Silent Installation Problems

[ahmedramzi]

In fact, I have 3 problems

1. I have some programs that needs a serial number to be added during the installation process. how can I solve this problem in order to add them to my unattended XP CD?

the Programs are:

ACDSEE PowerPack v6.0

Adobe Acrobat Pro v6.0

Macromedia Studio MX (install only Flash MX if possible)(doesn't need serial)

Kazaa Media Desktop v2.52 (doesn't need serial)

Quicktime v6.0

2. how can i customize any .exe or .msi file? is there a usefull tool that allows that?

3. I have successfully made my first unattended XP CD, but I had a small problem. During the first start of Windows, the Welcome screen that asks how many users do I want to create.. How can I get rid of this window?

Thank you for your time & effort.

[dbradtbe]

I can help you with ACDSEE 6

All you need to do is to is use the MSI for ACDSEE.MSI with a REBOOT=REALLYSUPRESS and a /QB- on the command line like this

msiexec /i acdsee.msi REBOOT=REALLYSUPPRESS /qb-

the enter your registration information into the registry using a .REG file like this.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ACD Systems\61]

"LicenseNumber"="XXX-XXX-XXX-XXX-XXX-XXX"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ACD Systems\ACDSee\60]

"LicenseNumber"="XXX-XXX-XXX-XXX-XXX-XXX"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ACD Systems\FotoCanvas\30]

"LicenseNumber"="XXX-XXX-XXX-XXX-XXX-XXX"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ACD Systems\FotoSlate\30]

"LicenseNumber"="XXX-XXX-XXX-XXX-XXX-XXX"

Enter your license numbers where required.

Quicktime 6 is also painfull to install quietly and configure.

You can do it with a quicktimeinstaller.ini file in the folder with the QuicktimeInstallerCache.qdat file and the Quicktimeinstaller.exe.

Example File

[QTSETUP]

32Bit=FALSE

16Bit=FALSE

NO_DIALOGS=TRUE

SHOW_SAMPLE=FALSE

SHOW_README=FALSE

SHOW_PROGRAMFOLDER=FALSE

REGISTRATION_DIALOG=FALSE

LICENSE_OPTION=2

SUPPRESS_SPEED_DIALOG=TRUE

SUPPRESS_PROXY_DIALOG=TRUE

INSTALL_QTJAVA=TRUE

INSTALL_QD3D=TRUE

INSTALL_QTINFO=TRUE

[QTPrefs]

ConnectionSpeed=Intranet

CSMultipleStreams=0

Update_Check=FALSE

I am personally starting to lean towards the Alternate Quicktime Player as it installs silently with no problems at all.

I would expect you could do Adobe Acrobat Pro in the same manner as ACDSEE above.

[RyanVM]

Also, use Kazaa Lite for the love of God. No spyware and much enhanced functionality.

www.kazaalite.tk

[jamesagmoore]

I find that the Wise Package Studio has a good tool for enabling an MSI based installer to be silenced. I do this with ACDSEE because I don't need half the things in the power pack.

Basically it simulates the running of the .msi, and records your input. Then a MST transform file is created. This is all standard Microsoft Installer technology so there's no extra exes or patches that may go wrong.

if you can acquire this product then it's a good idea. There's also an evaluation version for download.

Regards

James

[djkappi]

i also want to install acdsee 6 powerpack, but only have 1 file: the acdsee6powerpack.exe. so no .msi to be found

would it work if someone just sends me his .msi & i change the content of it?

anybody?

[ZoSTeR]

Start the installer and wait at the first welcome screen.

Go to your temp folder where you'll find the msi file.