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I would like a single way of installing applications, move away from the mixed environment we have now with AD GPO and scripts. Would you mind elaborating a little on that. What makes SAP "special", and can you describe your solution a bit. And "Custom Action", how, where, and what? Thanks for the input, Egil.

Hi guys This might not be totally your department, but I figured you guys might have some experience with what I'm trying to do. I want to deploy SAP GUI to my users, by assigning the program to the computers that need it via AD GPO. But SAP GUI wont let you install it through its .msi package (and they dont supply a native .msi ...), so I can only deploy it via a .ZAP fil, but then I cant assign the application to computers. So I have the choice of repacking the application, or simply wrap the hole package in a .msi, which calls the a setup.exe with the right paramters. The first option I know how to perform, but the second I need some advise on. How do I build/make a .msi package, that just calls a .exe on a network share? Regards, Egil.

I'm having some trouble with Ktool. The config/inis have the correct syntax, but when I try to install something, I get this error:

bah didnt see that, did you edit your post? btw shoudn't "Aviable" be "Available"?

Hmm when I type "ktool-1.0b inifile.ini", it starts runing a silent install. Tried "ktool-1.0b inifile.ini /silent=0" as well. What am I doing wrong?

Dooooooh, it seems that MS forgot a entry in the Hivesys.inf. Anybody with the same problem should read this KB: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?...b;EN-US;Q314543 - Egil.

OK, I've done some more testing. I asked CMDLINES to start cmd.exe up, and from there I tried to manually mount a network drive. It then tells me that the Workstation service isn't running. I then check services.msc, and to my surprise, the workstation service was actually running. I tried restarting it, but I still receive the same error from net use. Help - Egil

Great, Ill just download it from the post above, here on page 3 right?

I'd would say that the second option is better, to use a /silent switch. This way the the .ini file can be used in a non-unattended situation, thus keeping the number of .ini files down, which leads to less maintenance. With that in mind, you should generally keep things like "silent mode", "reboot after xx seconds" - basically options that is only valid for a specific run of Ktool, and options that apply to all programs, out of the ini files, so that a .ini file can be used in as many situations as possible.

I have a pretty big problem. I have a notebook that uses a Broadcom 570x Gigabit network card. I've added the driver to my OemPnPDriversPath.. OemPnPDriversPath = "Drivers\000_chipset\IntelMobile;Drivers\001_network\b57;.... rest removed." ... and the network card is active and working when the installation is finished. But I need network access when CMDLINES is about to run. Windows is complaining that the network card isn't started yet (or not available). Note that this is working if the driver is build in to Windows XP, but not otherwise. - Regards, Egil. Edit: Seems like I'm not the only one having this problem. Found this in the google groups: Unattended Installation and cmdlines.txt

Hi Kenedy Thanks for updating your simple yet powerful tool. I like the fact that it has the functions I need and nothing more (I love the clear .ini file format). I have one simple request though. I like the fact that Ktool selects an .ini file depending on the OS, but I would also like to specify a .ini file, WITHOUT Ktool going in to unattended mode. Here's why I need it: During first logon, I call ktool with a .ini file that installs the default applications unattended, then I run a .vbs scripts, that detects the computer model, and either runs Ktool again with a specific .ini file for that computer (e.g. if its a notebook I would need to install notebook related software), or tells the user that it doesn’t know the computer model, and asks the user to select any extra applications by them self. This list shouldn't contain all the default programs I already installed, but only the extra programs for that OS. - Best regards, Egil.

Sorry about misspelling your name Anyway, I want to run more commands per entry, so that I can customize the program after the installation is done. Like so: 1. Install Real Player. 2. Delete all shortcuts on desktop and some reg entries ect. I could ofcourse just make a .bat/.cmd file for each program, and have Ktool execute that, but I would like to have it all in one config file.

Hi Kenny Is there any way of executing more the one command/program per entry? I tried this, but it only seems to execute the first entry: [test] RunWait = notepad.exe RunWait = cmd.exe Regards, Egil.

OK I'll give it a try. Thanks for the reply.

Hi all, I need to add 5-7 different input languages to the language bar. Right now I specify danish as my input local in my .sif file, and thus get the option to choose from either danish or english (since its a english windows). How do I add more, either during installion or after?

Will/is XPlode able to make you choose from a list of programs (like the picture in the orginal post shows) what you want to install, and then press install. I would need this at the first boot stage.

Weee yes. where can I get that? EDIT: haha fantastic quote

Sorry for the bad headline, but i couldn't figure out anything short enough though would be more specific. Anyway what I need, and I think I saw something like it a long time ago in these forums, is a program, that I can run during first boot from runonce, that will pop up a interface, where I can select a what programs I want to install, and then press install. I'm making a UA thats going to be used both for laptops and workstations, with different hardware. Some will need a dvd player, some will need vpn and so on. Is something like that floating around, or do I need to write it my self? - Regards, Egil.

Do any of you have any experience with SAP 6.20 and unattended installs? What switches is awail?

Is there any way to skip the WMP9 wizard, that pops up during first run?

Thanks MastaVR6, ill try that.

Hi, I need to remove/not install Outlook Express in my W2K UA image. Does anybody know how? Whats the command to uninstall a program directly?

Uhm i get the error when I install from RunOnceEx. I dont get the error during install when I install the "normal" way, e.g. directly from within Windows. I do however get the errors the second I run DXDiag. Tried that?

prathapml that was what I did. The thing is. The installer seems to be working fine. But when I run dxdiag from the run menu, there starts to pop up some weird errors. These errors also showed their ugly face one time when I installed some ATI mobile gfx drivers, and when I install IE6. DX9b works fine though, so I'll be sticking with that untill the problem is solved. Btw. my testing has been done on a clean windows 2000 pro with sp4, and nothing else. No pre-sp5 updates or anything. Are you installing pre-sp5 updates during windows setup?

No, my win2kSP4 uA install runs just fine with a silent dX9c, without the .NET framework's prior presence. Uhm mine doesnt. I get some weird a** errors with my Win2k sp4. Could you post your infs/cmds/regs/vbs' for me to look at. I would really appreciate it.