Installing from console.

[Guest]

Most patches that I get from microsoft have a GUI install
program. I need to install patches, sometimes remotely
from a terminal window and sometimes from a .BAT file or
WSH script.

Is there any secret switches, flags or anything that I can
use to install patches without the GUI??

 

[Torgeir Bakken (MVP)]

Most patches that I get from microsoft have a GUI install
program. I need to install patches, sometimes remotely
from a terminal window and sometimes from a .BAT file or
WSH script.

Is there any secret switches, flags or anything that I can
use to install patches without the GUI??

Hi

Some links that might be of interest for you:

http://unattended.sourceforge.net/

If you want to script the installs yourself, combine the information at
unattended.sourceforge.net with the information in the following links:

http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=s5gk74srdje.fsf@patl=users.sf.net

http://groups.google.com/[email protected]

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