Snake007uk Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 Hi Guys, I am new to unattended installs, and think its great and saves alot of time. I am always helping out family with rebuilding there machines etc..What I wanted to know is how do you find out what switches an app has so you can do unattended installs?I basically want to install the following:WinxpJava (ryanVM)Acrobar (ryanVM)AVG freeOffice 2003 NeroCodecs (kl-mega codec pack)VLCfirefoxThe idea is the windows unattended install, installs, winxp, java, acrobat, avg, codecs, vlc and firefox. Then I could click on a bat file which would install office or nero.I am just trying to figure where i would go to get switch information, this way i could create one batch file which would install all additional apps after windows install and windows install would run this batch on first boot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DesktopSupport Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 Well ....one way is that you configure one machine properly 2. Sysprep that machine3. use WinPE cd and ImageX to capture the image as a WIM file 4. then copy the wim image to a network location5. afterwards use WinPE cd and ImageX to deploy that image# a captured WIM file for Vista can only be deployed on machines with similar HAL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arie Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 Sysprep and unattended installations are two different things To find available parameters, run the installer of the application adding /? to the command line. Most of the time this will show all available commands which you can use with this specific installer. You can also simply start the installer of the application and see if you can recognise the installer screens; perhaps there is also an about box in the installer itself while installing. In the Unattended Guide you can find various default parameters for installers such a MSI-files, InstallShield, et cetera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake007uk Posted December 5, 2007 Author Share Posted December 5, 2007 you can use /?, -?, help,-help, -? with avg free, it just comes up with an error.This is my point, is there documentation? how is the information gathered? there must be a official way of getting this info for any application? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radix Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 Universal Extractor can told you what kind of installer do you have.Then you can use this information: http://unattended.sourceforge.net/installers.phpSwitches:Firefox: -msk-lite: -makeunattended and then configure the installationNero: you can find autoit scriptsVLC: /S /NCRCFor Java use Rogue Spear installer (is newer):http://www.doitrightconsulting.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=132&sid=216171872b482494a608f07c88437eb8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beats Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 This is my point, is there documentation? how is the information gathered? there must be a official way of getting this info for any application?Not really. Not all vendors use the same software to create their setups. And thus, not all applications use the same switches, and some don't even support switches at all. There is some 'documentation' though, take a look at this and this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lotsill Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 Try this site. www.appdeploy.com I use it heavly to find switches.As for office 2003 check out the resource kit to create a mst. http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/ork2003/default.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gremo Posted December 9, 2007 Share Posted December 9, 2007 Nero 8.1.1.4SetupX.exe /qb! /NORESTART AgreeToLicense=Yes NSC_DEFAULT_OFF=TRUE SERIALNUM_USERVAL=xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx ADDLOCAL=ALL REMOVE=NeroToolbar6231A394,NeroBurnRights72CC518F,NeroImageDriveE38B9E06,NeroCDDVDSpeed82602EE0,NeroDriveSpeed7DFFCC12,NeroInfoToolE72D824A,NeroRescueAgentDE0B9FB0,NeroHome2FF8B816,NeroStartSmartB035464E,NeroSoundTrax716FE146,NeroVision57D52359,NeroBackItUpCB9D5429,NeroCoverDesigner7CE8D626,NeroWaveEditorFA3A3F7B,InCDC9AC4AC7,NeroShowTimeD773A6E2,NeroMediaHome53BEFA20,NeroRecode6035F00C,NeroPhotoSnapED1EAF52 RebootYesNo=Noonly nero burning rom, nero express, nero scout (OFF, u can turn it on if u want), manuals chm, control center (ho to disable it?)if u prefer install other things, remove the feature e.g. remove the string "NeroImageDriveE38B9E06". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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