A couple of suggestions. Use “start /wait” to ensure previous command was finished. For example, SP self-extractor module has no visual indicator of the procress. It just exits once it's done. So you could watch the process using Task Manager or run it like this:start /wait E:\windows6.1-KB976932-X64.exe /x:C:\Sp1x64 Don't use the Package Manager, it's deprecated in Windows 7. Use DISM instead. It's even more powerful and fully supported. (Sounds strange in thread like this, huh?). You can install all MUMs at once. Run it like this (provided with full paths to each of the files): DISM.exe /Online /NoRestart /Add-Package /PackagePath:"microsoft-windows-remoteserveradministrationtools-package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~6.1.7600.16385.mum" /PackagePath:"microsoft-windows-remoteserveradministrationtools-package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~en-us~6.1.7600.16385.mum" /PackagePath:"microsoft-windows-remoteserveradministrationtools-package-minilp~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~en-us~6.1.7600.16385.mum" /PackagePath:"microsoft-windows-remoteserveradministrationtools-package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~6.1.7601.17514.mum" (note it is one line command!) You can install all RSAT components at once in a similar way (instead of ticking checkboxes in the GUI windows on the last step):DISM.exe /Online /NoRestart /Enable-Feature /FeatureName:"RemoteServerAdministrationTools" /FeatureName:"RemoteServerAdministrationTools-ServerManager" /FeatureName:"RemoteServerAdministrationTools-Roles" /FeatureName:"RemoteServerAdministrationTools-Roles-CertificateServices" /FeatureName:"RemoteServerAdministrationTools-Roles-CertificateServices-CA" /FeatureName:"RemoteServerAdministrationTools-Roles-CertificateServices-OnlineResponder" /FeatureName:"RemoteServerAdministrationTools-Roles-AD" /FeatureName:"RemoteServerAdministrationTools-Roles-AD-DS" /FeatureName:"RemoteServerAdministrationTools-Roles-AD-DS-SnapIns" /FeatureName:"RemoteServerAdministrationTools-Roles-AD-DS-AdministrativeCenter" /FeatureName:"RemoteServerAdministrationTools-Roles-AD-DS-NIS" /FeatureName:"RemoteServerAdministrationTools-Roles-AD-LDS" /FeatureName:"RemoteServerAdministrationTools-Roles-AD-Powershell" /FeatureName:"RemoteServerAdministrationTools-Roles-DHCP" /FeatureName:"RemoteServerAdministrationTools-Roles-DNS" /FeatureName:"RemoteServerAdministrationTools-Roles-FileServices" /FeatureName:"RemoteServerAdministrationTools-Roles-FileServices-Dfs" /FeatureName:"RemoteServerAdministrationTools-Roles-FileServices-Fsrm" /FeatureName:"RemoteServerAdministrationTools-Roles-FileServices-StorageMgmt" /FeatureName:"RemoteServerAdministrationTools-Roles-HyperV" /FeatureName:"RemoteServerAdministrationTools-Roles-RDS" /FeatureName:"RemoteServerAdministrationTools-Features" /FeatureName:"RemoteServerAdministrationTools-Features-BitLocker" /FeatureName:"RemoteServerAdministrationTools-Features-Clustering" /FeatureName:"RemoteServerAdministrationTools-Features-GP" /FeatureName:"RemoteServerAdministrationTools-Features-LoadBalancing" /FeatureName:"RemoteServerAdministrationTools-Features-SmtpServer" /FeatureName:"RemoteServerAdministrationTools-Features-StorageExplorer" /FeatureName:"RemoteServerAdministrationTools-Features-StorageManager" /FeatureName:"RemoteServerAdministrationTools-Features-Wsrm" /FeatureName:"IIS-LegacySnapIn" /FeatureName:"IIS-IIS6ManagementCompatibility" /FeatureName:"IIS-WebServerManagementTools" /FeatureName:"IIS-WebServerRole" /FeatureName:"IIS-Metabase"(this is still one line command). And you can ensure any post-SP1 hotfixes for various RSAT components install just fune on top of this nicely hacked setup. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/981704 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2462137 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2462585 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2466373 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2489291 This gives us a hope we've done a decent job and we'll not be forced to re-image our machines once official RSAT SP1 package get released.
