Silent install and scan - success!

[Grafis]

For the people who helped me and the one other person who might be
interested... I got a silent install and scan to work with current Defs.
Thank you: Andre Da Costa, Bill Sanderson, Mikolaj, Plun and to the
maintainers of the resources listed below.

GOAL
- Run MSAS from CD: a silent install, scan machine with current DEFs,
operator intercation on found objects, silent uninstall when finished
- From CD because I'll be upgrading 80 Laptops in a Hotel
- Automated because... (see above)
- Remove because it's Beta, and because it blocks (asks for
permission) on administrative tasks such as SMS if left in protect mode

KEYS to success
(current keys... you may have to update names, pathing or other adjusts
as the documents listed fall out of date)

- GCD files for client setup and latest DEFs: Run and configure ALL
settings using "Options" from your menu pulldowns. I used all GCD files
from the MSAS Programs folder to prevent being asked to configure the
client.
** I had to play with settings to get MSAS to run silent, scan silent &
do results as I wanted.

- Proper switches (not all these seem to work, 'update' in particular)
http://blogs.technet.com/stevedod/archive/2005/04/21/404046.aspx

- Register gcasDtServ.exe
http://www.overdose.net/docs/msas_silent_remote_install.txt

- *** Each test install MUST be on a machine that has never had MSAS
installed. This caused me huge issues with step one on this list (GCD's)
even if I deleted the entire install folder on the local machine


SCRIPT - key basics in order of running
Install
D:\msas\Microsoft AntiSpyware.msi /QN INSTALLDIR=c:\msas\

Register gcastServ to avoid 101 installer errors
C:\msas\gcasDtServ.exe /regserver

Copy all (8-11 files depending on the phase of the moon...)
COPY D:\msas\*.gcd C:\msas\

Run a scan with a nice pretty interface
C:\msas\GIANTAntiSpywareMain.exe -scan -withMainUI

Uninstall
MsiExec.exe /X{536F7C74-844B-4683-B0C5-EA39E19A6FE3} /Q

Remove folder
RMDIR c:\msas /s /Q


If you've read this far, pity you... and take this fun one tidbit
with you. When you see the 800th post about cookies or this or that and
blah blah yadda yadda MSAS Su%$#... go to Google and type in one word
"beta" and look at the number four ranked hit
<http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=beta>
Hellooooooo it's a B-e-t-a!!!

Cheers
- g

 

[Andre Da Costa]

You are welcome.
--
Andre
Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com
Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre
http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
FAQ for MS AntiSpy http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm

 

[Bill Sanderson]

If you've read this far, pity you... and take this fun one tidbit with
you. When you see the 800th post about cookies or this or that and blah
blah yadda yadda MSAS Su%$#... go to Google and type in one word "beta"
and look at the number four ranked hit
<http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=beta>
Hellooooooo it's a B-e-t-a!!!

Well - I guess a beta with 20 million downloads registers well in Google!

Thanks! (actually, I'm reading from the bottom up--so I'll get to the rest
later, but I enjoyed that excursion!)