Re: *Completely* silent IE Patch distributions

From: Chuck Stevens (Chuck.Stevens@pfcenter.com)
Date: 08/08/02 

From: Chuck.Stevens@pfcenter.com (Chuck Stevens)
Date: 8 Aug 2002 12:17:00 -0700

chris@nospam.com wrote in message news:<diu3lu44ltg388m9r85dhj0rlt91u41koh@4ax.com>...
> On 7 Aug 2002 09:48:39 -0700, Chuck.Stevens@pfcenter.com (Chuck
> Stevens) wrote:
>
> >This question has been posed several times, but I have never seen an
> >actual answer. So I will as again. ;)
> >
> >I wish to use SMS to distribute the latest IE cumulative patch,
> >q321232.exe.
> >
> >The correct command line for a silent installation with no reboot is:
> >
> >q321232.exe /q:a /r:n
> >
> >HOWEVER, running the patch this way still displayes a file-copy
> >progress box, with a big Cancel button on it. I want no messages or
> >dialogs displayed to the user whatsoever. How do I go about this?
>
>
> If you're pushing this with SMS, it will get run under a different
> user context than the currently logged in user. This means that the
> user will not actually see the copy dialog box.
>
> I pushed Q32123 out using the same syntax, using psexec, and it was
> completely silent.
>
> -Chris

Unfortunately, this isn't completely true. Using SMS to push q321232
results in that file copy progress bar being displayed, regardless of
what context it runs in. I've tested that myself several times.

Now, using PSEXEC is a different story. I'll look into that.

Chuck