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If you have IE7 and install Microsoft Update it changes the name for you in the Tools Menu.

Whenever you get to the end of the IEAK and it builds the package it puts it into the following folder by default: Directory of C:\builds\"DATE"\INS\WIN32\EN You will have the following files in there: 10/27/2006 10:18 AM 2,091 axaa.inf 10/27/2006 10:18 AM 4,781 BRANDING.CAB 10/24/2006 10:22 AM 0 custom.cif 10/27/2006 10:18 AM 7,761 custsec.inf 01/06/2007 04:51 PM 16,621,568 IE7Setup.exe 10/17/2006 06:07 PM 2,510 IESetup.CIF 10/27/2006 10:18 AM 1,557 inetcorp.inf 10/27/2006 10:18 AM 9,488 inetrest.inf 10/27/2006 10:18 AM 4,663 inetset.inf 11/03/2006 04:19 PM 1,541 INSTALL.INS All the files in the above folder have been packaged into IE7Setup.exe using iexpress. If you want to see how the install stuff is done extract IE7Setup.exe and look at the files in there. It will look like this: 10/27/2006 11:18 AM 132,608 advpack.dll 10/27/2006 11:18 AM 4,781 BRANDING.CAB 10/27/2006 11:18 AM 15,520,048 IE7-Setup.exe 10/27/2006 11:18 AM 38 IE7Setup.cmd 10/27/2006 11:18 AM 31,352 ieakcust.dll 10/27/2006 11:18 AM 382,976 iedkcs32.dll 10/27/2006 11:18 AM 2,932 iesetup.cif 10/27/2006 11:18 AM 31 iesetup.ini 10/27/2006 11:18 AM 100,472 inseng.dll 10/27/2006 11:18 AM 1,541 INSTALL.INS 10/27/2006 11:18 AM 1,170,040 Urlmon.dll 10/27/2006 11:18 AM 826,488 Wininet.dll Open up IE7Setup.cmd and you will notice the following command-line: %~dp0IE7-Setup.exe /ieak-full:%~dp0 %* That command is what tells it is an IEAK install and uses the INSTALL.INS and other files to incorporate your settings. You can also add /passive /norestart to the end of it to play around with what the user sees. Hope this helps.

No problem glad it worked for you.

Good luck figuring it out.

I don't know where you got that info but it is incorrect. Runonceex is a funtion in Windows XP and IE just so happens to own the file. It has nothign to do with IE7 install process. I have the bug # and a case open on the issue. Microsoft already admitted it was a bug.

I have seen problems with KB925454.exe on the net. It should install with the following switches: KB925454.exe /passive /norestart /quiet The only issue I have seen with runonceex is IE7. ieronce.dll which handles runonceex has a bug in it where it will not execute the entries you add. There is a thread about this so you can search the board for more info. To answer your question if one line in your batch fails it goes to the next it should not terminate.

The services are all over the place and a pain to hunt down. I would just customize a reg key that has everything set the way you want it. I made one awhile back and updated it a few days ago. The service are tweaked so they are not the default values.

I have only done unattended on Windows XP so I don't know if Windows 2000 is the same. XP looks like this... [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon] "DefaultUserName"="name" "DefaultPassword"="pass" "AutoLogonCount"="1" "AutoAdminLogon"="1" [GuiUnattended] AdminPassword = pass AutoLogon = YES AutoLogonCount = 1 Your password needs to be the same in your sif and reg key. I don't think you can leave the password blank.

Explorer and mouse pointer settings are registry keys so yes you could.

Nice find

http://unattended.msfn.org/unattended.xp/view/web/36/

Group Policies are registry keys so you can aply what ever policies you want and do a regmon and see where they are in the registry. Then you can back the reg up and implement in your install.

When you enable a WLAN card the WebClient and Wireless Zero Config is required to prevent slow boots. What commonly happens is the WZC service is set to manual or disabled after you install your 3rd party client and the WebClient service is Auto. WebClient trys to start and the Wireless Zero Config is not running so it hangs because it needs the WZC service. After about a 2+ minute delay you will notice the WebClient service is in a Stopped state. This will also occur if you disable both services as well so there is no way to get around it. There is one workaround however and that is to assign a manual IP to your WLAN card. I opened a case with Microsoft on this because I figured it was a bug. They came back and said this was by design and they will not change it. Hope this helps some of you because it appears to be a common problem on the net.

