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The white papers listed on this page are intended to provide you with advice for specific problems. The procedures shown come from tests and consulting projects, which have been conducted within the scope of the enteo product range. If you should have further questions, please contact enteo technical support .
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Migration to Citrix Presentation Server 4.5 made simple, quick and reliable | English | 2663 KB |
| Description: Why and how to migrate to Citrix Presentation Server 4.5 with enteo Management Suite for Citrix Presentation Server (Last review: 07/23/2007) |
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Concept WSUS Functionality - Extended user logon times when evaluating the Microsoft Offline Patch Catalogs | English | 476 KB |
| Description: This whitepaper provides information on how to reduce the time and effort of reading the WSUS database and of checking the associated offline catalogs. Additionally, it provides a quality assurance concept as a defined process in several steps. |
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Support for Windows PE 2005 in enteo OSD 3.2 - Technical Documentation | English | 475 KB |
| Description: This document describes the prerequisites and steps required for adding support for Windows PE as a runtime environment to an existing OSD 3.2 environment. (11.12.2006) |
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Support for Windows PE 2005 and Windows PE 2.0 in enteo OSD 3.25 | 263 KB | |
| Description: This whitepaper describes the prerequisites and steps required for optimizing the Windows PE 2005 and Windows PE 2.0 support for an existing OSD 3.25 environment. |
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Using enteo Products in Microsoft Vista | English | 521 KB |
| Description: With the introduction of a new Microsoft operating system, enteo faces the question whether and how the new features and concepts will influence the functionality of NetInstall. To find answers and solutions, enteo started testing enteo products in the Microsoft Vista operating system at an early stage. This Whitepaper provides information on the results of these tests. (Last review: 03/28/2007) |
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Administering Access Permissions to USB Devices - USBSecure | English | 371 KB |
| Description: Connecting external devices via the USB interface is easy and comfortable; however you may run the risk of downloading malware to your company network at the same time. Deactivating the interface is not really a good solution because the company network usually also works with USB devices. This whitepaper provides information on how to administer access rights to USB devices. (Last review: 06/28/2006) |
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Windows Update Error Codes | English | 371 KB |
| Description: To check which security patches are missing on the individual clients, the NetInstall Installer uses the Windows Update Agent(WUA) with the current, local offline catalog WSUSSCAN.CAB. In case a problem occurs when using the WUA, the NetInstall Windows Update Proxy (NiWUPrxy) reports this error and the error code is issued in the Installer’s log file. This official Windows Update Error Code list will help you interpret the error code in the Installer’s log file. (Last review: 06/22/2006) |
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Special notes regarding the installation of patch 816093 Security Update for Microsoft Virtual Machine (Virtual VM) | English | 319 KB |
| Description: By default, you can install patch 816093 only in a user context because interaction with the desktop is required. If the logged-on user has sufficient permissions the patch project will be installed without difficulty. In case the logged-on user does not have the permissions, the NetInstall Service takes over the installation of the patch project. Here, a timeout occurs because the patch cannot interact with the desktop. (Last review: 06/22/2006) |
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Updating OSD 3.15 Enterprise Edition To OSD 3.2 | English | 825 KB |
| Description: When you are finished installing NetInstall version 5.8 you need to re-install the other enteo products you are using (NetInstall 5.8 is not binary compatible to NetInstall 5.8). Please note that the Operating System Deployment (OSD) version 3.15 does not run under NetInstall 5.8; you must use OSD 3.2. This whitepaper tells you how to update the OSD 3.15 Enterprise Edition to OSD 3.2. (Last review: 09/23/2005) |
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Complete List of PXE Error Codes | English | 314 KB |
| Description: The Intel Knowledge Base is the source for the PXE error message list. This is not an exhaustive list and does not lay claim to correctness of the contents. Subsequent changes to the Intel Knowledge Base are not accounted for. (Last review: 10/05/2005) |
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Moving the OSD Database | English | 672 KB |
| Description: For technical or corporate reasons, it may be necessary to move the OSD database to another computer. The procedure for moving the SQL server is described in this whitepaper. This whitepaper provides different procedures: With the MSSQL 2000 full version with Client Tools, with TransactSQL or with OSQL as command line tool. (Last review: 01/12/2006) |
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Creating your own management tasks | English | 1419 KB |
| Description: enteo Software's Management Point infrastructure is the basis for a wide range of Management Applications. The products developed especially for the enteo Management Point infrastructure integrate their tasks automatically when installed on a Management Point. This whitepaper describes how to manually integrate individual tasks, which are not installed on a Management Point (for example, "Remote Assistance XP"), into the Management Database. (Last review: 02/01/2005) |
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Inventory - WMI Extension | English | 115 KB |
