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HP Support Tools are great for machines and troubleshooting issues. Making this available via SW Center while maintained by PMyPC would be great.
Automation with PMPC (Conceptual):
Create a task to run this script regularly.
Have PMPC compare the fetched version with a stored value.
Trigger an alert if the version changes.
Source
Let me know if you'd like help adapting to PMPC's specifics!
import requests
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
url = "https://ftp.ext.hp.com/pub/caps-softpaq/cmit/HPIA.html"
response = requests.get(url)
soup = BeautifulSoup(response.content, "html.parser")
#print(soup)
# Find the version table
main_content = soup.find('div', class_='main-content-area')
version_table = main_content.find('table')
version_number = version_table.find('td').text
print(version_number)
download_link = version_table.find('a')['href']
print(download_link)
Now I setup an alert for the version change, hopefully this can be automated by PMPC
Hi Andrew, correct HPIA does not 'install' but runs as a standalone every time. HP does have a guide for how to package for Intune but if it was automated by patchmypc for new versions that would be amazing.
HP guide: https://developers.hp.com/hp-client-management/blog/using-hp-image-assistant-microsoft-endpoint-manager
https://ftp.ext.hp.com/pub/caps-softpaq/cmit/HPIA.html; HP Softpaq; current version is hp-hpia-5.1.7.exe. Double-clicking the executable installs the app to c:\SWSetup\SP12345 (Softpaq #). There is no desktop shortcut, Start menu, etc. configured. User has to manually send HPImageAssistant application shortcut to the Desktop
Doing some research on this app and it seems that this software is not actually installed on the device it is ran on. Is that the case?