Patches Deployment unattend

[Roland Wernli]

Hi,
I install all my Computers from an distribution point. I copied the source
files to this directory and I embedded the SP1 to this directory.
I want to do the same with the hotfixes as discribed in
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsXP/pro/downloads/servicepacks/sp1/hfdeploy.asp
but it doen not work.
Hs anyone experience to performe an unattended installation of hotfixes in
combination with SP1?
Roland

 

[Gordon]

If you are installing XP using an attended install
(setupmgr created answer file) and want to at the tail end
install patches, I have scripted the patches using the
file cmdlines.txt with the executables for the patches and
the switches to make them silent installs without reboot.
A sample file might be:

echo Installing SU - Flaw in Netbios - Could Lead to
Information Disclosure
c:\patches\ms824105.exe -u -o -z -q
echo Installing SU - Buffer Overrun in RPCSS Service -
Could Allow Code Execution
C:\patches\ms824146.exe -u -o -z -q

(I renamed the executables after downloading to an 8.3
convention)
The way you get that on the hard disk during UA is by
creating a C folder under the ...\i386\$eom$ directory
where your distribution files are stored. Create a
patches directory under the C folder and it will be
automatically copied to during the AU process. The file
cmdlines.txt
is stored in the ...\i386\$oem$ on your distribution share.

Hope that helps...

G.

 

[George S. Ellis]

Gordon has good advice. Also look for a thread titled "slipstreaming other
updates" by "brad" not to far below this one in chronological order.
Nicholas and I responded with additional information.