One of the requirements of upgrading to Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 SP1 for you clients is to ensure those clients reporting to MOM are running Windows Installer 3.1 or higher. After attempting to install the agent on my Integration servers I noticed that large amount of them did not have that version. It sure would have been nice to have known which version they were running. I found such a way but it is only run on one server at a time. Just log on to that machine and from the Run dialog box just type msiexec.exe /?.
Any scripting people out that know a better way please let me know. I really need to make that a focus of mine...scripting.
Also if you need to download the latest version of Windows Installer just check here.
Update
From the MOM product team on why they used this version of Windows Installer. http://blogs.technet.com/momteam/archive/2005/08/19/409525.aspx
I had an issue today where I had to lock down a server using a group policy. In this scenario I had to remove a lot of the Control Panel applets but not all of them. Hopefully this list will help you lock down your Control Panel as well. By the way, you could just search for *.CPL files and find all of them. This could be useful for future operating systems released by Microsoft.
- access.cpl: Accessibility Properties
- appwiz.cpl: Add/Remove Programs Properties
- desk.cpl: Display Properties
- hdwwiz.cpl: Add Hardware Wizard
- inetcpl.cpl: Internet Explorer Properties
- intl.cpl: Regional Settings Properties
- joy.cpl: Joystick Properties
- main.cpl: Mouse Properties
- mmsys.cpl: Multimedia Properties
- modem.cpl: Modems Properties
- ncpa.cpl: Network Connections
- powercfg.cpl: Power Options
- sysdm.cpl: System Properties
- timedate.cpl: Time/Date Properties
Well I didn't make the switch but I made the switch for Sami. Last night I got an iMAC for her to replace her Dell Laptop. What a beautiful looking machine!!! My plan is to not install BootCamp on it. I really believe that Apple has done a good job with OS X and it should be difficult for her (or me) to learn. Sure it was more expensive then just getting another Dell but for her and i'm sure a lot of folks looks really matter when it comes to computers. I actually could have gotten a few lower end desktops for the same price which would have been nice for me but this one wasn't for me, it was for her. It didn't hurt that Apple gives Intel a small discount. That helped cover the tax.
I have to admit that I had more fun last night playing with it then I have had with a PC in a long time. The built-in camera and i-Booth is great. I can't wait to get home tonight and play with it along with my daughter. We are going to take some silly pictures.
Does anyone have any advice on software that I should get...I have noticed from friends that have i-Books that they have a lot of cool Widgets and such. Share!!!