[RESOLVED] How to auto-remotely install .NET framework 1.1 without user intervention?

[McBain2]

Hello, wonder if anyone can give me a solution to this…

I currently have around 300 PC’s all with .NET Framework V1.0 installed. I have an application written using VB.NET 2003 – thus needs the Framework V1.1.

Rolling out the application is not a problem, however the .NET framework package refuses to install in the background – prompting for user intervention regardless of whether the /q (quiet) install option is chosen.

We are using wither logon scripts or GFI LANGuard to remotely install applications – neither can get the .NET framework on without user intervention.
The .NET 1.1 redistribution package I’m trying to install is the one from Microsoft named: ‘dotnetfx.exe’

Does anybody know of a way of doing this? - manually installing the thing on 300 PC’s is not really an option I’d like to consider – even for a small company like ours!

Thanks in advance for any help

[nemaroller]

That's where a ASP.NET web application would have solved you hours of manual installation....

I could be wrong, its been to known to happen before , but I think you'll have to manually update the machines, unless you can get some sort of ACL permissions through Active Directory.

[McBain2]

Yes, we have plans to go web-based for the majority of stuff in the future for exactly this reason (and a few others).

But, haha, I've found a solution! (Always happens just after submitting a request for help)

Using the command-line dotnetfx.exe /q:a /c:"install /l /q" (obviously!! lol) does the trick, can now use GFI LANGuard (or similar i guess - anything that can run on a users PC with admin rights) to push it to all PC's without them even knowing


Found it in the following article: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...amedepguid.asp

[Cander]

Nice. Will have to bookmark it.