Silent install SQL 2008 R2

Be for you can Deploy SQL2008R2 Silently you have to create a Configuration File
For that you go to you installation Medium like The DVD or the place where you stored all files and double-click on setup.exe
You follow the installation right to the point when it is ready to install. Here you will find the path to the ConfigurationFile.ini save this file.
Cancel the Installation and open the ConfigurationFile.ini
You can now edit the file for your needs. To know what you can do where you can start the setup.exe from the command prompt with the command line parameter /?
SQL2008R2DVDsetup.exe /?

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Wise Command Switches

So in case you get in touch with a wise installation here are command switches you might need.

/T _ is a Test mode
/X pathname _ will extract all files into pathname
/Z pathname _ will extract all files into pathname and reboots afterwards
/S = quietmode

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Adobe Acrobat Regkeys

Maybe you want to disable functions so that the user can’t get to them.

here are 6 Regkeys in case you don’t want to repackage the whole msi.

HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareAdobeAdobe Acrobat9.0OriginalsiTrustedMode DWORD = 1

HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareAdobeAdobe Acrobat9.0OriginalsbAllowOpenFile DWORD = 0

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NetIQ Security Manager 6.5.3

So i encountered some problems during the installation of the SP3 of NetIQ SM 6.5

I got two errors that the

“NetIQ SM Agent Communication performance counters”

and the

“Net IQ SM Agent Container Performance performance counters”

couldn’t be installed.

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NetIQ SM 6.5.(3) Command line

A command line for Silent install of the NetIQ SM 6.5.3

Netiq.msi /qn /l*v "%TEMP%ManualAgent_v65msi.log" Reboot="ReallySuppress" SM_CENTRALCOMPUTER="%MYSERVER%" SM_CONFIGURATIONGROUP="%MYGROUP%"

MSI Command line switches

This isn’t really something new. But there are still new people into deploying software.

To find out what MSI Command line switches can be used, you open a command window (cmd) and just drag and drop your msi file into it.
after your msi you type /? or /help so that it looks something like this.

"pathappname.msi" /?

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BiosConfigUtility from HP

The Tool BiosConfigUtitlity from HP can help you to read out the Bios Configuration of an HP PC, and if you like to save the changes you made.
you’ll find it in the SSM Pack from HP
Download SSM
If you like this remote of a network you might need the PSTools from Sysinternals (Microsoft)
PSTools

How to use BiosConfigUtility.exe: Quick Guide

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