Problem with a Auto-Update Solution

[logicsound]

Hi,

i created a very small update service for my Department for setting up Windows 2000 with SP4, Patches, IE6SP1 and Patches.

To explain: We use a tool for unattend Installation of Windows 2000 with the most used applications, but this Tool is not updated at this time because End of the year there is a XP-Rollout.

So I wrote a little solution for us. First I log in new installed Computer.

Then I start a Batch from the Novell-Server (yes we are using Novell)

This Batch install the SP4 for Windows 2000 - set an Auto-Login for Novell and then I write in Registry a RunOnce Reg-File for the second batch. After that PC restarts.

(Run-Once Entry looks like this:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce]

"patche"="X:\\networkshare\\folder\\folder\\patch.cmd"

)

Then PC logs on (auto) - the Run-Once CMD-File is called from network and install the patches - after this I call with regedit /s X:\networkshare\folder\ie6sp1.reg

In this reg file there is also an runonce entry for setting up IE - but the following happens:

The Patches are installed - after that the batch call the regedit option and after this call the IE6 installs itself - but it should install after reeboot - not after installing the Patches...

I always thougt runonce is only working after reeboot....

So I ´ll try to call a second batch which only calls regedit/s X\networkshare\folder\IE6.reg - and did not execute it...

So you may have an solution for this?

I think the batch install the patches - and worked out the runonce entry and if you set a second runonce entry in this batch it will directly executed...

So may i have to set an runonce-entry for the looged in user not for the system?

So i set one runonce-entry for System - after that a runonce entry for user - after that annother ruonce for system...

Or may I have to set the .cmd-file with sleep.exe into slepping for a while...

I think I' ll try it with the option runonce for system and runonce for user...

May you have annother solution?...

[renzki]

update each workstation one by one. hehehehehe.