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I've just reread their website and found out that they now support a silent install, maybe someone can add it to the list of silent installs... (last time I read it was about 2 years ago, so things have changed even if the program hasn't changed much). the switches are: DCOMbob disable DCOMbob enable DCOMbob verify the verification possibility is there to make sure that it has worked.

Hello. The AutoIt recorder doesn't do what it's supposed to do: record keystrokes and mousemovement and mouse clicks. Who has the experience or understanding to explain to me what is necessary for using AutoIt. I installed it and it seems to have installed correctly because I can compile other peoples AutoIt scripts correctly and they work. But the recorder doesn't correctly record the keystrokes and mouse clicks of my programs any more, it just gets to the popup of the installation initiation and then stops cold. Strangely enough I tried it once to install a program and it did record keystrokes and mouse clicks successfully, but my virus scanner activated itself right in the middle of the installation and those mouse clicks and keystrokes to appease the virus scanner were recorded into the AutoIt script and when I tried to run the script, of course it didn't work. Thereafter I recorded over the old script and since then all it does is run the setup popup and goes no further. Are there any settings that I have implement in Process Guard or my router firewall to get Autoscript to work? Does AutoIt implement ActiveX, Javascript, Java or DCOM? (I shut those off for security reasons) I would really like to have a better understanding of the program. Isn't there anyone out there that can help me understand this? D.T.

I still don't get it. I can get a program to be called up by AutoIt but I don't get it go thru any menus. When I use the recorder, I tried using either the tab buttons or mouse clicks but I only get this: #region --- ScriptWriter generated code Start --- Opt("WinWaitDelay",100) Opt("WinTitleMatchMode",4) Opt("WinDetectHiddenText",1) Opt("MouseCoordMode",0) Run('E:\HFSLIPXPENG\SOURCE\WPI\Install\DCOMBobulator\DCOMbob.exe') #endregion --- ScriptWriter generated code End --- Why? I tried using: send ("{RIGHT}") I tried using: send ("!M") but the program just doesn't react... what am I doing wrong?

It's a lot of text that shows how much work you've actually done for us all. Thank you. Sorry, I can't seem to upload a txt file, we tried this morning... for some reason, even when I try to set my firewall to send data without encryption it doesn't send it. Java and livescript is enabled. My mate doesn't want me to "let my pants" down just to upload a text file. There has to be a better way. Anyway, forgive my posting the contents of the file... but I guess I have to. WPI Installation Log File Install process started at: Jeudi, 29. May 2008 09:58:44 Global variables: %OSLANG%=ENU %WPIPATH%=E:\HFSLIPXPENG\SOURCE\WPI %ROOT%=E:\HFSLIPXPENG\SOURCE %CDROM%=E:\HFSLIPXPENG\SOURCE\WPI %DOSPATH%= %SYSTEMDRIVE%=D: %WINDIR%=D:\W2KSP4 %PROGRAMFILES%=D:\Program Files %TEMP%=D:\DOCUME~1\29thOf~1\LOCALS~1\Temp %SYSDIR%=D:\W2KSP4\system32 %ALLUSERSPROFILE%=D:\Documents and Settings\All Users %USERPROFILE%=D:\Documents and Settings\29thOfMay2008 %APPDATA%=D:\Documents and Settings\29thOfMay2008\Application Data %COMMONPROGRAMFILES%=D:\Program Files\Common Files List of programs to be installed: DCOM Bobulator Shoot the messenger XP Antispy SpyBot Search & Destroy (Anti-Spyware) FireFox Path Copy ----- Jeudi, 29. May 2008 09:58:44 Program: DCOM Bobulator UID: DCOMBOBULATOR Order: 900004 Category: Security Jeudi, 29. May 2008 2008 09:58:52 cmd1 Success (returned code 0): ""E:\HFSLIPXPENG\SOURCE\WPI\Install\DCOMBobulator\dcom-bobby.exe" " Jeudi, 29. May 2008 2008 09:58:52 cmd2 *** Fail *** (returned code undefined): "taskkillS "E:\HFSLIPXPENG\SOURCE\WPI\Install\DCOMBobulator\dcom-bobby.exe"" Jeudi, 29. May 2008 09:58:53 Finished installation. Jeudi, 29. May 2008 09:58:53 *** Installation aborted by user *** ----- Install process finished at: Jeudi, 29. May 2008 09:58:53

I thought taskkillS would work fine for everything but I was wrong: DCOMBobulator popup doesn't let itself get killed.

