quiet install suppress reboot

[James]

Hello,

I am trying to install MS05-009 patch for windows messenger on my
windows XP service pack 1 PC's across the network. The patch name is
WindowsMessenger-KB887472-PreXPSP2-ENU.exe.

I want to install the patch in silent mode without reboot. The problem
is that I can not find any option to suppress restart. When I install
it in quiet mode, it restarts the computer after installation.

Is there any way I can suppress the restart....

I checked the patch and found that its a self extractor installer, upon
extracting I found that there is a file called msmsgs.inf from where it
reads installation parameters, There is an entry called "Smartreboot=I"
inside the inf file. In changed that to "Smartreboot=N". But there are
a few problems:

1) How do I rebundle the file into self extract installer
2) How do I find out the command that was originally being executed by
the WindowsMessenger-KB887472-PreXPSP2-ENU.exe. There is a file named
msmsgsin.exe (in the extracted source) which I think is being run to
install but when I execute it nothing happens which means I do not know
the exact parameters that are being passed to this file.

Also if there is another way by which I can achieve what I want (quiet
install without reboot) like passing parameters in the command line
etc.

I am also curious about what tool microsoft uses to create these self
extractor installer patches.

Any help will be appreciated.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I am trying to install MS05-009 patch for windows messenger on my
windows XP service pack 1 PC's across the network. The patch name is
WindowsMessenger-KB887472-PreXPSP2-ENU.exe.

I want to install the patch in silent mode without reboot. The problem
is that I can not find any option to suppress restart. When I install
it in quiet mode, it restarts the computer after installation.

Look into Wise Installer.. (for packaging)

The command line to install this silently without reboot: (I believe)
WindowsMessenger-KB887472-PreXPSP2-ENU.exe /passive /n /norestart

 

[James]

Hi Shenan

Thanks for the reply. This patch does not accept these parameters.
Below is the link for this patch:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...9B-AD57-49E1-BB90-6FA2CA8763A6&displaylang=en

Unfortunately this is also not an msi so I cant open it using Wise for
windows installer. Is there any way I can open exe files using wise or
any other tool.

Thanks

 

[Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\)]

I am trying to install MS05-009 patch for windows messenger on my
windows XP service pack 1 PC's across the network. The patch name is
WindowsMessenger-KB887472-PreXPSP2-ENU.exe.

I want to install the patch in silent mode without reboot. The problem
is that I can not find any option to suppress restart. When I install
it in quiet mode, it restarts the computer after installation.

Is there any way I can suppress the restart....

Hi

From the "Security Update Information" section in the security bulletin
for MS05-009

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms05-009.mspx

<quote>
Deployment Information

To install the security update without any user intervention, and
not force the system to restart, use the following command at a
command prompt for Windows 2000 Service Pack 3, Windows 2000
Service Pack 4, Windows XP Service Pack 1, or Windows Server 2003:

WindowsMessenger-KB887472-PreXPSP2-ENU /q:a /r:n

</quote>