AutoIt & deep freeze

[crikush]

Hello,

i try build script to disable Deep Freeze.

in deep freeze i can't move with Tab or Uparray to change settings.

MouseClick is not good, becauseI have 10 computers and each computer a different resolution.

any idea how to make this script?

thanks,

Moshe

[MvGulik]

any idea how to make this script?

Mmm. _{By pressing the keys on your keyboard in a special order.}

Are you having problems with the AutoIt forum message editor?

Edited September 8, 2011 by iEvKI3gv9Wrkd41u

[crikush]

Hhhh.. I do not know why it gets a little

[Luigi]

Another day I read somewhere about DeepFreeze: exist a line codes or commad lines to freeze or unfreeze the DeepFreeze... and more.

Try this.

Write a script to send command lines to DeepFreeze is more simple.

Good luck.

Edited September 8, 2011 by detefon

[Tripredacus]

I'd be more interesting to know WHY you want to disable Deep Freeze. You could just get the commands from your Administrator...

[crikush]

Hi,

i dont have deep freeze support commands.

I'm administrator and i want run script on all computers to make updates.

i tried to do it with Tab Apparently it does not work.

So I'm trying to find a solution.

Moshe

[Rogue5099]

To update a DeepFrozen computer you have to reboot Thawed, Update, then reboot Frozen. There are options to thaw the computer for "x" amounts of boots. Problem is when updating sometime you need to reboot to complete update i.e. starting services. Best thing to do is:

Run Script to first boot thawed: DFC password /BOOTTHAWED

Restart

Run script to update

Restart if needed

Verify Updates

Run DFC password /BOOTFROZEN

Restart

Also you could lock keyboard and mouse to prevent unauthorized installs while thawed:

DFC password /UNLOCK

DFC password /LOCK

Edited September 8, 2011 by rogue5099

[crikush]

To update a DeepFrozen computer you have to reboot Thawed, Update, then reboot Frozen. There are options to thaw the computer for "x" amounts of boots. Problem is when updating sometime you need to reboot to complete update i.e. starting services. Best thing to do is:

Run Script to first boot thawed: DFC password /BOOTTHAWED

Restart

Run script to update

Restart if needed

Verify Updates

Run DFC password /BOOTFROZEN

Restart

Also you could lock keyboard and mouse to prevent unauthorized installs while thawed:

DFC password /UNLOCK

DFC password /LOCK

i don't have dfc

[Techn0mancer]

I'm having an issue getting the commands to output to the STDout stream:

#include<Constants.au3>
Local $Output
$STDOut = RunWait(@ComSpec&" /c dfc.exe get /isfrozen",@SystemDir,@SW_HIDE, $STDERR_CHILD + $STDOUT_CHILD)
While 1
$Output = $Output & StdoutRead($STDOut)
If @error Then ExitLoop
WEnd
 
While 1
$Output = $Output & StderrRead($STDOut)
If @error Then ExitLoop
WEnd
If StringInStr($Output,"THAWED.") Then
MsgBox(0,"Test","Workstation is thawed.")
ElseIf StringInStr($Output,"FROZEN.") Then
MsgBox(0,"Test","Worksation is frozen.")
Else
MsgBox(0,"Test","Unable to determine workstation state.")
EndIf

I have tried various combinations using Run, RunWait, @Comspec & ' /c or 'cmd /c' but have had no success. It seems that you cannot do anything like:

$STDOut = RunWait(@ComSpec&" /c dfc.exe get /isfrozen >c:\Temp\STDOut.txt",@SystemDir,@SW_HIDE, $STDERR_CHILD + $STDOUT_CHILD)

either as this breaks the command and nothing is returned at all.

Anyone any ideas on how to get this working or to at the very least get the frozen state of the workstation? Obviously this will be tricky for anyone to test unless they have Deep Freeze installed on a test machine.

The long and the short of it is I'm writing a tool that will run at startup to check when the last AV and Windows updates were run, if it is longer than a week, the machine is rebooted thawed and the updates are run, but I need to check the Frozen\Thawed state to be able to determine what needs done next.

Edited October 10, 2011 by Techn0mancer

[Techn0mancer]

To answer my own question:

Deep Freeze Commandline (DFC) does not output to the standard stream and cannot be picked up by the SDTOutRead, instead it returns a success code that can be utilised directly:

Local $Return
 
If FileExists(@SystemDir&"\DFC.exe") Then
  $Return = RunWait('cmd /c dfc.exe get /isfrozen',@SystemDir,@SW_HIDE)
  If $Return = 1 Then
    ConsoleWrite(@CR&"Computer is Frozen."&@CR)
  ElseIf $Return = 0 Then
    ConsoleWrite(@CR&"Computer is Thawed."&@CR)
  Else
    ConsoleWrite(@CR&"Unspecified error."&@CR)
  EndIf
Else
  ConsoleWrite(@CR&"DFC.exe not Found, Deep Freeze likely not installed."&@CR)
EndIf

There is a table detailing the return codes from DFC.exe in the Faronics documentation which should give all the info we should need.

Hope this helps anyone else that encounters this issue.

Edited October 11, 2011 by Techn0mancer

[SmOke_N]

FYI - You can't use RunWait expecting a stdout stream. RunWait(), as it states, simply returns the exit code.

However, Run() will allow you to do a stdout stream.

[jazzyjeff]

DFC is part of DeepFreeze. you should find it in the Program Files folder.