Adobe Updates – Download Location

For those who want to script the installation of Adobe Updates for products such as CS4, you can easily obtain all of the update files by letting the “Adobe Updater” application download them for you on a machine that already has the software installed. Before you install the updates on that machine grab a copy of the updates in one of the following locations.

Windows Vista and Windows 7:
%Userprofile%\AppData\Local\Adobe\Updater6\Install

Windows XP:
%appdata%\Adobe\Updater6\Install

Deploying Maya 2010

Below is a sample script for installing Maya 2010 Silently. Keep in mind many of the lines are long, and are likely to wrap in a web browser.

SET MAYA2010INSTALLPATH=<Insert Your Path to the folder containing the MSI Files below>

SET MAYA2010SERIALNUMBER=<Insert Your S/N>

SET MAYA2010PRODUCTKEY=<Insert Your Product Key>

SET MAYA2010LICSERVER=<Insert Name of your License Server (i.e. DNS Name)>

msiexec /i “%MAYA2010INSTALLPATH%\Maya_Docs_en_US2010.msi” /qb REBOOT=REALLYSUPPRESS

msiexec /i “%MAYA2010INSTALLPATH%\isscript.msi” /qb REBOOT=REALLYSUPPRESS

msiexec /i “%MAYA2010INSTALLPATH%\Maya2010.msi” /qb ADLMSERIALNUMBER=%MAYA2010SERIALNUMBER% ADLM_PRODKEY=%MAYA2010PRODUCTKEY% ADLMPRODUCTKEY=%MAYA2010PRODUCTKEY% ADLMLICENSETYPE=3 ADLMSERVERNAME=%MAYA2010LICSERVER% REBOOT=REALLYSUPPRESS

msiexec /i “%MAYA2010INSTALLPATH%\MatchMover2010.msi” /qb ADLMSERIALNUMBER=%MAYA2010SERIALNUMBER% ADLM_PRODKEY=%MAYA2010PRODUCTKEY% ADLMPRODUCTKEY=%MAYA2010PRODUCTKEY% ADLMLICENSETYPE=3 ADLMSERVERNAME=%MAYA2010LICSERVER% REBOOT=REALLYSUPPRESS

msiexec /i “%MAYA2010INSTALLPATH%\AutodeskDirectConnect4.0.msi” /qb  ADLMSERIALNUMBER=%MAYA2010SERIALNUMBER% ADLM_PRODKEY=%MAYA2010PRODUCTKEY% ADLMPRODUCTKEY=%MAYA2010PRODUCTKEY% ADLMLICENSETYPE=3 ADLMSERVERNAME=%MAYA2010LICSERVER% REBOOT=REALLYSUPPRESS

Source: Deployment of Maya 2010

Better Altiris Deployment Solution Job Shortcuts

While it’s nothing new that you can use the Altiris Exit Codes to schedule another job and essentially create a shortcut, if you drag and drop large groups of jobs quickly enough, some jobs can run before other jobs are scheduled and things can get out of the expected order. To alleviate this issue you can set the “shortcut” job to run on the deployment server. This will allow the “shortcut” jobs to schedule their corresponding jobs more quickly. Click the thumbnail below for a demonstration of where to set this option.

Disable PC Speaker Beep

Just open an elevated command prompt, and type the command below in. It will disable the “beep” service.


sc config beep start= disabled

To turn it back on, type:

sc config beep start= auto

Windows XP unattend.txt Timezones

Below are is a list of timezone settings for Windows XP unattended installations.


