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Lofote 2003-11-04 05:03
Hi there,
I have two not quite unimportant feature requests for the next version of UltraMon, specifically the setup program of it:
1) The shortcut installs itself into the *users* startmenu, not the *computers*. So its saved under C:\Documents and Settings\ instead of C:\Documents and Settings\All Users. This is very bad on networked systems that use server-based profiles. The property ALLUSERS=1 which optionally controls this on Office and many other MSI-based installers does not seem to work either on UltraMon setup.
2) There seems to be no way of preventing Setup to restart the system if it has to. At least in /q (=unattended) mode when it also needs to update the system the system just restarts automatically. This should be preventable. I couldn't find such built-in functionality using Orca, so its either not there or I overlooked it ;).
Thanks for looking into these points :)...
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Christian Studer 2003-11-04 07:16
ALLUSERS=1 works fine for me, the shortcut gets installed under All Users. I did a clean install of UltraMon 2.3 on a Windows XP system:
msiexec /i UltraMon23en.msi /q ALLUSERS=1
For further troubleshooting, please post the following information:
- operating system version
- UltraMon version
- clean or upgrade install
- installed from main .msi file or from admin install share
Regarding reboots: you can suppress reboots by setting the REBOOT property.
Here's an example command-line which uninstalls UltraMon without rebooting the system (which is necessary if mirroring is installed):
msiexec /x {A3F43B68-254E-4D88-A577-334F458D7702} /q REBOOT=ReallySuppress
Please note that UltraMon will not honor the REBOOT property on Windows 2000 if mirroring needs to be uninstalled.
There's no good solution for this though, as setup can't continue without rebooting. The only workaround would be to disable the mirror driver manually, reboot the system, then run setup again at a later time. Let me know if you need more information on this.
Christian Studer - www.realtimesoft.com
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Lofote 2003-11-04 09:44
- operating system version
Windows 2000 Pro SP4 German.
- UltraMon version
Now 2.3.
- clean or upgrade install
Upgrade from 2.2.
- installed from main .msi file or from admin install share
Main .MSI file. Do you recommend doing an admin (/a) install first?
I'll check the REBOOT property tomorrow and let ya know if it worked.
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Lofote 2003-11-05 01:06
(See under thread "Startup problem" for results)
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Christian Studer 2003-11-05 10:43
I have now tested upgrade installs from 2.2 to 2.3 on both Windows 2000 SP4 and Windows XP SP1, quiet install for all users.
This worked fine on both operating systems, software was installed for all users, and only a single entry for UltraMon in Add/Remove Programs after the upgrade.
For further troubleshooting, please send me a setup log file from a clean install, quiet mode for all users. Doesn't matter whether it's from 2.2 or 2.3. Please also let me know if you are using a special user account for the setup.
I did have one issue on Windows 2000: after the upgrade, there were multiple instances of msiexec.exe running, and the system was no longer responsive. I don't know what caused this, according to the log everything went fine and the installation was properly upgraded and worked fine after a reboot.
Christian Studer - www.realtimesoft.com
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