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I found a really easy way to incorporate vb code into my batch scripts. First let me give you some history of what I was trying to accomplish. My company has about 4 different versions of Adobe Reader in the environment. So we are looking to upgrade everyone to version 8. We also have about 300 people who already have version 8 and we only need to automate proxy credentials for the autoupdater. The best way to determine versions is to check the EXE. Registry keys can sometimes be unreliable so it is better to be safe than sorry. I ran into another problem where machines that had version 7.08 were missing the cached MSI and MST so when version 8 tried to upgrade it failed with a 1706 "Can't find source" when trying to uninstall it. Here is what you can do to check file versions, set conditions and perform tasks off of that. I will break my script up into parts to explain the logic. We can use FileSystemObject to check file versions, then pipe the logic into a vbs file, execute the vbs and then if it does or does not meet your criteria it performs the specified task. You will notice GEQ and EQU in my DO IF logic and this is what they stand for:EQU : equal NEQ : not equal LSS : less than < LEQ : less than or equal <= GTR : greater than > GEQ : greater than or equal >= So in my first check if the version is greater than or equal to 8.0.0.456 it jumps to the update section of my script. Next version check is for Reader 7.08 because our images are missing the cached MST and MSI. If AcroRd32.exe is equal to 7.0.8.218 it goes to the 708 section Instead of using GOTO you can simply put a command-line like msiexec etc To get around the source problem I copy the MSI and MST to the %TEMP% folder and then change the appropriate installer keys to point to the %TEMP% folder instead of what it was before. This is self explanatory. Since Reader 8 is already installed at this point I simply need to automate proxy credentials for the AutoUpdater. The credentials are found in the following files: "%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\Adobe\Updater5\AdobeUpdaterPrefs.dat" "%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\Adobe\ESD\Prefs.dat" In closing this method goes beyond file checking, you could use this to basically do any kind of querying with vbscript. VBScript is much easier when you are querying for information. So pretty much the sky is the limit. I figured giving and example would be easier to explain rather than just giving you the commands. If you have any questions let me know, I am pretty busy but I will check the site when I can.

I am not sure if Adobe Flash 9 supports shockwave as well because I never use shockwave. You may have to install both of them. Once you get the install files you need, your right to use nlite or maybe RyanVM integrater. Here is a thread that might interest you as well: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showto...flash+shockwave

You guys need to disable driver signing policy like Hollenthon mentioned and integrate the hardware drivers into your i386 flat.

Does it find new hardware and ask for permission to install the driver or does it find and install without stopping your build process?

Is it the driver signing popup meaning the install totally freezes until you click ok or does it eventually continue?

Confusing huh Your right though there is an activex player (which browsers will want to use) and then there is a standalone player. If you install the ActiveX that is the only one you will need.

You need to disable the Security Center service. Here is a reg to disable the screensaver: ================================ Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop] "PowerOffActive"="0" "PowerOffTimeOut"="0" "ScreenSaveActive"="0" "SCRNSAVE.EXE"=- ================================= You have to delete the SCRNSAVE.EXE key. Power options is a little tricky and I have never given the time to figure it out. I know the registry keys that control the settings: HKCU\Control Panel\PowerCfg\PowerPolicies\ HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Controls Folder\PowerCfg\PowerPolicies\ HKCU\Control Panel\PowerCfg\GlobalPowerPolicy\Policies HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Controls Folder\PowerCfg\GlobalPowerPolicy\Policies HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Session Manager\Power\AcPolicy HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Session Manager\Power\DcPolicy HKCU\Control Panel\PowerCfg\CurrentPowerPolicy

Most of them are but some are not. Like laze said test it out for yourself. IE7 migrates IE6 settings regardless.

It is basically an inventory of what is in or was in that folder. If you recently deleted them delete the desktop.ini and it should regenerate it without the stuff that you got rid of. It won't hurt anything to leave it alone.

I assume your referring to the MSOCache directory? If you are, go into the FILES\SETUP folder of your source and you will see a SETUP.INI with Pro version or a SETUPPRO.INI if your using a select CD. Scroll down the INI and you will see a CACHE section. You have two options to accomplish your goal: PURGE=1 or CDCACHE=0 Here is a page that tells you all about SETUP.INI: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/ork2003/...1513671033.aspx