Ehm... uhm... I did a search for *.log in the WPI folder and got no results... Please explain. Uhm well, we have to go to work now... will have to do that later. EDIT: Ummmm yeah Like PLEASE just post a .txt file as an attachment. ~~ Kel ~~

Thank you for your hints. I'll try them out soon.

now we're getting somewhere!!!! THANK YOU!! Both your and Kelsenellenelvian's suggestions worked this time. GREAAAAAT!!!

I had already put the contents of the tools.rar archive in the folder WPI\tools. What I hadn't tried out was: TaskkillS SetupMI.exe which worked fine. THAAAANK YOU!!! I do have another question now though... Why does the application show a question mark to the left of it after it installs? Does this suggest that there might have been a problem during installation?

Tried that just now... didn't work... any other ideas? Let's have a look at all the things I've tried so far. basics: Command line 1: "%wpipath%\Install\MagicIso\SetupMI.exe" /s Command line 2: tskill SetupMI further variations of command line 2: Command line 2: "tskill SetupMI" Command line 2: tskill SetupMI.exe Command line 2: "tskill SetupMI.exe" Command line 2: taskkill -f SetupMI.exe Command line 2: "taskkill -f SetupMI.exe" Command line 2: kill -f SetupMI.exe Command line 2: "kill -f SetupMI.exe" Command line 2: kill /f SetupMI.exe Command line 2: kill SetupMI.exe Command line 2: kill %wpipath%\Install\MagicIso\SetupMI.exe Command line 2: kill "%wpipath%\Install\MagicIso\SetupMI.exe" I've added Process.exe to System32 in Windows Root and tried: Command line 2: process [-k|-q] setupMI.exe Command line 2: process -a setupMI.exe Ok guys... now I'm onto something fishy... I opened up a cmd screen and typed in tskill /? which led me to another command called tlist. When I typed in tlist, an entry appeared called: SetupMI.exeeSO. I experimented and tried tskill SetupMI.exeeSO. and viola the nag screen was gone. This does however leave me extremely suspicious. Might my file be infected? Why is there an extra extension on the file? Could this be a trojan?????

I read about that right after installing WPI, but that's not working, otherwise I wouldn't have spent 2 nights trying to figure it out. Have you understood that I am testing it on a W2K system before adding it to a XP CD for installation on my notebook?

I'm totally new to WPI and want to delve deeper into the matter. Here's a problem that I don't know how to solve. I installed WPI. I've gotten it to the point where it begins installing programs. Careful now, get this: I'm testing this on a W2K PC for later installing XP on a notebook with the extra proggies installed by WPI. The first program that I wanted to install was MagicISO - the setup filename being renamed to setupMI.exe. A popup appeared that told me I'd have to reboot. I have understood that the W2K operating system does not have the taskkill command, but rather the KILL command. So I tried putting KILL setupMI.exe as the second command in WPI and then attempted installation. No chance - the same popup appears and doesn't disappear. I've tried tskill but that of course didn't work on W2K OR SHOULD IT? My firewall is a bit tough, doesn't let some commands through, but I've set it to allow WPI.hta to be able to terminate programs. Is there some other program inside WPI.hta that also needs permission to kill tasks or what's going on here? How do I correctly terminate the popups? I've been trying all sorts of things in the last couple of evenings. Anybody have and clues to help me out? By the way, as I mentioned before, I downloaded the tools.rar which have been separated from WPI but have no idea where to put it so that WPI can use those tools during my notebook installation. Are these not for WPI? Are they just for my operating system while I am creating an unattended installation or what?

I tried to use the recorder function in the same state as it was installed on the program Chemsketch and I got the following results: Opt("WinWaitDelay",100) Opt("WinTitleMatchMode",4) Opt("WinDetectHiddenText",1) Opt("MouseCoordMode",0) Run('D:\Documents and Settings\Adelheid\Desktop\chemsk11.exe') Then I tried to compile it and it wasn't a silent install... of course that's pretty naive, but I have no idea how to configure AutoIt to really record the whole sequence correctly.

