Install Chrome remotely through Powershell.

Hey guys, i'm trying to install chrome remotely through Powershell but nothing shows on the end users computer. I am using "Enter-PSSession -ComputerName XXXXXXXX" to connect to the remote machine and then I tried running "PS C:\> start-process
-FilePath "msiexec.exe" -ArgumentList "/q /i .\GoogleChromeStandaloneEnterprise.msi" to execute the file silently but nothing happens.
Can someone help me with what is wrong?
My machines have got UAC turned on, but my understanding is that as long as the powershell session is run as admin on my machine it should work on the remote machines...

The file is on C drive on the remote system, shouldn't that work? Or should i have "\\XXXXXXXXX\C$\GoogleChromeStandaloneEnterprise.msi"
Oh just saw the rest of your post.. too early for me. I'll try that now.
You cannot use a UNC path it must be a FULL local path.
c:\GoogleChromeStandaloneEnterprise.msi
You cannot use a relative path as the current folder is NOT C:\
¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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You have a number of problems here.
1. As mentioned you have UNC paths ... which means there's no reason for a package at all. f you want SCCM to use the package it just downloaded you should use $PSScriptRoot (PS equivelant of %~0dp). If the client is using v2 or earlier
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Matched exit code 0 to a Success entry in exit codes table. AppEnforce 17-4-2015 16:31:08 640 (0x0280)
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I'm using Yosemite and have no other software or App issues except that my iPhoto Library demands a repair on each start up. Another question, I suppose.
TIA.

I have no idea why Chrome is doing that. I assume since you just installed there are no extensions causing any start issues. It is possible that you have some other app that is conflicting with Chrome. What happens if you launch Safari? Try to do a safe boot and see if Chrome starts. If it does this means some conflict with another program when you boot under your account.

Can I upgrade mac OS 10.7 to 10.8 remotely through ARD?

Can I upgrade mac OS 10.7 to 10.8 remotely through ARD?

Yes. Sort of.
Using ARD, you can copy an Install Mac OS X.app to the target machine. Then launch the application and start the installation process. At this point, the machine will "go dark" and will eventually reappear in ARD once the installation is complete.

How to install .xpi extension through cmd on windows in firefox

i need steps to install .xpi extension through cmd on windows in firefox

Is '' -install-global-extension'' still valid or has it been deprecated ?
* see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Command_Line_Options?redirectlocale=en-US&redirectslug=Command_Line_Options#Add-ons
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Installing_extensions#Global_installation
* and the Firefox 4 changes <br /> https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Extensions/Updating_extensions_for_Firefox_4#XPI_unpacking
Firefox 4 no longer extracts XPIs when installing extensions. It just places the XPI file in the user profile, and then reads the chrome files and others directly out of the XPI.
If your .xpi is not from Mozilla addons I guess we may not be sure what it is intended to do, or what version of Firefox it was designed for.

FYI: Testing Active Directory Replication Latency/Convergence Through PowerShell (Update 2)

see:
(2014-02-01) Testing Active Directory Replication Latency/Convergence Through PowerShell (Update
2)
Jorge de Almeida Pinto [MVP-DS] | Principal Consultant | BLOG: http://jorgequestforknowledge.wordpress.com/

Might that link has been been broken.Here is the link
http://jorgequestforknowledge.wordpress.com/2014/02/01/testing-active-directory-replication-latencyconvergence-through-powershell-update-2/
Nice Jorge. Thanks for sharing.
Regards~Biswajit
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Could not connect to DB remotely through Toad using instantclient

Hi All,
Please, i am facing urgent issue while trying to connect to DB remotely through Toad.. Already searched a lot and followed all suggested solutions but without any success..
"instantclient" already downloaded and configured as below :
dll files like "oci.dll,... etc" are here : C:\Oracle\instantclient\instantclient_11_2
Created both tnsnames.ora & listener.ora are here : C:\Oracle\instantclient\network\admin
And did the below in user/system variables :
User Variables :
=========
TNS_ADMIN with value "C:\Oracle\instantclient\network\admin"
System Variables :
===========
TNS_ADMIN with value "C:\Oracle\instantclient\network\admin"
ORACLE_HOME with value "C:\Oracle\instantclient"
Path edited and added this value "C:\Oracle\instantclient\instantclient_11_2"
But i am still facing the below error :
ORA-12541: TNS:no listener
Really, appreciate your help !
Thanks & regards
Mohammed

Mohammed ... wrote:
Thanks all your help and support..
I reconfigured the instant client following below link :
[http://www.dbatoolz.com/t/installing-oracle-instantclient-basic-and-instantclient-sqlplus-on-win32.html]
and followed your advises as well and i can now connect to database though any user
But unfortunately, i cannot connect as sys user, it gave me below error :
C:\Users\mohammed>sqlplus sys as sysdba
SQL*Plus: Release 11.2.0.3.0 Production on Tue May 7 17:29:56 2013
Copyright (c) 1982, 2011, Oracle. All rights reserved.
Enter password:
ERROR:
ORA-12560: TNS:protocol adapter error
C:\Users\mohammed>
Could you please advise..
Regards,
MohammedIf the client is on the same machine as the database, then you don't have ORACLE_SID set.
More likely the database is on a different server, you have to specify 'sqlplus sys/pswd@dbname'.
And your db will need to be configured to allow remote sysdba authorization, which is not a good idea from a security perspective.

Can it be done through powershell?

we just increase drive C space on more than 30 Windows 2008 R2 VM servers. We do not want to manaully log onto
each server to do scan disk and extend the volume.
Can it be done through powershell?
thank you for your help.

enter-pssession servername
diskpart /s diskpartscriptfile.txt
or upgrade all your servers to 2012
Dan
This would require touching each server. Invoke-Command is a much better choice for this scenario, as it can handle each machine in one go.
EDIT: We still don't know if the OP has remoting enabled. I've yet to get an answer to that question.
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correct, I was giving an example. Try one server like that to see if it works and then start with the scripted solution.
Dan

App Deployment through powershell in SharePoint 2013

Hi,
Recently I have configured App Development Environment in SharePoint 2013,And we are able to deploy App through Visual Studio in our local Environment.
But when we are trying to Deploy App Package through PowerShell in our production ,it has been deployed successfully but when we are accessing that particular App it is showing blank screen.
Kindly any one provide me the solution.
Thanks in Advance.
Regards,
Dinesh Reddy
Regards, Dinesh R.

Hi,
A suggestion is that you can uninstall this app and then install it again to see if this operation can make it right.
If it is still a blank page after reinstalled, I would recommend to create a new and clean app to perform the deployment again.
Feel free to reply with the test result.
Best regards,
Patrick
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