000 Dateline Standard Time (GMT-12:00) International Date Line West
001 Samoa Standard Time (GMT-11:00) Midway Island, Samoa
002 Hawaiian Standard Time (GMT-10:00) Hawaii
003 Alaskan Standard Time (GMT-09:00) Alaska
004 Pacific Standard Time (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US and Canada); Tijuana
010 Mountain Standard Time (GMT-07:00) Mountain Time (US and Canada)
013 Mexico Standard Time 2 (GMT-07:00) Chihuahua, La Paz, Mazatlan
015 U.S. Mountain Standard Time (GMT-07:00) Arizona
020 Central Standard Time (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US and Canada)
025 Canada Central Standard Time (GMT-06:00) Saskatchewan
030 Mexico Standard Time (GMT-06:00) Guadalajara, Mexico City, Monterrey
033 Central America Standard Time (GMT-06:00) Central America
035 Eastern Standard Time (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US and Canada)
040 U.S. Eastern Standard Time (GMT-05:00) Indiana (East)
045 S.A. Pacific Standard Time (GMT-05:00) Bogota, Lima, Quito
050 Atlantic Standard Time (GMT-04:00) Atlantic Time (Canada)
055 S.A. Western Standard Time (GMT-04:00) Caracas, La Paz
056 Pacific S.A. Standard Time (GMT-04:00) Santiago
060 Newfoundland Standard Time (GMT-03:30) Newfoundland
065 E. South America Standard Time (GMT-03:00) Brasilia
070 S.A. Eastern Standard Time (GMT-03:00) Buenos Aires, Georgetown
073 Greenland Standard Time (GMT-03:00) Greenland
075 Mid-Atlantic Standard Time (GMT-02:00) Mid-Atlantic
080 Azores Standard Time (GMT-01:00) Azores
083 Cape Verde Standard Time (GMT-01:00) Cape Verde Islands
085 GMT Standard Time (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time : Dublin, Edinburgh, Lisbon, London
090 Greenwich Standard Time (GMT) Casablanca, Monrovia
095 Central Europe Standard Time (GMT+01:00) Belgrade, Bratislava, Budapest, Ljubljana, Prague
100 Central European Standard Time (GMT+01:00) Sarajevo, Skopje, Warsaw, Zagreb
105 Romance Standard Time (GMT+01:00) Brussels, Copenhagen, Madrid, Paris
110 W. Europe Standard Time (GMT+01:00) Amsterdam, Berlin, Bern, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna
113 W. Central Africa Standard Time (GMT+01:00) West Central Africa
115 E. Europe Standard Time (GMT+02:00) Bucharest
120 Egypt Standard Time (GMT+02:00) Cairo
125 FLE Standard Time (GMT+02:00) Helsinki, Kyiv, Riga, Sofia, Tallinn, Vilnius
130 GTB Standard Time (GMT+02:00) Athens, Istanbul, Minsk
135 Israel Standard Time (GMT+02:00) Jerusalem
140 South Africa Standard Time (GMT+02:00) Harare, Pretoria
145 Russian Standard Time (GMT+03:00) Moscow, St. Petersburg, Volgograd
150 Arab Standard Time (GMT+03:00) Kuwait, Riyadh
155 E. Africa Standard Time (GMT+03:00) Nairobi
158 Arabic Standard Time (GMT+03:00) Baghdad
160 Iran Standard Time (GMT+03:30) Tehran
165 Arabian Standard Time (GMT+04:00) Abu Dhabi, Muscat
170 Caucasus Standard Time (GMT+04:00) Baku, Tbilisi, Yerevan
175 Afghanistan Standard Time (GMT+04:30) Kabul
180 Ekaterinburg Standard Time (GMT+05:00) Ekaterinburg
185 West Asia Standard Time (GMT+05:00) Islamabad, Karachi, Tashkent
190 India Standard Time (GMT+05:30) Chennai, Kolkata, Mumbai, New Delhi
193 Nepal Standard Time (GMT+05:45) Kathmandu
195 Central Asia Standard Time (GMT+06:00) Astana, Dhaka
200 Sri Lanka Standard Time (GMT+06:00) Sri Jayawardenepura
201 N. Central Asia Standard Time (GMT+06:00) Almaty, Novosibirsk
203 Myanmar Standard Time (GMT+06:30) Rangoon
205 S.E. Asia Standard Time (GMT+07:00) Bangkok, Hanoi, Jakarta
207 North Asia Standard Time (GMT+07:00) Krasnoyarsk
210 China Standard Time (GMT+08:00) Beijing, Chongqing, Hong Kong SAR, Urumqi
215 Singapore Standard Time (GMT+08:00) Kuala Lumpur, Singapore
220 Taipei Standard Time (GMT+08:00) Taipei
225 W. Australia Standard Time (GMT+08:00) Perth
227 North Asia East Standard Time (GMT+08:00) Irkutsk, Ulaan Bataar
230 Korea Standard Time (GMT+09:00) Seoul
235 Tokyo Standard Time (GMT+09:00) Osaka, Sapporo, Tokyo
240 Yakutsk Standard Time (GMT+09:00) Yakutsk
245 A.U.S. Central Standard Time (GMT+09:30) Darwin
250 Cen. Australia Standard Time (GMT+09:30) Adelaide
255 A.U.S. Eastern Standard Time (GMT+10:00) Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney
260 E. Australia Standard Time (GMT+10:00) Brisbane
265 Tasmania Standard Time (GMT+10:00) Hobart
270 Vladivostok Standard Time (GMT+10:00) Vladivostok
275 West Pacific Standard Time (GMT+10:00) Guam, Port Moresby
280 Central Pacific Standard Time (GMT+11:00) Magadan, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia
285 Fiji Islands Standard Time (GMT+12:00) Fiji Islands, Kamchatka, Marshall Islands
290 New Zealand Standard Time (GMT+12:00) Auckland, Wellington
300 Tonga Standard Time (GMT+13:00) Nuku'alofa