Hi. WPI is new to me. May I make you aware that you have not written where the tools that you have separated from the main program are to be placed in order for them to be used by WPI. I do see on the image that you have it listed, but you have not written to unzip the tools there. Thank you for contributing such a great program that has surely helped quite a lot of people in their installation endeavours. There is one question that I have that is unclear for me. When I use RunOnceEx.cmd the following rule has been stated: when using apostrophes or other special characters between the quoted string, to use a slash \ in front of them. For example: "%cdrom%\Extras\IrfanView\iview410_setup.exe /silent /folder=\"c:\Program Files\irfanview\" /desktop=1 /thumbs=0 /group=1 /allusers=1 /assoc=2" /f Is this the case with WPI? or do I have to express it in this manner (notice the difference in apostrophes): "%cdrom%\Extras\IrfanView\iview410_setup.exe /silent /folder="c:\Program Files\irfanview" /desktop=1 /thumbs=0 /group=1 /allusers=1 /assoc=2" There is another version that I seem to have understood to be the correct variation: "%cdrom%\Extras\IrfanView\iview410_setup.exe" /silent /folder="c:\Program Files\irfanview" /desktop=1 /thumbs=0 /group=1 /allusers=1 /assoc=2 Please correct me if that's wrong.

Yes, I agree, there seems to be so much individuality in writing programs that no form of patent answer could possibly exist. I would love to be able to use the windows post installer, but that seems even more complicated and I'm not a programmer even though I taught myself a little about writing batch files in MSDOS. After reading a bit on WPIW, I take that back, it seems that WPIW isn't quite as complicated as AutoIt. Where can I find more information about the AutoIt recording procedure?

Thank you! Trying to figure out AutoIt is driving me nuts. The documentation in the program just ain't enough. I'll try out your suggestions.

Thank you! Now I'm having problems trying to backtrack and figure out how that information is captured by AutoIt, because it doesn't show how to do that in the help file. I'm not too stupid to get the "Hello World" part done, but the recorder i.e. recording part is not explained very well in the program documentation or help files.

If there are any experienced and empathetic AutoIt users out there that could for example just show me the code for installing chemsketch silently, I could work on the rest of the programs listed below by myself. I must admit I tried to figure out how to use the AutoIt parameters for installing Chemsketch until 4:00 this morning and am still stumped. I couldn't get past the licensing page. For those people that have had someone to give them some hints it's all pretty easy hmm? (*rub my eyes*). I still don't have silent installers for: ACDLabs Chemsketch Geogebra Deadline Equation Solver PageDefrag Auslogic Registry Defrag I figured out how to silently install my firefox extensions externally without integrating them into the firefox setup routine, just in case I still wanted to add some more. If anyone is interested in knowing that code, here it is: Firefox extensions: for %%e in ("path to your firefox extensions here\*.xpi") do "path to firefox.exe here\firefox.exe" -install-global-extension "%%e" Firefox themes: for %%e in ("path to your firefox themes here\*.jar") do "path to firefox.exe here\firefox.exe" -install-global-theme "%%e"

The file is corrupt. If you have redownloaded the file and the original source is corrupt, it might be dangerous to install it, because it might be infected with some form of virus. If you are sure that it has no virus and you still want to install the corrupt file, use the switch directly after your application name. Example REG ADD %KEY%\060 /V 1 /D "%SystemDrive%\BlowMeNow.exe /VERYSILENT /NORESTART /SP- /NCRC" /f A better way might be to do the following: 1. Unpack the file using universal extractor. 2. Repack the files using the nlite-addon maker and then use that file to install instead.

What I think you are trying to do is kill a task. Use the taskkill command... Add this to your cmd file: taskkill -f YourProgram.exe

Count all the lines until you come to line 15707... that might be some great fun... but... uhmmmm well it might be better to install a program called win32pad - I'm sure you can find it somewhere on the internet. edit the Txtsetup.sif with win32pad and scroll to line 15708 (one line below 15707 because the windows installation counts line 0 whereas win32pad doesn't) and find out what is wrong with that line, then correct it and save it.

I've seen that done somewhere before, but it's complicated. I don't remember where, it definitely had to do with the diskpart command, so you might try searching the i-net for more information on that.

Read this: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/216417 or this: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307654 or change your winnt.sif like this: [GuiRunOnce] Command1="%systemroot%\winnt32 /cmdcons /unattend"

Have you tried adding: SystemLocale=00001009 UserLocale=00001009 ? check this out: http://www.msfn.org/board/lofiversion/index.php/t36493.html and this: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/289125 and this: http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/referen...xp/xp-lcid.mspx It would be great if the last 2 links were listed somewhere in the unattended tutorials.

Hello. I've been poking around on these boards quite a lot looking for information. What I've noticed is that there are timeline references all over the place like when something installs at t-13 or t-39 or similar references. These references are not explained at HFSlip nor in the timeline of the unattended site. My suggestion is to make a list of these references and link them into the unattended site and also to the HFSlip site so that people will understand what is being talked about. Thank you. DT