Installing windows hotfixes manually?

[astrolabos]

Hi guys. Do you have any idea who I can make an batch file in order to install all the hotfixes from Microsoft without clickin at one by one? (I don't mean the unattended method ) One way I thought was installing them using the "wise installation" program. Any information is helpful. Thanks

[edg21]

Well... you could just write a batch file to do it and throw the update files in the same dir with the batchfile

@echo off
echo.
echo Installing MS Hotfixes....This might take awhile...
start /wait js56nen.exe /Q:A /R:N
start /wait Q323255.exe /Q /M /Z
start /wait Q328310.exe /Q /M /Z
start /wait Q329048.exe /Q /M /Z
start /wait Q329115.exe /Q /M /Z
start /wait Q329170.exe /Q /M /Z
start /wait Q329390.exe /Q /M /Z
start /wait Q329441.exe /Q /M /Z
start /wait Q329834.exe /Q /M /Z
start /wait q330994.exe /Q:A /R:N
start /wait Q331953.exe /Q /M /Z
start /wait Q810565.exe /Q /M /Z
start /wait Q810577.exe /Q /M /Z
start /wait Q810833.exe /Q /M /Z
start /wait Q811493.exe /Q /M /Z
start /wait Q811630.exe /Q /M /Z
start /wait Q817287.EXE /Q:A /R:N
start /wait Q817606.exe /Q /M /Z
start /wait q822925.EXE /Q:A /R:N
start /wait KB819639.exe /Q:A /R:N
start /wait KB821557.exe /Q /M /Z
start /wait KB823559.exe /Q /M /Z
start /wait Q814033.exe /Q /M /Z
start /wait Q815021.exe /Q /M /Z
start /wait Q823718.exe /C:"dahotfix.exe /q /n" /q
start /wait KB824105.exe /Q /M /Z
start /wait KB824146.exe /Q /M /Z

[Aaron]

Don't forget to use QCHAIN.exe at the end of the batch

[edg21]

haha... I always miss somethin small

[Sunil]

Don't forget to use QCHAIN.exe at the end of the batch

Why is it necessary to use the qchain at the end of the install process

[astrolabos]

Well I've tried that and didn't worked (the fault might be that i didn't include the QCHAIN.EXE file ). About a while ago I run over a file, that it has included all the updates and it was in a setup.exe file. Is that possible?

[Aaron]

Sunil - read halfway through this page, it explains why: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=296861

astrolabos - use /Q /U /N /Z instead of /Q /M /Z as /M is not supported in Windows XP. (a mistake which I added to the hotfix guide on my site months ago).

[Skyfrog]

This is how I had mine. It seemed to work ok, but I guess I should add that qchain thing at the end. I just left the last patch with no switches so it would ask me to restart.

@ECHO OFF

hu1002_per.exe /Q

js56nen.exe /Q

msjavwu.exe /Q

Q322011.exe -u -n -z -q

Q327979.exe -u -n -z -q

Q328310.exe -u -n -z -q

Q329048.exe -u -n -z -q

Q329115.exe -u -n -z -q

Q329170.exe -u -n -z -q

Q329390.exe -u -n -z -q

Q329834.exe -u -n -z -q

Q330994.exe /Q

Q331953.exe -u -n -z -q

Q810243.exe -u -n -z -q

Q810565.exe -u -n -z -q

Q810577.exe -u -n -z -q

Q810833.exe -u -n -z -q

Q811493.exe -u -n -z -q

Q811630.exe -u -n -z -q

Q814033.exe -u -n -z -q

Q814995.exe -u -n -z -q

Q815021.exe -u -n -z -q

Q815411.exe -u -n -z -q

Q817287.exe /Q

Q817606.exe -u -n -z -q

Q822925.exe /Q

Q823718.exe /Q

WindowsXP-KB329441-x86-ENU.exe -u -n -z -q

WindowsXP-KB817778-x86-ENU.exe -u -n -z -q

WindowsXP-KB820291-x86-ENU.exe -u -n -z -q

WindowsXP-KB821253-x86-ENU.exe -u -n -z -q

WindowsXP-KB821557-x86-ENU.exe -u -n -z -q

WindowsXP-KB823559-x86-ENU.exe -u -n -z -q

WindowsXP-KB823980-x86-ENU.exe -u -n -z -q

WindowsXP-KB824105-x86-ENU.exe -u -n -z -q

WindowsXP-Q323255-x86-ENU.exe -u -n -z -q

WindowsXP-Q329048-x86-ENU.exe

[un4given1]

Post SP1 hotfixes have Qchain functionality built in. They do not require Qchain to be run.

Use Shutdown.exe at the end to restart the PC.

Usage: shutdown [-i | -l | -s | -r | -a][-f] [-m \\computername] [-t xx] [-c "c

omment"] [-d up:xx:yy]

        No args              Display this message (same as -?)

        -i                      Display GUI interface, must be the first option

        -l                      Log off (cannot be used with -m option)

        -s                      Shutdown the computer

        -r                      Shutdown and restart the computer

        -a                      Abort a system shutdown

        -m \\computername    Remote computer to shutdown/restart/abort

        -t xx                Set timeout for shutdown to xx seconds

        -c "comment"            Shutdown comment (maximum of 127 characters)

        -f                      Forces running applications to close without war

ning

        -d [p]:xx:yy      The reason code for the shutdown

                                u is the user code

                                p is a planned shutdown code

                                xx is the major reason code (positive integer less than 256)

                                yy is the minor reason code (positive integer less than 65536)

[Aaron]

Post SP1 hotfixes have Qchain functionality built in.  They do not require Qchain to be run. 

You seem sure of yourself, but I read the following KB Article:

QChain.exe functionality is included in all Windows XP and Windows 2000 hotfixes that were released since May 18, 2001, but an issue exists in hotfixes that were released before December 2002 that could result in the wrong binary being placed on your computer in some circumstances. In March 2003, Microsoft released an updated version of QChain.exe to resolve this issue

I have about 8 Post-SP1 hotfixes in total that were compiled before December 2002, which prompted me to include the updated QCHAIN.exe in a hotfix installation batch.