RyanVM

It's used for some web applications. Also, some of the tools written by members of this forum are XML-based, aren't they?

Well I'll be darned Are you familiar with WinINSTALL LE or Orca at all? EDIT: Is there a German version of the KB832414 hotfix as well?

There's a German MSXML 4 installer? If you've got msxml4.dll and msxml4r.dll in your system32 directory, it's installed properly. EDIT: MBSA doesn't say if it's installed or not. Nevermind. To those who know MBSA well, is there a way to see what files are scanned in the final report?

, adding different files to the MSI package is nothing I haven't done before I've actually removed Journal Viewer from my install source. I decided that the odds of my ever using it were so slim that it was just a waste of space. But yes, it should be quite doable to replace wisptis with an edited version. Got a link? The problem is that I don't see full French or Italian 6.0.2 version yet. The reason this matters is because the normal 6.0.2 patch uses an MSI file (rather than an MSP file which would greatly simplify things ) to update Adobe Reader. I haven't figured out how to apply two MSI files to the same administrative install point, so patching it is a no-go for the time being.Many of the full versions (but not all, to make things even more complicated) use an MST (transform) file with a second CAB archive to install 6.0.2 as the 6.0.1 MSI is run (yes, all they did was run the 6.0.1 with a transform - pretty cheap if you ask me). Thankfully, with that case you can create an administrative install point with the TRANSFORM=blah.mst switch, which creates the point with 6.0.2 integrated into it. Like I said previously, some of the international full 6.0.2 editions actually have 6.0.2 integrated fully into them (I confirmed this with the Greek version, though it's pretty easy to tell just by the file size of the download). With those versions, they use their little proprietary FEAD installer for which I have yet to figure out the command switches for extracting the contents. Taking a quick peak at my Temp folders while setup was running didn't help (I found the extracted MSI, but none of the supporting files). If we could figure out how to extract the contents of the MSI, we could go ahead and make the edits to it that I made with likely very little trouble.

bitmonster (I think) wrote a script for creating an integrated .NET SP1 installer. I suppose I could probably modify that for Acrobat Reader (though the version I made has a lot of modifications to the actual MSI file which can't be scripted, likewise for MSXML). EDIT: On the other hand, I have 20GB/month of bandwidth from my host, and I've only ever even broken 8GB once since I got the account last May. If someone needs a host, I can probably help out. They only real problem is that I only have 100MB of storage space.

I suppose it should be noted that MSXML 4.0 SP2 is still needed for SP2 systems, as it's not included in the package. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...&displaylang=en If you guys are interested, I (once again) created a custom install for this which is WAY smaller than the 5MB Microsoft download and includes the KB832414 hotfix files. http://www.ryanvm.net/msfn/msxml4sp2.exe (805KB) Like my other installers, it uses the /qb switch on the MSI file. If you want one that uses /qn, send me an instant message.

Thanks for the useful info, evilvoice. It's probably something like the eBook plugin. However, if that were the case, ARSU shouldn't need a special tweak to disable wisptis like it does, since it disables pretty much every plugin from loading.

I created the administrative install point using the procedure outlined in my post on page 5. From there, I used the procedure outlined in the .NET SP1 thread for creating the self extracting 7zip package.

Been OTLO 4 it, but haven't seen it, maybe I was looking in the wrong place?!? This is the thread I was looking for it in, is this wrong? Wrong thread. Look in the .NET SP1 thread. MSFN is also hosting the file now. If you go to the .NET page at unattended.msfn.org, it's linked there as well. /qn will work fine. I personally like to see the status bar. Shoot me an IM and I can send you a version with the /qn switch.

If you start setup, you can pull the MSI file out of the temp folder.

Hopefully it'll just require a command switch. But yeah, I'll probably put a new release up eventually anyway once I get the wisptis stuff in there.

@j4ever: I'm in contact with Igor about that. And OMG, I'm on Suprnova! (OK, a torrent of the .NET pack I made is anyway ). Come to think of it, a custom XP CD with my old RAID pack was on there once upon a time too.

Try *_NVRAIDBUS

Regarding wisptis registry hacking - yes, having the installer remove those entries shouldn't be too difficult. However, there are some potential issues. First, Acrobat Reader has to be installed prior to Journal Viewer or the system gets p***y (though I'm beginning to think Journal Viewer isn't really needed for 95% of the people on this forum anyway) when Journal Viewer starts. Second, I'm afraid that there are some user-specific settings in that reg file that may not translate well to other computers. I'll look into that more.

No prob. Check out my .NET SP1 installer too

Here's an idea for how to expand on that. Do a fresh install in a VirtualPC environment (or an a computer with no extra fonts installed). Take a registry snapshot with a program like Advanced Registry Tracer. Add the fonts. Take another registry snapshot. Compare and export the differences and botta-bing!

I sent an email to Igor (the 7-zip developer) to see if there's a switch that can be invoked with SFX archives to extract without the dialog window.

Yes, 7-zip installers always show the extraction dialog. As far as I know, there's no way around it. And I already said I used the /qb switch for the MSI part. If it really bothers you, you could always repack it yourself with the /qn switch.

so basically i just drop this into my runonceex.cmd and it will silently install right? reg add %Key%\010 /VE /D "Adobe Acrobat 6" /f reg add %Key%\010 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\Software\Adobe\acroread602.exe" /f correct (I have no idea what the /f is, but I assume it's part of the reg key adding process)

Extract the MSI from the exe. start /wait path\to\HMTCDWizard.msi /quiet /norestart

You should learn how to use administrative install points so that you don't have to install patches for programs after installing them (such as .NET SP1, Diskeeper 478, etc).

link me up to a thread where someone posted the fix and I'll add it

That's the one thing I haven't done yet. I don't have Journal Viewer installed in my VirtualPC environment, so wisptis.exe isn't even on there. I'll make that my next pet project.

OK guys, pop quiz. What happens when I spend a night working on something and end up staying up way past my bed time? You guys benefit but of course! I present to you guys my unattended Adobe Reader 6.0.2 installer. It features the following: 1.) 6.0.2 update completely integrated into the package 2.) PrintMe addin completely removed from the package 3.) Numerous registry tweaks, including: no splash screen, no EULA prompt, no ad bar, and more 4.) Only one shortcut created on the start menu (none on desktop) 5.) Switchless 7z self extractor (runs the embedded MSI file with the /qb switch) 6.) 14.9MB vs 34.7MB Without further ado, download from the link below (and if you link to it from outside of this forum, I will hunt you down). http://www.ryanvm.net/msfn/files/acroread602.exe (14.9MB)

OK, so far I've got my custom MSI file updated with the correct file versions/sizes (for some reason a lot of the 6.0.2 updated files weren't reflected in the file listing of the MSI), updated the MSI to say Acrobat Reader 6.0.2 instead of 6.0.1, added the registry entry which disables the EULA prompt on the first start of the program, and removed all of the shortcuts except for the main start menu item. I'm currently working on totally removing the PrintMe service from the installer (the shortcuts are gone, but removing the actual files requires a bit more finesse). I also want to see if I can have it not launch the wisptis program if possible - hopefully it will only require a little registry finagling. I think I'd also like to disable the splash screen. It's going to be a nice modified MSI when it's done 8). EDIT: PrintMe is completely gone now B)