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Former Member
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I am looking for a way to install WCG with an answerfile, so that I can do a full unattended install of the software when I reinstall my operating systems on my computers. Thanks
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nathan taylor
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You can do a Unattended install but the first time you run the agent you will still have to enter your member name and password. It is a compressed Winzip Self extractor so you will have to open the installer in winzip or another zip program and extract the files from the installer. Then you will have a standard windows installer and you can use the /quiet switch for a slient install.
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Former Member
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run the setup with AutoIT.
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Former Member
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AutoIT ? http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/docs/introduction.htm starts out with:
" AutoIt v3 is a BASIC-like scripting language designed for automating the Windows GUI. It uses a combination of simulated keystrokes, mouse movement and window/control manipulation in order to automate tasks in a way not possible or reliable with other languages (e.g. VBScript and SendKeys). AutoIt was initially designed for PC "roll out" situations to configure thousands of PCs, but with the arrival of v3 it is also well suited to performing home automation and the scripting of repetitive tasks. " This sounds interesting. Does anybody have a sample script that would work with the WCG installation program? |
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Former Member
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Yea, I was looking for more where it would store my username and PW and automatically install it with everything, but I don't really like using third party programs to achieve this. Thanks for the response though.
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Aurelius
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Nobody ... did you ever run an MBBS system in Rancho Bernardo? This is David, from DreamNet :)
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Former Member
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Yea, I was looking for more where it would store my username and PW and automatically install it with everything, but I don't really like using third party programs to achieve this. Thanks for the response though. There's nothing wrong with using third party software to acheive that. That's how most major corps with large networks roll out software to large numbers of desktops all at once... they use packaging software that performs functions similar to the one linked above. That being said, I've never used this one... automated software distribution is highly technical and the software used is usually VERY expensive. Sometimes "true" automated rollouts can be accomplished (read: faked) using batch scripts and such, but that generally requires at least some sort of silent install options built into the software via command-line modifiers. For anything more complicated than that, you need a packager. Again, big corps live and die by them. Also again, though, I have no idea how reliable this "AutoIt" software is or isn't. Can't beat the price, though. :-) |
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