Category: Application
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How to install and run Pentaho Desktop Applications
Prerequisites – Installation of Java JRE 1.8.0_361 and JDK-17.0.2 Firstly, you need to download the relevant desktop applications (Data Integration, Report Designer, Schema Workbench) and the server application from: https://www.hitachivantara.com/en-us/products/dataops-software/data-integration-analytics/pentaho-community-edition.html (Note: download the .zip versions of each application) Extract them to the desktop and copy them to a deployment share if you intend to deploy…
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Google Chrome History
This is a script I use to pull down browser history from accounts on PCs. I use this script to check on how user accounts are being used by students and staff to ensure devices are being used for work and not personal use. You need to change “USERNAME” to a user name found in:…
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How to Deploy Unreal Engine
This document outlines the process of downloading and deploying Unreal Engine. This process outlines the steps you need to create the installer and the script required to deploy the software. Please be aware that the script requires editing depending on the version you extract. Note: I have used this process to deploy versions 4 and…
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AutoIT Application Deployment
This document outlines the process of creating and deploying a script using AutoIT. I use this software to automate application installers that do not install using the standard switches or require some form of user interaction at some point during the process. This software allows you to fully automate the install process but please note…
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How to Extract a MSI from an EXE
This is quite a simple process. I use it all the time during the application deployment process. I like to have access to both versions of an installer incase I find that the original MSI file does not deploy correctly, or if I need to configure some parameters using switches. Using this method allows you…
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Install ROS Kinetic for Ubuntu
This set of instructions is for installing ROS Kinetic. It was tested on Ubuntu 20.04. ROS Installation Configuration Setup your sources.list Installation of ROS There are even more packages available in ROS. You can always install a specific package directly. apt search ros-noetic Environment setup source /opt/ros/noetic/setup.bash It can be convenient to automatically source this…
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Uploading a new Software Package and Create a Policy in Jamf
This document refers to uploading a new software package to Jamf such as Adobe Suite, Ableton Live, Pro Tools, Cubase, SPSS, GIMP etc….. and create a simple policy to manually install the software on a mac. Note: This unique name will be used later on to initialise the policy on the test mac. It must…
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How to Remotely Deploy Installation Files and Install Software using PowerShell
Please note that this works well with scripts that are simple, using basic command prompt switches. I have tested this using more complex scripts that utilise Auto_It and Java scripts but for this document I will keep it simple. Please note that in this tutorial I refer to sessions using %destination and $deployment. This is…
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Building a New SolidWorks Server
Preparation You will require a PC with remote capability – Image a PC, setup remote and test access prior to installing Solidworks Licence Server. You must transfer your license before upgrading your SNL Server (or if you wish to move your SNL server license to a new computer), please be sure to transfer your license…
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Office Documents won’t open from Network Drives
I have found that in the Enterprise environment Office can be difficult with files being loaded from network drives. The issue can produce a range errors but essentially files just do not load in any off applications. The solution is quite simple though: Just Remove:- – C:\Users\%User Folder%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Office – C:\Users\%User Folder%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Office\ Or rename:- – C:\Users\%User…
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Mac Mail App Search Not Working
This document outlines steps when the search function on Apple’s Mail App is not working properly. Mac mail search not working is a typical Mac error that often occurs after updating to a newer macOS version. Typically, this occurs with the x64 OS in my experience and when a user has a large or multiple…
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Grant Access on Word Documents – Office on MacOS
This document outlines solutions when Word prompts “Grant file access”. This seems to be a common error in an Enterprise environment where documents seem to be shared or create by high level organisational members with enhanced security. Press Command + Shift + G, input “~/Library/Containers”, remove cache folder com.Microsoft. Word folder to desktop. (Please note:…
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