Forcing no reboot on Hotfixes

Does anyone know how you can force a computer not to
reboot after installing a hotfix? I knowsome patches have
an option either in a switch or in an ini file, but some
do not. For example, if you look at js56nen.exe and use
a '/?' on a command-line, you don't have an option to not
reboot or hide the message that prompts you to do so.
There's the /q for qwuiet-mode but that doesn't supress
everything.

Thanks in advance.

Torgeir
Thu May 06 12:59:45 CDT 2004

JeffH wrote:

> Does anyone know how you can force a computer not to
> reboot after installing a hotfix? I knowsome patches have
> an option either in a switch or in an ini file, but some
> do not. For example, if you look at js56nen.exe and use
> a '/?' on a command-line, you don't have an option to not
> reboot or hide the message that prompts you to do so.
> There's the /q for qwuiet-mode but that doesn't supress
> everything.
Hi

js56nen.exe is packaged with IExpress, so this will make it
unattended and suppress any reboot:

js56nen.exe /q:a /r:n

Command-Line Switches For IExpress Software Update Packages
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=197147


Anyway, I would not recommend that you deploy js56nen.exe, it is much
better to deploy the complete WSH package, where the latest version
includes the updates in js56nen.exe and other updates as well.

You can download the WSH package from here
http://msdn.microsoft.com/downloads/list/webdev.asp


Unattended install of the WSH with no reboot offer:

scripten.exe /q:a /r:n



--
torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of
the 1328 page Scripting Guide:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/scriptcenter/default.mspx

Karl
Fri May 07 06:37:27 CDT 2004

Either read the documentation on the web site, or do Start, Run, type CMD
and click OK, drag and drop the executable setup file to the black Command
Prompt box, add a space and /? to the end of the command that should have
appeared, and then press Enter to see the available options.

However, because of unacceptable repeated failures of Microsoft quality
control over the past several years, the commands that appear via this
method are sometimes incorrect. When this happens, the online documentation
at www.microsoft.com/support is sometimes more correct. [Also when this
happens, they never seem to re-release the patch executable to fix the
incorrect documentation, I guess my concerns and frustrations about
incorrect documentation aren't a high enough priority... sometimes you can't
get the correct commands from the Microsoft site either, and you have to
search www.google.com/advanced_group_search or come here and ask in a
newsgroup what the correct commands for that patch are.]

Unfortunately, I'm still waiting for MS to do a better job in this respect.
Sorry, I would make my critique softer if it hadn't happened so many times
over so many years.


"JeffH" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:95e901c4337e$e481bc60$a001280a@phx.gbl...
> Does anyone know how you can force a computer not to
> reboot after installing a hotfix? I knowsome patches have
> an option either in a switch or in an ini file, but some
> do not. For example, if you look at js56nen.exe and use
> a '/?' on a command-line, you don't have an option to not
> reboot or hide the message that prompts you to do so.
> There's the /q for qwuiet-mode but that doesn't supress
> everything.
>
> Thanks in advance.

Patrick
Fri May 07 14:50:58 CDT 2004

As Torgeir mentioned, js56nen.exe is an "IExpress" installer, so you
can use "/q /r:n" (or "/q:a /r:n") to install it.

For general principles on installing hotfixes unattended, see:

http://unattended.sourceforge.net/installers.html#hotfixes

- Pat

"JeffH" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> writes:

> Does anyone know how you can force a computer not to
> reboot after installing a hotfix? I knowsome patches have
> an option either in a switch or in an ini file, but some
> do not. For example, if you look at js56nen.exe and use
> a '/?' on a command-line, you don't have an option to not
> reboot or hide the message that prompts you to do so.
> There's the /q for qwuiet-mode but that doesn't supress
> everything.
>
> Thanks in advance.