Virtual PC 2004 Slipstreamed with SP1

[prathapml]

Here's your link to dl the VPC2004 SP1 - http://download.microsoft.com/download/3/8...04SP1Update.zip

Get it and post the solution in double-quick time, lol.

[totoymola]

Hahaha! I will try, but I don't know if I can do it now. Several months ago, I was one of those who asked for the solution for this on the old thread.

[totoymola]

For now, this is the switch to get the AIP.

msiexe /a "Microsoft Virtual PC 2004.msi"

I still need to know how the setup.exe works. Because I noticed that there are a lot of mst's.

edit: we don't have to worry about those mst's. those are for the language only.

[twizt3d]

when i install using that code it seems to work, but the folder is empty, also, when i run msienc /i "Microsoft Virtual PC 2004.msi" /qn it installs perfectly, but when you run it it says no product key was found. Now i def think that the .exe has something to do with how the msi file works.

[prathapml]

but when you run it it says no product key was found.

Well, that is perfectly logical!

You need to provide the key - I think the MSI property is "PRODKEY=XXXXX"

[totoymola]

About the serial number, try these too.

PIDKEY=

or

PRODUCTKEY=

Be sure to include the dashes.

About the setup.exe for the sp1, it does nothing.

when i install using that code it seems to work, but the folder is empty

What do you mean by that? Which folder is empty? That's what I did yesterday and it worked ok.

I even tried replacing the files in aip of the original installer with the files from the aip of the sp1, but it's no good. It installs but the program doesn't run.

I'm thinking of editing the msi of VPC2004 to apply the contents of the sp1 msi. But I still don't know how to do that.

[twizt3d]

Im new to msi files, could someone post what a batch should look like to install this silently?

[totoymola]

Check this out.

http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=38802

[twizt3d]

thnx totoymolo, but im not looking to download any software just to build a batch script, waste of harddrive space if you ask me, and if all newbies, )yes im calling myself a newb, and ive been here almost a year and have 87 posts, but hey, we all still learn) use programs like these to build their scripts they never actually learn how to build a batch or similiar, they have programs do it for them. I just want to know the code to install an msi and include a product key.

[totoymola]

thnx totoymolo, but im not looking to download any software just to build a batch script, waste of harddrive space

The softwares there are REALLY small and don't need installation.

You missed the point of using the tool Windows Installer Command-line Builder. It doesn't just build the commands for you, but it also lets you see all the availabe public property of your msi.

and if all newbies use programs like these to build their scripts they never actually learn how to build a batch or similiar, they have programs do it for them.

I totally understand what you mean. You want to do it the hard way, just like what I did. But give at least the command line builder a try and play with the properties. You will understand what I mean. Hey, I'm a newb too!

And another thing is, I don't think you can see ALL the available public properties (and of course even the hidden properties!) of an msi without using a software. Like I said on the other thread, not all msi's are the same. So they don't have the same properties. I understand that you don't wan't to install another software just to do this, but unfortunately, there is no way for that (or at maybe I'm just not aware of it..)

Just for info, the PIDKEY or PRODUCTKEY are properties. And not all msi's use them. Every developer can create their own properties so you can't easily guess what they are.

By the way, did the PIDKEY or PROODUCTKEY worked?