Crew Two

My Privacy Experiment

This is going to be a long read. You’ve been warned… I’ve been on a journey for several years now of investigating Linux and Open Source software. It’s taken me much longer than I’d hoped to come to grips with it all, and I possibly never will fully unless I take some serious time off …


My Privacy Experiment

This is going to be a long read. You’ve been warned… I’ve been on a journey for several years now of investigating Linux and Open Source software. It’s taken me much longer than I’d hoped to come to grips with it all, and I possibly never will fully unless I take some serious time off …


Audacity 2.3.3 | Scripted

About Audacity is a free and open-source digital audio editor and recording application software, available for Windows, macOS, Linux, and other Unix-like operating systems. Obtain Package Source Traditionally, three components were required for running Audacity for most purposes: Audacity LAME MP3 encoder FFmpeg Import/Export Library for Windows However, the latest Audacity installer now includes LAME, …


OpenShot 2.4.4 | Scripted

About OpenShot Video Editor is a free and open source video editor for FreeBSD, Linux, HaikuOS, macOS, and Windows.The vendor installer is an EXE installer with silent switches.Download the installer from openshot.org. Package and Deployment info Useful for SCCM detection. deployInfo.txt Vendor Configuration for Silent Install The vendor installer is based on the Inno Setup …


Adobe Photoshop Elements 11 | Virtualisation

About Adobe Photoshop Elements is an entry-level raster graphics editor. It is a successor of Adobe Photoshop LE (Limited Edition). As with many other older applications, for security reasons we will virtualise it using App-V. The App-V Sequencer for Windows 10 is freely available in the Windows 10 ADK for the branch you are on. …


Firefox ESR as a MSI

Firefox is a free and open-source web browser developed by Mozilla. Packaging it for corporate deployment can be something of a headache. Too many organisations deploy the standard release of Firefox, blissfully unaware that there is a stable corporate edition made for deployment. This is known as Firefox ESR (Extended Support Release). The version numbers …


RightFax Universal Uninstaller

About RightFax securely sends and receives documents from a variety of sources via the cloud or telephone connections. It has to be one of the worst applications I’ve worked with as an automator. Every version that is released has a new type of installer that works differently to previous versions. It throws random errors, but …


Google Chrome Universal Uninstaller

The Chrome web browser was the bane of my existence for an entire year. Put simply, it wants to self-update. Any attempt to suppress this process essentially breaks it. Many will be aware that there is an Update service which can be disabled. Many are unaware that there is a scheduled task to re-enable it …


PuTTY Universal Uninstaller

PuTTY is a free and open-source terminal emulator, serial console and network file transfer application. It supports several network protocols, including SCP, SSH, Telnet, rlogin, and raw socket connection. It can also connect to a serial port. Removes any version of PuTTY, whether 32 or 64-bit. A variable array is used to ensure both Program …


GIMP Universal Uninstaller

GIMP is a free and open-source raster graphics editor used for image retouching and editing, free-form drawing, converting between different image formats, and more specialized tasks. PowerShell logging is turned on and will write to %ProgramData%\Software. Removes any version of GIMP, whether 32 or 64-bit. A variable array is used to ensure both Program Files …


Notepad++ Universal Uninstaller

Notepad++ is a text editor and source code editor for use with Microsoft Windows. The vendor installer is an executable file with silent switch. PowerShell logging is turned on and will write to %ProgramData%\Software. Removes any version of Notepad++, whether 32 or 64-bit. A variable array is used to ensure both Program Files locations are …