Here is the process I use (in general) 1
If you manually install the software, does it give you different options that may allow it to work for all users without giving admin access to your students? Yes - Use AutoIT and script the install No - See step #2 2 - Get Regmon and Filemon located here and install http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/utilities.shtml - create a regular user account, login as test and run the TestOut software, and find out where it fails. - Now run Regmon and/or Filemon as the administrator (use the RunAs command - shift right click) repeat the same step as above and see what error messages you see in the capture window of Regmon and Filemon. This will help you track down your problem. - i.e is the software trying to write to it's own directory or a registry key it doesn't have access too. Usually I find you have to open up r/w permission on a directory or a registry key. Other times I have see apps like MatLab where you have to launch the application once as the administrator then it work fine for everyone else. Other times I have see apps drop a .ini in the administrator profile that has to be moved to the Default User profile. What you need to do is find out where the program is failing and then go from there. Thanks Paul On Wed, Dec 01, 2004 at 12:45:26PM -0600, Scott Adams wrote: > I use a software package from course.com (thompson learning) that uses the > TestOut software. I assume the setup.exe program is installshield, the /s > switch does a silent install, but the /r, /f1 and /f2 switches do not seem to > work. I am trying to do the install so that I do not have to give my > students admin access to my classroom computers. any other thought on this > would be helpful. > > > Scott Adams > Computer Network Instructor > SEARK College > Pine Bluff, Arkansas > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.794 / Virus Database: 538 - Release Date: 11/10/2004 > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. > http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ > _______________________________________________ > unattended-info mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info -- Paul Griffith | York University, Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering CSE Technical Team| 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M3J 1P3 [EMAIL PROTECTED] | CSEB 1003A | Phone: 416-736-2100 x70258 | Fax: 416-736-5872 ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ _______________________________________________ unattended-info mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
