Hi, All! Well, I did some digging. It IS possible to install (or uninstall) Retrospect Client 5.15 silently. 1. Using WinZip (or similar), extract the files contained in "CLIENT SETUP.EXE" to a folder. In this folder will be 10 files, one of them will be "SETUP.EXE". 2. In your C:\WINNT folder, delete the file SETUP.ISS (or just rename it if you want). 3. Run "SETUP.EXE -R" from the folder created in #1. The "-R" tells setup to record the installation options you select during the install. 4. Complete the installation (or removal). 5. The installer has created a file called SETUP.ISS in your C:\WINNT folder. Copy that to the source files folder created in #1. What I did: UNINSTALLATION Uninstalled Retrospect (by doing a SETUP -R) Copied SETUP.ISS from C:\WINNT to my source files folder, renaming it to REMOVE.ISS. Deleted SETUP.ISS from C:\WINNT INSTALLATION WITH REBOOT Installed Retrospect (by doing a SETUP -R) Copied SETUP.ISS from C:\WINNT to my source files folder, renaming it to REBOOT.ISS. Deleted SETUP.ISS from C:\WINNT INSTALLATION WITHOUT REBOOT Installed Retrospect (by doing a SETUP -R) Copied SETUP.ISS from C:\WINNT to my source files folder, renaming it to NOREBOOT.ISS. Deleted SETUP.ISS from C:\WINNT Started Retrospect Client service (NET START "RETROSPECT CLIENT") In my logon scripts I: 1. Copy the source files folder to the user's workstation 2. Copy REMOVE.ISS to SETUP.ISS 3. Run SETUP -S for silent installation (removal in this case) 4. Copy NOREBOOT.ISS to SETUP.ISS 5. Run SETUP -S (installation this time) 6. Start the service (NET START "Retrospect Client") Now I can perform new installs, upgrades, or removals from logon scripts. Hope this helps y'all out. Now, if Dantz would just make the client installations generic (meaning don't copy the workstation name into the CONFIG value in the registry), and break out that CONFIG data into multiple readable registry values and data, I'd be happy as a clam. Brad Thone -- ---------------------------------------------------------- To subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives: <http://list.working-dogs.com/lists/retro-talk/> For urgent issues, please contact Dantz technical support directly at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or 925.253.3050.
