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Subject: LTI newbie in need of help.
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07/21/2008 10:16 PM  
Hello everyone,

Found this great site that has already provided me with tons of useful information! I am currently attending school for IT and work in the computer labs on the side. I was put in charge of setting up a lite touch installation for one of the labs. This has been attempted twice before by other people and failed both times. I have no experience with MTD or lite touch except for what I have done in this project so far.

My biggest problem I have been running into is the command line script that needs to be written. Thankfully, due to the webcast, I was able to complete it with Office 2007, but I am not entirely clear of how to complete it with 3rd party applications. I have to install programs such as Wireshark (networking program) and Dr. Java (programming), and I am not entirely clear on what needs to be in the command line. 

Example: C:\NetworkingPrograms\Wireshark.exe
For the command line, do I simply write "Wireshark.exe" or do I write something like "msiexec /i wireshark.exe /an"?

I know this is a very basic beginner question for this forums, and I would really appreciate some help and advice.

Also, can people recommend some vbscript books for a beginner?

Thanks very much.
Chris
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07/22/2008 8:17 AM  

Chris,

First, i would buy the windows Vista resource kit. It has an entire chapter dedicated to LTI.

Also, the silent command lines depend on the product itself. MSIs use msiexec /i msinamehere /qn while some setup files use SetupProgramName.exe /s. Others may use SetupProgramName.exe /silent.  It just depends on the program. There is not one standard, except for MSIs.

As for a beginner VBScript book, look for VBScript for Absolute Beginners. That is a great book if you are just starting off.

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07/23/2008 6:47 PM  
Well please correct me if I am wrong, as I am new to the scripting world, but VBScript is what I should be attempting to learn correct? If not, should I be looking at shell scripting?

Also, if you happen to know, there are two editions of the Windows Vista Kit. Do you happen to know which one I should buy? I appreciate the help.

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07/24/2008 2:18 AM  
Definitely VBscript. And use Microsofts provided WSF wrapper so you get full blown logging in your custom scripts and a number of other functions that you’ll find useful.
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08/27/2008 10:39 AM  
I think your looking for just some quick commands tasks.


This is an example of a msi task:
Command Line:
msiexec.exe /i "winzip112.msi" /passive /norestart
Start in:
%DEPLOYROOT%\Applications\Winzip

Exe task
Command Line:
j2re-1_4_2_12-windows-i586-p.exe /S /v/qn
Start in:
%DEPLOYROOT%\Applications\JAVA-1.4.2.12

Also if you have any applications that require a restart after install make sure you add in the options code 3010.
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