[wpkg-users] no disk in the drive

[Tomasz Chmielewski]

Mark Nienberg schrieb:
> I have a package that runs a setup.exe file, which in turn runs some msi installers. 
>   The setup program works fine from a regular logged-on admin account, but when run 
> from wpkg at boot, some workstations pop up several error dialog boxes with
> 
> "There is no disk in the drive. Please insert a disk."
> 
> These error dialog boxes pop up while the logon is being delayed with the standard 
> wpkg alternating progress boxes.  I can manually click on the cancel button in the 
> dialog boxes and they will be dismissed and allow the script to complete.  It doesn't 
> happen on every workstation.
> 
> The program being installed is Autodesk Revit Structural.  Autodesk has apparently 
> written their own installer.  It is not one of the well known standards like 
> installshield, etc.
> 
> The program requires frequent updating so I'd like to work this out.  Any ideas 
> appreciated.

Probably yet another great installer which assumes you're still running 
MS-DOS or Windows 95, as the one and only user: Administrator.

Try running WPKG Client as an Administrator, or a domain Administrator.
By default, WPKG Client runs as a SYSTEM user.


Also, why don't you try to use install the MSI using msiexec, and not 
this setup.exe program?


Yet another way (which I sometimes use for some type of programs with 
dumb installers) is to:

- install the program manually
- copy the files to the server (i.e., C:\Program Files\something\), 
sometimes registry entries
- deploy it to workstations using robocopy or a similar tool


-- 
Tomasz Chmielewski
http://wpkg.org


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