Creating a Windows Installer 3.1 Startup script
| Article:HOWTO55430 | | | Created: 2011-06-29 | | | Updated: 2011-12-17 | | | Article URL http://www.symantec.com/docs/HOWTO55430 |
You must install Windows Installer 3.1 on the computers that contain and run earlier versions of Windows Installer. You can display Windows Installer versions by running msiexec /? in a command prompt. Windows Installer 3.1 is required for the GPO installation package. How you install Windows Installer 3.1 on computers is up to you.
Note: | Restricted users cannot run Windows Installer 3.1, and restricted users with elevated privileges cannot run Windows Installer 3.1. Restricted users are set with the local security policy. |
One way to install Windows Installer 3.1 is with a GPO computer startup script. Startup scripts execute before the GPO .msi installation files when computers restart. If you use this approach, be aware that the startup script executes and reinstalls Windows Installer every time the computer is restarted. If you install it in silent mode, however, users experience a slight delay before they see the logon screen. Symantec client software is only installed one time with a GPO.
See Installing clients with Active Directory Group Policy Object.
To install Windows Installer 3.1
In the Group Policy Management Window, in the console tree, expand your organizational unit, right-click your package, and then click Edit.
In the Group Policy Object Editor window, in the console tree, expand Computer Configuration > Windows Settings, and then click Scripts (Startup/Shutdown).
In a new window, Copy the WindowsInstaller-893803-x86.exe file from the GPO installation file folder to the Startup window and folder.
Redisplay the Startup Properties dialog box, and then click Add.
In the Browse dialog box, select the Windows Installer executable file, and then click Open.
In the Add a Script dialog box, in the Script Parameters box, type /quiet /norestart, and then click OK.
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