Content Type
Profiles
Forums
Events
Everything posted by big_gie
-
thanks m8 Its working great in windows, I'm testing in in vmware now
-
Discover CDRW/DVD drive in batch
big_gie replied to TheBee's topic in Unattended Windows 2000/XP/2003
try http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?...b;EN-US;Q311272devcon, a tool from microsoft. Its a command line tool equivalent to the device manager. You could try to found a string like "rw" like this: devcon find *rw* On my system it returns me: E:\Mes Documents>devcon find *rw* IDE\CDROMMATs***A_CDRW/DVD_UJDA740_______________1.03____\5&3367BC97&0&0.0.0: MATs***A CDRW/DVD UJDA740 1 matching device(s) found. E:\Mes Documents> -
When you remove features/shortcuts from Adobe 6.0.1, I must suggest also setting to "Not Avaible" the "Reader's message files" (translated from french). This will remove the ads in the top right corner
-
Of course you cannot visit windows update via something else than IE
-
Transforms files are use to modify .msi installation. Its a bit like giving switch to the program. For exemple, you can make an .mst that will install things in a different folder, you can skip some components, etc. I'm using it for Adobe Reader. It install to <programfriles>\Adobe\Acrobat 6.0.1 instead of Acrobat 6.0, I removed the small adds in the top right corner, etc. Thats all I can say since I don't know more... good luck!
-
Ok I extracted things using the /a switch and compress the results: I get a 19 Mb rar file. thats better Will I still be able to run with a transform file? Thank you very much
-
hum... What was your parameters? I think I was using solid archive with max compression... I'm not at home so I will retry with different params to see if I can comrpess it more than 30Mb... How big was the original files? Did you have a ~30Mb .msi? If you have a good compression ratio then this is great thanks!
-
A rar (even a 7zip) would be about ~30 Mb and the FEAD .exe is ~18 Mb. I need this CD space
-
No. The fact that it works in windows isnt suffisent to say it will work in setup. Some things need to have a user logged in to be installed... Anyway, I still have the same error screen: reader can't be extracted to C:\windows\cache... Anyone else successfuly installed it @ T-12? thanx
-
I was able to pass parameters to the AdbeRdr60_enu_basic.exe to install silently with a tranform file inside windows with this: acrobat.exe -p"/v\"TRANSFORMS=C:\\acrobat.mst /qn\"" So the problem with previous try is the double slashs... I tryed to put quotes around the path (" and \") but I wasnt able to do so. So the mst can't be in a path with space... Not so important when installing from cd... Not sure if it will work @T-12 with XPlode; will it take out the double slash as it does for paths? Will try right now and post back...
-
-
I would be pleased to see the good old GuiInstall with no transparency... I could then upgrade still using v1.0 because of that...
-
Look also in the Default user folder (%UserProfile%\..\Default User\Desktop, Start menu, etc) their will be some icon wich are created each time a user is created...
-
Yeah thanks I've tryed something similar last evening, but wasnt sure if I needed to put " or \" inside... But also there is a path inside of the arguments: the path to the .mst file. When testing, it was in a folder with space... So I would have needed some other " over the path... " or \"? Need to go, thanks allanol
-
start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Applications\AdobeReader6\AdbeRdr60_enu_basic.exe -p"-s /v\"/qn TRANSFORMS=%CDROM%\Apps\Acrobat\Acrobat.mst\"" doesn't seems to work... the .exe seems to pass arguments to setup.exe, witch give control to msiexec... To tired to understand tonigh. I'll just stick with extracting it with the "-ne" switch, and call myself msiexec with parameters. <item display='Adobe Acrobat Reader v6.0.1 Fr'> <execute display='Extraction' program='%XPlode%\Programmes\acrobat\acrobat.exe' arguments='-ne' /> <execute display='Installation' program='msiexec' arguments='/i "%WINDIR%\cache\Adobe Reader 6.0.1\FRABIG\Adobe Reader 6.0.1 - Français.msi" TRANSFORMS="%SOURCEDRIVE%\Programmes\acrobat\acrobat.mst" /qn' /> </item> Thanks allanol
-
thanks allanol! I although found something from http://osusls.osu.edu/documentation/VS7_1instguide.pdf at page 59-60. "adobe.exe -ne" will extract only the file to %windir%\cache\Adobe... (it won't run the msi) but it's not silent, you can see it extract... Anyway, thanx
-
Hi, Since my CD is a bit too mucu squeezed, I'd like to be able to put the original Acrobat Reader.exe (the one that is ~17 Mb, compressed with the "Netopsystems FEAD Recomposer"). The resulting extracted files are ~30Mb, witch is way too big. What switch can I give the .exe so it will only extract the files? I then after call the .msi in conjonction with a transforms file (.mst) from witch it doesn't install crappy ads in the top right corner Anyone knows? Thanks!
-
great work xtreme
-
Ok I figured out where the configs... Their is winamp.ini, studio.xnf and for the media librairy (what I was looking for) in the file %programfiles%\winamp\plugins\gen_ml.ini I've made a sfx with all those to backup my settings...
-
Thanx XtremeMaC!!!!!!!!! Really nice!!!!!!!!!! Does someone knows how to backup winamp's settings? Copying the winamp.ini and studio.xnf doesnt seems to work... Anyone knows?? thank you very much!
-
'custom' unattended installation
big_gie replied to sandman's topic in Unattended Windows 2000/XP/2003
For a good CD boot menu, try this one http://www.cdshell.org You can do many things with it. You could try Wraith's XPlode for program installation http://xplode.voidfx.com/ Read the guide from http://unattended.msfn.org/ as it will teach you many automatic installation concepts. good luck -
WinRAR, SFX and silent installation
big_gie replied to big_gie's topic in Unattended Windows 2000/XP/2003
Finnaly... working again. That was it. XPlode was waiting for the SFX to end, was then executing the next item. I've dividied things into 2 parts: one for extracting and one for executing... -
WinRAR, SFX and silent installation
big_gie replied to big_gie's topic in Unattended Windows 2000/XP/2003
I'm pretty sure where the error come from: When runnong this from XPlode, it runs the sfx witch extract and xplode wait for it to end. When it ends extracting it goes to the next one, and don't let the time for the app to install. So there is 2 or more apps trying to access msiexec... I'll try making 2 step: one extraction, and the other will run... Will post back feedback. -
WinRAR, SFX and silent installation
big_gie replied to big_gie's topic in Unattended Windows 2000/XP/2003
Thanx RayOk, I'm not sure if winrar is case sensitive, could try it tough. Also, it get extracted to C:\windows\temp\dotnet: the extraction went ok. I think I found the source of the problem; If I try to run netfx.exe /Q:A /C:"msiexec /qn /i netfx.msi" then I get the same popup. Maybe the command line is not good for dot net? I tryed extracting netfx.exe so I got netfx.msi and others. I then compress those files in SFX wich run "netfx.msi /qn" but I still get the same popup.... -
Is the GuiInstall feature is still under developpement or is it "final" as it is now? The only reason i don't "migrate" from v1.0 is because of this... I really loved the GuiInstall of that version as it was drawing things on top of anything else (no transparency...) so I could hide the XP setup text. I cannot do an equivalent thing with the Standalone setting... and with the new transparent option, it would be impossible to read (if I don,t edit the winntbui or i dont know the filename...) I would love that feature to come back as it was before, even if it wasnt perfect (their was, imo, just one glitch) thanx wraith.