jrhessey

AH! Thats it! Thanks for your help!

I had this set up a while back and I used a piece of software that generated an msi file, an nai file, and a reg file along with files that were added in folders like the program files folder. You installed software and it recorded all changes made to your system and that where the 3 above files came from. I've looked on here, thought it was AutoIT, but thats not it. Does anyone remember what the name of this software was called. Thanks for any help!

Thats the way I have most of them set up now, I was just wondering if there was a way to run it from the server instead of having to set it up on every computer.

no, like if they're already logged on. I.E. Someone forgets to log off at night and leaves mas90 or outlook running, I would like the server to run a batch file to close those processes on computers where people didn't log off so it doesn't screw up the backup. I have the batch file made up already.

Is there anyway to run a batch file for anyone that is logged on to our Server/Domain from the Server/Domain Controller? Thanks!

excellent! Thanks for the help!

I'm looking for a command like taskkill or pskill for 98se. Does anyone know where I can find something like this?? Thanks!

If you have SP2 slipstreamed, you can add it to the [components] of the answer file. msnexplr Specifies whether to install MSN Explorer. SW Syntax msnexplr = On | Off Values On Installs MSN Explorer. Off Does not install MSN Explorer. Default Value On Example Msnexplr = On Registry Subkey HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ CurrentVersion\Setup\OC Manager\Subcomponents\msnexplr Comments Not supported by the Windows Server 2003 family. If MSN Internet Access is available in Windows Welcome, you must install MSN Explorer. To replace the MSN shortcut with an MSN Internet Access shortcut, use the following entries in Winbom.ini: IEAccess entry in the [Components] section MSNExplorer entry in the [Shell] section Do not set msnexplr = No in the [Components] section of Winbom.ini or Unattend.txt. check out the ref.chm in the tutorial, there's a lot of other useful info in it...

excellent, thanks!!

For some reason the code to install reader 6 silently isn't working... Taken straight from my runonceex.cmd file REG ADD %KEY%\015 /VE /D "Installing Adobe Reader 6.0" /f REG ADD %KEY%\015 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\install\applications\adobereader6\AdbeRdr60_enu_full.exe -p"-s /v\"/qn\"" /f Anyone see anything wrong?? I'm using a slipstreamed sp2 xp pro cd. Thanks!

I have my software installs stored on the network at work, and have a copyapps.cmd file that is run in runonceex.cmd. At first I used the copy command and couldn't figure out why some of the software wasn't installing and it dawned on me the directories weren't being copied, so I switched the commands to xcopy, ran the cmd file, and they still don't copy the directories off of the network, after looking through google, I found switches to use with xcopy on the Microsoft site, which were /s and /e. /s tocopy directories and /e to copy them even if they're empty. After adding those, the copyapps.cmd file worked, and everything installed perfectly, except office xp, but I didn't call the right file. I would run your command if you're copying folders, and if it doesn't copy any subfolders, try adding these switches...

well, after going through and trying it once and it working without a hitch, I'm hooked! Now the only problem is where I work, some of the computers do not have dvd roms, and the software does not fit on to a cd rom. So, tell me if this will work... What I'm thinking I'll try is to put the software on a network share and install from there. I'll set the prepare.cmd file to map the network drives. I want to use the RunOnceEx.cmd approach and instead of using %systemdrive%, I'll use the absolute path of the network share. Will this cause any problems since they are not on the local drive? If it will, can I just run a batch file to copy the folders to the root of the fresh install, just like it does from the oem folder on the cd, only over the network, and then run the RunOnceEx.cmd with %systemdrive% path? Hope this all made sense, or maybe someone here has a better idea of how to do this... Thanks!! Also is there a way to skip the Norton AV 2002 Registration and run liveupdate silently??