RogueSpear Posted November 9, 2005 Author Share Posted November 9, 2005 5.5.0 build 18007That's a prerelease beta or RC of VMware. My installer is for the most recent final version (5.0.0.13124). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muiz Posted November 9, 2005 Share Posted November 9, 2005 Yes thats true,Here is the new VMWare Tools isohttp://rapidshare.de/files/7379190/vmtools.rar.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g_ordo Posted November 10, 2005 Share Posted November 10, 2005 Roguespear, finally i found an installer for ffdshow, and am able to deploy via group policy. Will save me hours.One issue i found with it is that after doing a managed install, if the first thing performed after this install is not to open a divx or mpeg4 file, and you open say ie, or outlook, a windows installer window opens and then the machine hangs. this will continue to occur until media player is opened, and the ffdshow installer finishes, then all seems to be ok.Do you have any ideas about how to overcome this.Once again great job and thanks.Cheers Gordo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogueSpear Posted November 10, 2005 Author Share Posted November 10, 2005 (edited) I haven't had this problem. With some of the .msi files, you will get one instance of an activation. A good example is Eraser. The first time you right click anything in Explorer, the msi routine will kick in. But then that's it, you won't see it again. The only product I seem to be having a problem with these days is Spybot and it's curious since I never had the problem until quite recently. But, this is also why I haven't posted an installer for Spybot. All of the installers, both silent switchless and msi file, I have tested. Some, like FFDShow, I've been repacking for over a year now and haven't had this issue.EDIT: Are you assigning the application to the computer in your GPO? Or to the user? Edited November 10, 2005 by RogueSpear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g_ordo Posted November 10, 2005 Share Posted November 10, 2005 As a part of my testing, I only assign it to a computer, then in security remove from assigned users, and add the "test computer", then look for any unexpected behaviour logging on as a user, then as an administrator, before applying it across the board.Cheers Gordo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coucou Posted November 10, 2005 Share Posted November 10, 2005 @RogueSpear:Great job, i dreamed for it you did it. TNX!!!Neverless, i have "0" VBS knowledge and NOT use RunOnceEx. On the other hand, i have mor knwledge of AutoIt, cmd and i use WPI.How can i use yr installer with WPI??? or,Can you write a cmd installer???@muiz:http://rapidshare.de/files/7379190/vmtools.rar.htmlAs I understand, yr download is VMwareTools 5.5. Isn't it???It is possible to use it with the latest VMware 5 version ???Regardscoucou Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogueSpear Posted November 10, 2005 Author Share Posted November 10, 2005 @coucou, I've never used WPI before so I can't really be of much assistance there. The point of the script itself is that it will NOT run the installer unless the "computer" is a VMware computer. This is determined by using WMI to read BIOS strings. I suppose if WPI can launch a VBscript then you'd be all set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coucou Posted November 10, 2005 Share Posted November 10, 2005 The point of the script itself is that it will NOT run the installer unless the "computer" is a VMware computer. This is determined by using WMI to read BIOS strings. that's what i understood and that's what I precisely needed!!!I dpn't know if WPI can launch a VBscript. Then, may you you write a cmd installer???Regardskoukou Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogueSpear Posted November 10, 2005 Author Share Posted November 10, 2005 No I can't write a cmd script because the whole process is dependant upon WMI. That's one of the main reasons I started using VBscript for everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coucou Posted November 10, 2005 Share Posted November 10, 2005 (edited) No I can't write a cmd script because the whole process is dependant upon WMI. That's one of the main reasons I started using VBscript for everything.What a pity...Do you know if VMwareTools 5.5.ISO could be used with the latest VMware 5 version???coucou Edited November 10, 2005 by coucou Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coucou Posted November 10, 2005 Share Posted November 10, 2005 @RogueSpear:Do yr VBscript could be launched from cmdlines.txt file as "VMWareTools.vbs" @t-12???Regardscoucou Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogueSpear Posted November 10, 2005 Author Share Posted November 10, 2005 (edited) No. As stated in the installer description, it can only be run from RunOnceEx. I've tried various methods of getting to install from svcpack.inf and cmdlines.txt, but it won't go. The other problem is that the VBscript won't run from cmdlines.txt because WMI is not yet available.EDIT: I won't be messing around with VMware 5.5 until it's officially released. I have to many other things to do than to mess with their test code that still has all the debugging turned on. Edited November 10, 2005 by RogueSpear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coucou Posted November 10, 2005 Share Posted November 10, 2005 Sorry for bothering you agian... I've a last question.Do yr VBscript could be launched from [GuiRunOnce] section inside Winnt.sif file as[GuiRunOnce]command1 = "%SystemDrive%\install\VMWareTools.vbs"Regardscoucou Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogueSpear Posted November 10, 2005 Author Share Posted November 10, 2005 It should work from there, though I have not personally tested that method. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogueSpear Posted November 14, 2005 Author Share Posted November 14, 2005 @gordo, I have run across the problem you described with FFDShow. I am not experiencing the problems on all computers however, so it's hard to nail down the issue at hand. I have the newest build which is 11112005 and I have what is described as a "stable" build from 08082005. I'm going to pack up both of them and post within the next day or so. With builds of this project coming out on what seems like a daily basis latley, I'm tempted to just pack up the recommended stable build and leave it at that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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