AFAIK in MS world it doesn't really matter. You can use switches if you're installing packages using scripts.but if you assign a package via GP then the user sees a message at startup or logon telling them that Windows is installing (or removing) a package. Obviously this isn't a true silent install but I've never met a user who complained about it. Quite happy to be corrected on this but that's the way I've always seen it done. Peter 2009/3/16 Chris Wilcox <not_rich_yet at hotmail.com> > Hi, > > I'm not a big user of the AD for package allocation but as far as I was > aware you can specify parameters to use during installation when using the > AD? > > If not then how do you do silent installs of MSI's? That uses additional > parameters (e.g. /q) so the parameters needed to roll out the WPKG client > should be fine to use? > > Not all MSI apps use MST files to set install parameters... > > Chris > > > > > ------------------------------ > Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 09:10:37 +1100 > From: pmgough at gmail.com > To: bugzilla-daemon at bugzilla.wpkg.org > CC: wpkg-users at lists.wpkg.org > Subject: Re: [wpkg-users] [Bug 141] Unable to install client through > software group policy > > > The MS approach is that you must use transform files (.mst) to modify the > package. There are apps which will let you work with these (Orca and InstEd > both spring to mind) but there is no way to directly enter command line > switches in AD. > > Peter > > On 16/03/2009, *bugzilla-daemon at bugzilla.wpkg.org* < > bugzilla-daemon at bugzilla.wpkg.org> wrote: > > http://bugzilla.wpkg.org/show_bug.cgi?id=141 > > > > > > > --- Comment #4 from Tomasz Chmielewski <mangoo at wpkg.org> 2009-03-15 > 14:01:44 --- > I think we could do it. > > Although it's really hard for me to believe that Active Directory really > does > not allow setting parameters to MSI packages it deploys via GPO. > > What a system for deploying MSI packages it is if it can't really deploy > MSI > packages? > > Every second MSI installer has such parameters - activation key, inf file > with > settings, other options. > > > Did anyone try asking at a Windows-specific mailing list if such parameters > are > somehow settable via GPO? > > > > -- > Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.wpkg.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email > ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- > You are the QA contact for the bug. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > wpkg-users mailing list archives >> > http://lists.wpkg.org/pipermail/wpkg-users/ > _______________________________________________ > wpkg-users mailing list > wpkg-users at lists.wpkg.org > http://lists.wpkg.org/mailman/listinfo/wpkg-users > > > > ------------------------------ > Windows Live just got better. Find out more!<http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/134665375/direct/01/> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > wpkg-users mailing list archives >> > http://lists.wpkg.org/pipermail/wpkg-users/ > _______________________________________________ > wpkg-users mailing list > wpkg-users at lists.wpkg.org > http://lists.wpkg.org/mailman/listinfo/wpkg-users > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.wpkg.org/pipermail/wpkg-users/attachments/20090316/6bfb55dc/attachment.html> |