Joe User 99

You don't make a MST file with orca. You use MSITRAN (also in the SDK). Use Orca to make your changes, then save as a new MSI. Then use MSITRAN, like this: MSITRAN -g "X:\Microsoft Virtual PC 2004.msi" X:\Custom.msi X:\VirtualPC.mst (The quotes are only due to spaces in the name of the MSI.) Here is more info on MSITRAN: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default....msitran_exe.asp

Uh....what about this one?

I can't speak for setupmgr.exe, but here is a trick we use at my office to prevent duplicate names, and to ensure each system gets the name it is suppossed to. Maybe it will give you some alternate ideas on how to get the results you are looking for. Each system (All Dells) has it's designated computer name entered into the "Asset" field of the sysem BIOS when it is first delivered. Then our image uses a program from Dell called SM_INFO.exe, which is run on login and pulls the name out of the BIOS, and uses it to create a .reg file with the computer name, which is then imported into the system registry on first login.

I have never tried this on XP, but we used this method when we deployed Windows 2000. It will prevent Outlook Express from creating it's shortcuts when a new profile is created: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components\{44BBA840-CC51-11CF-AAFA-00AA00B6015C} Select the Stubpath value name in the right hand pane and delete it.

Are you installing WMP10 before installing this? Maybe it is checking for WMP10 and installing it if it is not present?

I have not seen a System Restore dialog, only the Windows Media Connect Configuration Wizard. The install is a MSI. extract the wmcsetup.exe using WinRAR. The MSI is WinRMSrv.msi The Windows Media Connect Configuration Wizard is a custom action, that is set to launch at the end of setup, IF the user interface level is NOT silent (/qn) or basic (/qb). So, to prevent the Configuration Wizard from launching, simply install using one of those 2 switches. IE: WinRMSrv.msi /qb-! As I said, since I don't get any System Restore Dialogs, so I don't know that this will affect your install. But give it a try.

Are you using start /wait in your command line? For example: start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Applications\easycd6\ECDC6.msi /qr ADDLOCAL=ECDC6,CreatorApps,PMStudio REBOOT=Suppress REBOOTPROMPT=S Other than that, I don't know what would be causing them to overlap.

Yes, you can use the MSI. Everything in your commandline after the /v is a MSI switch anyway. /qr ADDLOCAL=ECDC6,CreatorApps,PMStudio REBOOT=Suppress REBOOTPROMPT=S

This is the Self Healing/Self Repair that is built into MSIs. Check in your Application event log. It should be logging what it thinks is wrong. Basically, the MSI checks what is called a "KeyPath" to make sure everything is still there. If this KeyPath is missing, it triggers the reinstall. You can prevent this, by removing the KeyPath for any component that is not critical to the application operation. (happens alot on current user registry keys, etc). I don't know if WinInstallLE lets you modify the KeyPath, but if not, Orca does.

You're not modifying the setup.exe, edit the .MSI file. Any MSI editor can do that, Installshield, Wise, Orca, etc. It doesn't matter if it was created with Installshield or not. Orca is free, and should work fine. WinInstallLE is another free one, but I haven't used it. Or try a eval version of Wise or Installshield. All you are doing is checking the names on the feature table.

You open up the MSI and look at the feature table.

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The program will not expire regardless. We deployed 4.51 over 3 years ago, and have never had an expiration problem. The license option is nothing but an agreement, it does not actually affect the install. They offer different license choices because the terms of each license differ, not the product install. And by deploying with the various silent options, you bypass that all together anyway. The app Allanol is reffering to is the McAfee Installation Designer. It is available for download from the McAfee site, provided you have your grant number. Licensed User Product Upgrades It wil basically create a custom MSI for you, however it does not have any license options in it.

There is no setting for license that I have seen. Installing unattended does not prompt for the license. And I have installed by hand with each license option, and have seen no difference. We have deployed 3000+ systems here with 7.1, and 4.51 SP1 before that, and never had any problem.

