Software installer

[Bezwick]

Grrr

Sorry people i am just having one hell of a memory blank. Been searching for over an hour and still cant remember.

Can some one please remind me what the URL is for the website that enabales you to download multilple packages usefull when you do a clean install?

 

Cheers

[Steve21]

Like prism packages? or you mean some free one? or what

 

Steve

[Bezwick]

No i mean the free site where you can download things like z-zip, paint.net, acrobat etc as a custom installer.

[LeMarchand]

Ninite?

[Bezwick]

Thats the one, brilliant cheers. Had a total memory blank and just couldnt remember. Its pretty hard to find when you dont know what its called.

 

 

Ninite?

[jamesreedersmith]

Ninite

[LeMarchand]

Although nowhere near as easy to use, you might also want to take a look at:

 

Ketarin: Updates installation files to current versions. Easy if FileHippo have the files, can be difficult if not.

 

InstallPad: Similar to above (but less user friendly) and you can also set up lists of installs, e.g.: School 1, School 2, Home etc to install with a couple of clicks (the installation, not the setting up!). Says free for personal use, but extols its virtues for Windows Administrators!

 

I keep meaning to set up the former to maintain an up to date repository of installers and then the latter to install them with a couple of clicks. One day...

[eejit]

Pity ninite removed the silent installer switch from the free version. Would consider the pro one but it is waaaaaaaaaaay too expensive.

 

Thanks for your links LeMarchand

[gtg93]

Although nowhere near as easy to use, you might also want to take a look at:

 

Ketarin: Updates installation files to current versions. Easy if FileHippo have the files, can be difficult if not.

 

Don't suppose you've any idea how to run this for ComboFix download from Bleeping Computer ? It needs to be from the bleeping computer mirror as the other site is blocked through the authority's proxy.

 

The problem is that the link expires every ten minutes and a new one is generated for security reasons.

 

I've tried following instructions from a Thread on Bleeping Computer with no luck. I've tried to sign up and ask the guy on that thread but their site seems very problematic and once I'm signed in I can't access any pages.

 

Any Help is appreciated

[LeMarchand]

Don't suppose you've any idea how to run this for ComboFix download from Bleeping Computer ?

 

Sorry! Not one I use - though it does look interesting.

[2097]

can any of these programs be used in conjuntion with wpkg ?

[LeMarchand]

can any of these programs be used in conjuntion with wpkg ?

 

I don't see why Keratin (in particular) couldn't just dump the files in a suitable repository. I've not used wpkg (on my "to try" list) so I may be completely wrong!

[2097]

I don't see why Keratin (in particular) couldn't just dump the files in a suitable repository. I've not used wpkg (on my "to try" list) so I may be completely wrong!

 

Just checked it .. Doubt it will work with wpkg from startup unless some majour is hacking envolved . Not worth it

[gtg93]

can any of these programs be used in conjuntion with wpkg ?

 

Does WPKG have a feature to monitor a change in a installation package or something similar?

 

Because you could then set up WPKG to install the program and have ketarin updating the installation package?? This way when Ketarin ran the update, WPKG would see it and automatically roll out the new software If that makes sense

 

Never used WPKG so wouldn't really know

Edited April 5, 2011 by gtg93

[Arthur]

The problem is that the link expires every ten minutes and a new one is generated for security reasons.

This PowerShell script will download the latest ComboFix from BleepingComputer's protected link.

 

$regex = [RegEx]'http.+?\.exe'
$webpage = (New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString("http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/anti-virus/combofix")
$url = $regex.Matches($webpage)[0].value

Import-Module BitsTransfer
Write-Host "Downloading ComboFix from...`n$url"
Start-BitsTransfer $url .\ComboFix.exe