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by tlcscousin

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I have been trying to push install (RIS) autocad2000i. The MSI file comes with the application, but no mst.
They point to a batch file to run it, but the administrator has to go desk to desk to run it.
I built the recommended batch file and tried to reference it in the answer files under the [run once] I can push IE6 there and tried to chain it but no luck.Tried running it through the network that didn't work either.Has anyone evr succeeded? autodesk is no help, they say they will have one out in the future, but here goes $10,000.00 more because they will want to have you use it in autocad2002.

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by erikdr

Seems your problem is not so much in not having a MST (a transform changing the defaults in the MSI), but in launching the MSI in the first place.

Well a BAT can help, but the full MSIEXEC commandline also does. But if you have RIS (which requires W2K workstations, doesn't it?) why not use the Group Policy part of Windows Installer also? That guarantees installing of the MSI (through launching MSIEXEC).

More info would be needed here, e.g. exact desktop OS/settings, if these options don'twork either...

At your service,

- The Netherlands

by tlcscousin

What it ended up coming down to is winstalle didnt work and only installing it on three workstations we went with the manual install.
The Rollout went fairly smoothly, only have a few problems and those stem from security being set to tight.
I diduse RIS to do all the workstations and pushed everything else either through the GP or as an run once in the .sif file.
I now have to find out why my push to computers no longer works when trying to push software. It works great with users just notwith computers any more. Again I suspect restrictions that were placed on computers.
Thank you for the input.

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