Are you using the "Offline Installer"? Because the offline installer is like 14 or 15mb, not 1. The Install from the Web version is 1mb.

I think MSI error code 1702 is a restart required error. Did you do a silent install with the restart suppressed?

It's been a year or two since I tried it, but on MapPoint 2002, I think we just copied the contents of both CDs to a single folder. As long as it can find the files it is looking for, it doesn't ask for a second CD. (Also, for corporate deployment, you can modify the MSI to point to a server mounted CD and it won't ask for the CD when it is running.)

The difference is they are 2 different types of content. I believe the difference is the Shockwave MSI, also installs flash. So install Shockwave if you want both, install Flash, if you just want Flash. Also, Unless they have updated it recently, the shockwave MSI is still version 8.5.1, not 10.

You have all your corporate users autoupdating from WindowsUpdate? Not a good idea. Which I guess you realize about now. But I don't think it is MS that should be ashamed. It depends on how your network is set up, but you might want to look at Software Update Services (SUS), basically, it lets you run a intranet based Automatice Updates, which the Admin approves/disapproves what gets installed. And it syncs it's updates from MS, so it is up to date with current patches, etc. Also, it cuts down on your outside bandwidth. Learn more about SUS here: Software Update Services Home Also, burried somewhere in the SUS documentation, is how to configure your automatic updates to work with SUS, and different options such as scheduled updates for restricted users, or a interactive approach for users with admin rights. Might be a better option for you. Check it out...just a little info to think about. Oh...and it's a free addon for 2000/2003 Server.

Uhhhh.... From what I gathered, he wasn't asking how to install IE. He was asking how to do a Custom install, rather than a full install. There are certain components he does not want installed.

Try using the Internet Explorer Administration Kit (IEAK) 6 SP1. You can build a customized install of IE6, including components, post install patches, tweaks, etc, and not have to worry about the components on the commmand line.

Since it is a MSI, you should be able to create a transform just like any other MSI. If you don't have the tools to do that, you could download and use Orca (Microsoft's free MSI Table editor) to open the MSI and get a list of features from the Feature table, and use the ADDLOCAL= property on the commandline to select which features you want to add. For example, ADDLOCAL=ALL would install everything. ADDLOCAL=FEATURENAME1, FEATURENAME3. would only install the referenced features. (These are made up names, the actual names are listed in the FEATURE table of the MSI.) etc. Referenced features would need to be seperated by comma's. Give it a try, it can't hurt. And you may have to experiment to get exactly which are needed/required vs which are not. Hope this helps.

This works for me: I extracted the nve21216.exe to a temp folder, then call it like this: Setup.exe /SILENT /NO_UI /SN=XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX /WRITE_SN /NOLICENCE /NOREBOOT No dialogs come up at all.

The only version I've used of 5.0 is the Basic (oem) version, which requires no serial, so I don't have a serial number switch for you, but can offer you some other help... First, Roxio 5 is a MSI, meaning, you don't need to call setup, you can install straight from the MSI. Second, the reason the shortcuts are messed up, is that the shortcut names are not stored in the MSI, they are stored in the transform. Meaning, you need to pass a transform with the commandline. They probably show up like ##Shortcut1## or something. In the Transform, the appear correctly. The CD should have multiple .MST files, one for each supported language. (1033.mst being english). Also, in 5.0, there are some Custom actions that are not called unless the user interface is set with the /qr or above switch, meaning, it won't properly detect some drives if called with /qb or /qn. This can be corrected by passing ADDLOCAL=ALL So you would call: <MSINAME> ADDLOCAL=ALL TRANSFORMS=1033.MST /QN or something to that effect. Hope this helps.

It would also help to know what the errors are. Also, McAfee provides their Installation Designer with the license for VirusScan Enterprise. If you have your Grant Number, it is downloadable from their site, it will alow you to customize the install and then it will create a custom MSI from your settings. VirusScan Enterprise 7.1 works fine unattended. I've deployed it to 3000+ systems.