| Description: By default, Inventory only uses a small part of the data that is made available by WMI. Nevertheless it is possible to take all existing WMI data, including data from additional providers, into account for Inventory. (Last review: 12/14/2005) |
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Migration (Update) from NetInstall 5.7 Enterprise Edition to NetInstall 5.8 | English | 434 KB |
| Description: This whitepaper shows you how to migrate from NetInstall 5.7 Enterprise Edition (patch level 1067 or higher) to NetInstall 5.8. (Last review: 02/08/2007) |
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Migration of NetInstall 5.7 Standard Edition to NetInstall 5.8 | English | 778 KB |
| Description: This whitepaper tells you how to migrate from NetInstall version 5.7 SE (patch level 1067 or higher) to NetInstall 5.8. Chapter 3 describes the preparations you need to take and Chapter 4 gives step-to-step instructions on how to migrate your existing network configuration. (Last review: 02/08/2007) |
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Smart Client - Changing the Cache Size | English | 317 KB |
| Description: Once created, the size of the Smart Client cache cannot be changed easily. If you change the cache in the configuration, the cache on the clients is not automatically adapted. These Whitepaper describes the proceeding, how to change the smart client cache. (Last review: 10/06/2005) |
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DHCP Proxy (OSD) - Arbitrary DHCP server in PXE client environment | English | 426 KB |
| Description: The DHCP proxy allows the ability to use any type of DHCP server in an OSD environment. This whitepaper describes the DHCP Proxy's functionality, providing you with technical information and explanations on how to install and configure the DHCP Proxy. (Last review: 09/19/2005) |
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Using Mass Storage Drivers with OSD 3.20 | English | 530 KB |
| Description: Using mass storage drivers as part of your unattended installation can be a very time consuming and requires a lot of technical knowledge. OSD 3.20 provides an easy – automated - mechanism of using those drivers for many well known controllers without wasting your time. (Last review: 09/19/2005) |
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Enteo OSD 3.2 - Connection to installation sources fails | English | 301 KB |
| Description: If the connections to a network drive where the installation sources reside fails the setup stops in DOS mode with an error message. Providing any valid authentication information will not remedy the situation at this time and result in "Error 5: Access is denied" and the client reboots automatically. The whitepaper gives step-to-step instructions to solve the problem. (Last review: 09/19/2005) |
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Insert OU in current site-structure | 897 KB | |
| Description: Occasionally, you may have to extend an existing site structure. It is very easy to simply add OUs and sites to a site structure; however, it may be difficult to add an OU between objects that already exist in the site structure. For more information on this subject, please carefully read this whitepaper. (Last review: 07/27/2005) |
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enteo Products and Windows XP Service Pack 2 | English | 141 KB |
| Description: This white paper contains important information concerning new items for the Microsoft service pack and also information about its automatic distribution with enteo products in the company network. (Last review: 12/09/2004) |
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The Smart Client’s Optimized Runtime Behavior | English | 173 KB |
| Description: The Smart Client’s optimized runtime behavior allows you to considerably increase the speed of the NetInstall Installer’s permission check of the NetInstall projects. To optimize the runtime behavior the performance of both the Replication Service and the Smart Client have been modified. To make best use of the optimized Smart Client you must have the NetInstall Enterprise Edition with an active Smart Client. (Last review: 11/22/2005) |
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Changing a Site Master Server | English | 167 KB |
| Description: The whitepaper describes the proceeding, how a site master in an existing site can be replaced. (Last review: 04/01/2005) |
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AD Caching | English | 302 KB |
| Description: With NetInstall you can assign installation permissions based on information from the Active Directory (AD). The whitepaper describes the procedure to use the AD information. (Last review: 11/15/2005) |
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Installing Management Point in a Windows 2003 Server Environmaent | English | 486 KB |
| Description: As the default security policy of the Windows 2003 server family is very restricted, you need to configure several settings before starting to install a NetInstall Management Application. (Last review: 03/30/2005) |
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NetInstall Inventory Option 3.x with an Oracle database | English | 152 KB |
| Description: The contents of this whitepaper specifically deal with NetInstall Inventory Option with an Oracle database back end. The document contains information about the characteristics of using an Oracle database and problems that may occur. It will explain the process of manually entering tables and views, give reasons for errors and help with troubleshooting. (Last review: 02/01/2005) |
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Database recommendations for Extended Reporting and Inventory Option | English | 324 KB |
| Description: In order to use a Management Application, such as NetInstall Inventory Option (NINV) or Extended Reporting (ExR), you must have a Database Management System (DBMS) to store your data. You can find more information on database systems (different types and usage) in this whitepaper. Please note that this subject requires a basic knowledge of DBMS. (Last review: 04/24/2006) |
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