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ejensen -> How to tell if software is being instelled from SMS or not (6/23/2008 8:44:32 AM)

Hey everyone, anyone out there know of a nice way I could identify if software is being installed from SMS or from another location? We have a few help desk persons that don't like SMS and keep trying to install software from cd's or network paths, which causes a real mess.

thanks in advanced.
eric



swyck -> RE: How to tell if software is being instelled from SMS or not (6/23/2008 8:49:35 AM)

I guess you could check
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SMS\Mobile Client\Software Distribution\Execution History\System
for packages that have been executed by the SMS client.  If it wasn't installed by SMS then it must come from another source. 



rspinelli682 -> RE: How to tell if software is being instelled from SMS or not (6/23/2008 9:03:36 AM)

You could take a look in Add/Remove registry keys:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall 

You will have an entry for each app, there is an install source value you could look at, as long as you have the sms_def.mof set to collect the info.



ejensen -> RE: How to tell if software is being instelled from SMS or not (6/23/2008 10:32:40 AM)

ok, thanks for the replies, i should be able to make something work.



joemonkey -> RE: How to tell if software is being instelled from SMS or not (6/23/2008 4:09:28 PM)

Why not just check advertisement status?



Rickym61 -> RE: How to tell if software is being instelled from SMS or not (6/24/2008 5:00:11 PM)

are you on SMS 2003 SP3? The Asset Intelligence stuff shows the exact path of software installed, some useful info there.



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