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:hello:

I'm totally new to WPI and want to delve deeper into the matter.

Here's a problem that I don't know how to solve.

I installed WPI. I've gotten it to the point where it begins installing programs.

Careful now, get this:

I'm testing this on a W2K PC for later installing XP on a notebook with the extra proggies installed by WPI.

The first program that I wanted to install was MagicISO - the setup filename being renamed to setupMI.exe.

A popup appeared that told me I'd have to reboot.

I have understood that the W2K operating system does not have the taskkill command, but rather the KILL command. So I tried putting KILL setupMI.exe as the second command in WPI and then attempted installation.

No chance - the same popup appears and doesn't disappear. I've tried tskill but that of course didn't work on W2K OR SHOULD IT? :unsure:

My firewall is a bit tough, doesn't let some commands through, but I've set it to allow WPI.hta to be able to terminate programs. Is there some other program inside WPI.hta that also needs permission to kill tasks or what's going on here? How do I correctly terminate the popups? I've been trying all sorts of things in the last couple of evenings. :wacko:

Anybody have and clues to help me out?

By the way, as I mentioned before, I downloaded the tools.rar which have been separated from WPI but have no idea where to put it so that WPI can use those tools during my notebook installation. Are these not for WPI? Are they just for my operating system while I am creating an unattended installation or what?

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I read about that right after installing WPI, but that's not working, otherwise I wouldn't have spent 2 nights trying to figure it out.

Have you understood that I am testing it on a W2K system before adding it to a XP CD for installation on my notebook?

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Tried that just now... didn't work...

any other ideas?

Let's have a look at all the things I've tried so far.

basics:

Command line 1: "%wpipath%\Install\MagicIso\SetupMI.exe" /s

Command line 2: tskill SetupMI

further variations of command line 2:

Command line 2: "tskill SetupMI"

Command line 2: tskill SetupMI.exe

Command line 2: "tskill SetupMI.exe"

Command line 2: taskkill -f SetupMI.exe

Command line 2: "taskkill -f SetupMI.exe"

Command line 2: kill -f SetupMI.exe

Command line 2: "kill -f SetupMI.exe"

Command line 2: kill /f SetupMI.exe

Command line 2: kill SetupMI.exe

Command line 2: kill %wpipath%\Install\MagicIso\SetupMI.exe

Command line 2: kill "%wpipath%\Install\MagicIso\SetupMI.exe"

I've added Process.exe to System32 in Windows Root and tried:

Command line 2: process [-k|-q] setupMI.exe

Command line 2: process -a setupMI.exe

Ok guys... now I'm onto something fishy...

I opened up a cmd screen and typed in tskill /? which led me to another command called tlist.

When I typed in tlist, an entry appeared called: SetupMI.exeeSO.

I experimented and tried tskill SetupMI.exeeSO. and viola the nag screen was gone.

This does however leave me extremely suspicious. Might my file be infected? Why is there an extra extension on the file? Could this be a trojan????? :o

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MagicISO's installation is causing the reboot prompt? I've tried installing it after looking at this post and it doesn't give me anything like that. But anyway, have you tried adding REBOOT=REALLYSUPPRESS at the end of the command? That should get rid of it, there's no need to taskkill unless I'm just totally missing something here.

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I had already put the contents of the tools.rar archive in the folder WPI\tools.

What I hadn't tried out was:

TaskkillS SetupMI.exe

which worked fine.

THAAAANK YOU!!! :thumbup

I do have another question now though...

Why does the application show a question mark to the left of it after it installs?

Does this suggest that there might have been a problem during installation?

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Ehm... uhm... I did a search for *.log in the WPI folder and got no results...

Please explain.

Uhm well, we have to go to work now... will have to do that later.

EDIT: Ummmm yeah Like PLEASE just post a .txt file as an attachment. ~~ Kel ~~

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It's a lot of text that shows how much work you've actually done for us all.

Thank you.

Sorry, I can't seem to upload a txt file, we tried this morning... for some reason, even when I try to set my firewall to send data without encryption it doesn't send it. Java and livescript is enabled. My mate doesn't want me to "let my pants" down just to upload a text file. There has to be a better way. Anyway, forgive my posting the contents of the file... but I guess I have to.

WPI Installation Log File

Install process started at: Jeudi, 29. May 2008 09:58:44

Global variables:

%OSLANG%=ENU

%WPIPATH%=E:\HFSLIPXPENG\SOURCE\WPI

%ROOT%=E:\HFSLIPXPENG\SOURCE

%CDROM%=E:\HFSLIPXPENG\SOURCE\WPI

%DOSPATH%=

%SYSTEMDRIVE%=D:

%WINDIR%=D:\W2KSP4

%PROGRAMFILES%=D:\Program Files

%TEMP%=D:\DOCUME~1\29thOf~1\LOCALS~1\Temp

%SYSDIR%=D:\W2KSP4\system32

%ALLUSERSPROFILE%=D:\Documents and Settings\All Users

%USERPROFILE%=D:\Documents and Settings\29thOfMay2008

%APPDATA%=D:\Documents and Settings\29thOfMay2008\Application Data

%COMMONPROGRAMFILES%=D:\Program Files\Common Files

List of programs to be installed:

DCOM Bobulator

Shoot the messenger

XP Antispy

SpyBot Search & Destroy (Anti-Spyware)

FireFox

Path Copy

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Jeudi, 29. May 2008 09:58:44

Program: DCOM Bobulator

UID: DCOMBOBULATOR

Order: 900004

Category: Security

Jeudi, 29. May 2008 2008 09:58:52

cmd1 Success (returned code 0): ""E:\HFSLIPXPENG\SOURCE\WPI\Install\DCOMBobulator\dcom-bobby.exe" "

Jeudi, 29. May 2008 2008 09:58:52

cmd2 *** Fail *** (returned code undefined): "taskkillS "E:\HFSLIPXPENG\SOURCE\WPI\Install\DCOMBobulator\dcom-bobby.exe""

Jeudi, 29. May 2008 09:58:53

Finished installation.

Jeudi, 29. May 2008 09:58:53

*** Installation aborted by user ***

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Install process finished at: Jeudi, 29. May 2008 09:58:53

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