Unattended installation of Windows Installer (.MSI Files)

If your installer has a .msi file extension, it uses the Windows Installer. Typically all that is needed is to execute the file with one of the following switches.

example.msi /QB

example.msi /QN

The /QB switch will run the installer and display a progress box while installing the software. The /QN switch will run the installer and display no nothing at all.

Some installers reboot automatically after the installation has run. To suppress the reboot you can run the installer with the switch “REBOOT=Suppress.” For example:

example.msi /QB REBOOT=Suppress

example.msi /QN REBOOT=Suppress

The following are all of the switches available for MSI files:

Windows ® Installer. V 5.0.7100.0

msiexec /Option <Required Parameter> [Optional Parameter]

Install Options
</package | /i> <Product.msi>
Installs or configures a product
/a <Product.msi>
Administrative install – Installs a product on the network
/j<u|m> <Product.msi> [/t <Transform List>] [/g <Language ID>]
Advertises a product – m to all users, u to current user
</uninstall | /x> <Product.msi | ProductCode>
Uninstalls the product
Display Options
/quiet
Quiet mode, no user interaction
/passive
Unattended mode – progress bar only
/q[n|b|r|f]
Sets user interface level
n – No UI
b – Basic UI
r – Reduced UI
f – Full UI (default)
/help
Help information
Restart Options
/norestart
Do not restart after the installation is complete
/promptrestart
Prompts the user for restart if necessary
/forcerestart
Always restart the computer after installation
Logging Options
/l[i|w|e|a|r|u|c|m|o|p|v|x|+|!|*] <LogFile>
i – Status messages
w – Nonfatal warnings
e – All error messages
a – Start up of actions
r – Action-specific records
u – User requests
c – Initial UI parameters
m – Out-of-memory or fatal exit information
o – Out-of-disk-space messages
p – Terminal properties
v – Verbose output
x – Extra debugging information
+ – Append to existing log file
! – Flush each line to the log
* – Log all information, except for v and x options
/log <LogFile>
Equivalent of /l* <LogFile>
Update Options
/update <Update1.msp>[;Update2.msp]
Applies update(s)
/uninstall <PatchCodeGuid>[;Update2.msp] /package <Product.msi | ProductCode>
Remove update(s) for a product
Repair Options
/f[p|e|c|m|s|o|d|a|u|v] <Product.msi | ProductCode>
Repairs a product
p – only if file is missing
o – if file is missing or an older version is installed (default)
e – if file is missing or an equal or older version is installed
d – if file is missing or a different version is installed
c – if file is missing or checksum does not match the calculated value
a – forces all files to be reinstalled
u – all required user-specific registry entries (default)
m – all required computer-specific registry entries (default)
s – all existing shortcuts (default)
v – runs from source and recaches local package
Setting Public Properties
[PROPERTY=PropertyValue]

Consult the Windows ® Installer SDK for additional documentation on the
command line syntax.

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