Vista - Powergadets mvp - part 1

sorry the list of questions here, i did not follow up on the previous
threads as it is all about serial #, etc

ok i've been to the powerggadets web site and watch its demo, looks
impressive ...kindly advise questions below

a) i need to buy the "type" of gadgets ? So i must carefully plan the type
of gadget i need ?

b) ok i can script powershell, if i placed gadets on another machine, does
the "another" machine needs to have powershell installed ?

c) what are the business needs for gadgets ?

There are two licenses you can buy

1) Creator License: Used to create Gadgets
2) Client License: Needed to use gadget.

As for Business need... You can create all sorts of Gadgets for you company
and deploy them. You can use the Map gadgets for your Sales group. You can
use the graphing for helpdesk and support. There are numerous reasons. I
would need to know more about your company to see if it is good fit for you

"IT Staff" <jkklim@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> sorry the list of questions here, i did not follow up on the previous
> threads as it is all about serial #, etc
>
> ok i've been to the powerggadets web site and watch its demo, looks
> impressive ...kindly advise questions below
>
> a) i need to buy the "type" of gadgets ? So i must carefully plan the type
> of gadget i need ?
>
> b) ok i can script powershell, if i placed gadets on another machine, does
> the "another" machine needs to have powershell installed ?
>
> c) what are the business needs for gadgets ?
>

2) Client License: Needed to use gadget.
==> paper license ? or is there any agent i need to run on remote machines ?
Must powershell be installed on client machines ?






"Brandon Shell" <tshell.mask@mk.gmail.com> wrote in message
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> There are two licenses you can buy
>
> 1) Creator License: Used to create Gadgets
> 2) Client License: Needed to use gadget.
>
> As for Business need... You can create all sorts of Gadgets for you
> company
> and deploy them. You can use the Map gadgets for your Sales group. You can
> use the graphing for helpdesk and support. There are numerous reasons. I
> would need to know more about your company to see if it is good fit for
> you
>
> "IT Staff" <jkklim@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:u1pTfB1xHHA.4928@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> sorry the list of questions here, i did not follow up on the previous
>> threads as it is all about serial #, etc
>>
>> ok i've been to the powerggadets web site and watch its demo, looks
>> impressive ...kindly advise questions below
>>
>> a) i need to buy the "type" of gadgets ? So i must carefully plan the
>> type of gadget i need ?
>>
>> b) ok i can script powershell, if i placed gadets on another machine,
>> does the "another" machine needs to have powershell installed ?
>>
>> c) what are the business needs for gadgets ?
>>
>

Yes and Yes. You need the client and Powershell needs to be installed (not
absolutely positive here, but im fairly certain.)

"IT Staff" <jkklim@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> 2) Client License: Needed to use gadget.
> ==> paper license ? or is there any agent i need to run on remote machines
> ? Must powershell be installed on client machines ?
>
>
>
>
>
>
> "Brandon Shell" <tshell.mask@mk.gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:uKxGnX1xHHA.4392@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> There are two licenses you can buy
>>
>> 1) Creator License: Used to create Gadgets
>> 2) Client License: Needed to use gadget.
>>
>> As for Business need... You can create all sorts of Gadgets for you
>> company
>> and deploy them. You can use the Map gadgets for your Sales group. You
>> can
>> use the graphing for helpdesk and support. There are numerous reasons. I
>> would need to know more about your company to see if it is good fit for
>> you
>>
>> "IT Staff" <jkklim@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:u1pTfB1xHHA.4928@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>> sorry the list of questions here, i did not follow up on the previous
>>> threads as it is all about serial #, etc
>>>
>>> ok i've been to the powerggadets web site and watch its demo, looks
>>> impressive ...kindly advise questions below
>>>
>>> a) i need to buy the "type" of gadgets ? So i must carefully plan the
>>> type of gadget i need ?
>>>
>>> b) ok i can script powershell, if i placed gadets on another machine,
>>> does the "another" machine needs to have powershell installed ?
>>>
>>> c) what are the business needs for gadgets ?
>>>
>>
>
>

IT Staff wrote:
> sorry the list of questions here, i did not follow up on the previous
> threads as it is all about serial #, etc
>
> ok i've been to the powerggadets web site and watch its demo, looks
> impressive ...kindly advise questions below
>
> a) i need to buy the "type" of gadgets ? So i must carefully plan the type
> of gadget i need ?
>
> b) ok i can script powershell, if i placed gadets on another machine, does
> the "another" machine needs to have powershell installed ?
>
> c) what are the business needs for gadgets ?

Posting here is good. You can also go to the PowerGadgets site for a
very helpful forum and blog:
http://powergadgets.com/csPg/forums/default.aspx

I agree with everything Brandon has already said. I do seem to remember
that there's a way to call PowerGadgets without PowerShell, but can't
seem to remember just right now (but will look into it).

You would certainly miss out on being able to pipe data to PowerGadgets
without having PowerShell installed.

Yes, you'd need to be more specific on what type of business we are
dealing with to help us determine how PowerGadgets would best fit/help you.

Marco

> I agree with everything Brandon has already said. I do seem to remember
> that there's a way to call PowerGadgets without PowerShell, but can't
> seem to remember just right now (but will look into it).

Following up a bit late... PowerShell is not required for PowerGadgets
to run. Only the .NET 2.0 framework and PowerGadgets client are required.

That being said, you would have to create the XML files to distribute
using the PowerGadgets creator.

Marco