Can someone sort this out!

Especially at the 13 minute mark...it takes long...and I get this error message!

When I click OK...it still takes long and then Installs.

Any help guys!

Cheers,

Bj

It looks like you're using a dud switch somewhere.

What method are you using to install your extra applications?

I used Aaron's Onsite..including the Roll Up Package.

My Svcpack.inf are as follows:

[Version] 
Signature="$Windows NT$"
MajorVersion=5
MinorVersion=1
BuildNumber=2600

[SetupData]
CatalogSubDir="\i386\Update"

[ProductCatalogsToInstall]
KB826939.cat

[SetupHotfixesToRun]
update.exe -q -n
MMSSETUP.EXE /Q:A /R:N
Q817027.EXE /Q /U /N /Z
Q282010.EXE /Q /U /N /Z
Q322011.EXE /Q /U /N /Z
Q327405.EXE /Q:A /R:N
Q327979.EXE /Q /U /N /Z
Q329115.EXE /Q /U /N /Z
Q330994.EXE /Q:A /R:N
Q810243.EXE /Q /U /N /Z
Q814078.EXE /Q:A /R:N
Q814995.EXE /Q /U /N /Z
Q815485.EXE /Q /U /N /Z
Q817027.EXE /Q /U /N /Z
Q817778.EXE /Q /U /N /Z
Q818529.EXE /Q:A /R:N
Q819639.EXE /Q:A /R:N
Q820291.EXE /Q /U /N /Z
Q821253.EXE /Q /U /N /Z
Q822603.EXE /Q /U /N /Z
Q822925.EXE /Q:A /R:N
Q823182.EXE /Q /U /N /Z
Q824105.EXE /Q /U /N /Z
Q824141.EXE /Q /U /N /Z
Q825119.EXE /Q /U /N /Z
Q827560.EXE /Q /U /N /Z
Q828026.EXE /Q /U /N /Z
Q828035.EXE /Q /U /N /Z
Q828750.EXE /Q:A /R:N
QCHAIN.EXE

Cheers,

Bj

While it shouldn't matter, I have a feeling it's those -q -n flags on update.exe throwing it off. Try running update.exe /? from within windows to see what flags are available to it.

Do you want me to ignore them like instead use it as:

[setupHotfixesToRun]

update.exe

Without any switches!

Cheers,

Bj

I'd like to see what the proper switches for update.exe are first. Out of curiosity, what exactly *is* update.exe updating?

I'd like to see what the proper switches for update.exe are first.  Out of curiosity, what exactly *is* update.exe updating?

update.exe the one that comes with the Roll up package

Ahh, so update.exe is kb826939 then? You're using the wrong flags with it. Use the standard /q /u /n /z with it. Let me know how that goes for you

Th u mean o say http://unattended.MSFN.org/xp/installhotfixes.htm

maybe wrong.

Look in the svcpack.inf

Q817778.EXE is causing this. Don't use it in SVCPACK.INF.

Ok.....I will give it a test run to see it never displays that annoying msg again.

back to my Virtual PC...

Cheers,

bj

Q817778 installed ok with the /Q /U /N /Z switches under VPC on my machine.

Q817778.log file is attached from my machine.

Cheers,

dare2001

KB817778.log

Confused

When I deleted Q817778.EXE from my svcpack.inf....That annoying screen disappeared......!

So what went wrong with my Q817778.EXE.......Is there soemthing missing.

Still takes a long time at the 13 minute mark...

PS: I download the QCHAIN.exe from Microsoft.com...and when I opened it, just to see what it does....it asked where extract files...and when I extracted it.....there was a QCHAIN.exe.......!

Do I have to use the QCHAIN.exe or the Extracted file (QHAIN.EXE)

Cheers,

Bj

Q817778 installed ok with the /Q /U /N /Z switches under VPC on my machine.

Congratulations: If you installed from either the CMDLINES.TXT or the SVCPACK.INF section, you are the first I have heard of to succeed. If it was from the RunOnce section ...

@bjdotcom: You need the extracted version: QCHAIN.EXE inside of QCHAIN.EXE. It will take a while at the T-13 mark: that is where all we add happens. 817778.EXE needs the Explorer Shell to be loaded to run correctly, and this is not the case until the system reboots after the T-39 to T - 1 countdown.

when the rollup is slipstreamed, -q -n on update.exe is correct.