This is my old college, where my friend is still there (Spleenus on the forums). He has been given permission to run Seti on the machines, so long as he does it himself. However, he does not want to have to go round to every single machine and install it, as he does actually have some sort of life.
We (we are using the same user id, so all credit for the Work Units goes to our mini team, which is a member of Team Anandtech SETI) want it to be hidden to the users, so that they don't just close it thinking it is slowing down the computers/network (when in fact it is them downloading videos that is slowing it all down 😉) and because the machines are not always logged in, then putting something in the startup folder is not the best thing, as they just sit idle most of the day.
We might be able to get access to the servers to do something that would be needed, but if we do not have to get the network Admin's help then it will be a bonus, but if we will need 5 mins on the server to run a program/bat file then i'm sure that would be fine too.
Confused
This is my old college, where my friend is still there (Spleenus on the forums). He has been given permission to run Seti on the machines, so long as he does it himself. However, he does not want to have to go round to every single machine and install it, as he does actually have some sort of life.
We (we are using the same user id, so all credit for the Work Units goes to our mini team, which is a member of Team Anandtech SETI) want it to be hidden to the users, so that they don't just close it thinking it is slowing down the computers/network (when in fact it is them downloading videos that is slowing it all down 😉) and because the machines are not always logged in, then putting something in the startup folder is not the best thing, as they just sit idle most of the day.
We might be able to get access to the servers to do something that would be needed, but if we do not have to get the network Admin's help then it will be a bonus, but if we will need 5 mins on the server to run a program/bat file then i'm sure that would be fine too.
Confused
spyordie007
Diamond Member
good deal
The reason I asked is because we once-upon a time ran 98 on many machines across my network. If I found someone was trying to do this I wouldn't want to offer them any help. We now run 2K almost exclusively and the students have only user rights.
You could set it up to startup from the registry rather than the startup folder, and you could use a program such as "seti stash" or "seti driver" as I'm pretty sure those have "hide" features. Here is the registry key you want to look for:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
Put in a DWORD value that gives the entire path to the program "c:\program files\..."
I've never done it before so I'd be curious as to whether it works. You could get the network admin's help setting up a script that installs it as the machines are logged in and adds that reg key to make it run.
Good luck!
-Spy
The reason I asked is because we once-upon a time ran 98 on many machines across my network. If I found someone was trying to do this I wouldn't want to offer them any help. We now run 2K almost exclusively and the students have only user rights.
You could set it up to startup from the registry rather than the startup folder, and you could use a program such as "seti stash" or "seti driver" as I'm pretty sure those have "hide" features. Here is the registry key you want to look for:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
Put in a DWORD value that gives the entire path to the program "c:\program files\..."
I've never done it before so I'd be curious as to whether it works. You could get the network admin's help setting up a script that installs it as the machines are logged in and adds that reg key to make it run.
Good luck!
-Spy
Confused
Elite Member
Bump for some more ideas? 🙂
Spyordie, i know that SetiHide can be set to run invisibly, maybe me needs to remember how to use that!
Only thing is that i'm not sure whether they're using logon scripts, i've never seen any scripts flash up and run.
But i do know that they have some thing that will install apps over the network (Office etc) when the machine boots up, maybe this is what i will need to see about getting done?
Will get more info from Spleenus later.
Confused
Spyordie, i know that SetiHide can be set to run invisibly, maybe me needs to remember how to use that!
Only thing is that i'm not sure whether they're using logon scripts, i've never seen any scripts flash up and run.
But i do know that they have some thing that will install apps over the network (Office etc) when the machine boots up, maybe this is what i will need to see about getting done?
Will get more info from Spleenus later.
Confused
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