CHECKBOX and NEXT button

[cmoiray]

Hi,

I have several patches of winXP (WindowsXP-KBxxxxxx-x86-FRA.exe)
I would like to execute them one by one.
So I did this batch :
dir *.exe /B > var.bat
call var.bat

Nevertheless, in each new window, it asks me some "NEXT" or "OK"
buttons, and some "Restart computer?" checkbox...
How (or what's the options) to have NEXT and CHECKBOX checked by
default.

thanx

[John N. Shaw]

You have some research to do, and honestly none of it can be done in this
group. Each of microsoft's patches follow different rules for command line
parameters, some are as simple as running:

start /wait \WinXP\WindowsXP-KB923789-x86-ENU.exe /q

for a quiet install, others will look more like

start /wait \WinXP\WindowsXP-KB920342-x86-ENU.exe /passive /norestart
/overwriteoem /nobackup

or

start /wait \WinXP\WindowsXP-KB885250-x86-ENU.exe /passive /norestart /o /n

In either case, /restart usually forces a restart after the update is
applied. /passive and /q often force a "quiet" or "don't bug me with
prompts" installation...

You will have to use /? on each package to find out which package accepts
which syntax, and you should do other research to find out which patches
aren't needed as they may have been replaced by newer updates that void the
need for a previous one, while others still require a previous patch; even
still, the larger problem you face is when one update nuls another because
they both are needed yet both may update/replace/whatever the same file or
registry setting when you applied them back to back without restarting the
system. While this all might appear to work just dandy, you really should
look into qchain.exe before doing ANYTHING else.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/296861

and the rest of your research can be done through support.microsoft.com or
forums.microsoft.com. novell forums (and other sys/network admin related
forums) also have a good bit of info on the subject last I checked but this
was long ago.

your last aternative if you choose to actually keep the idea of sending key
clicks to buttons and check boxes you can look into 3rd party batch
utilities or head over to vbscript/wsh forums of which I am not familiar
with... but I do not recommend it as the functionality to do what you want
is already present in microsoft's update packages.

cheers

[cmoiray]

OK, thanx a lot for your help dear John N. Shaw

Very ineterresting.

[Herbert Kleebauer]

http://www.heise.de/software/download/ct_offline_update/38170

Here you will find a script which downloads all currently available
patches from Microsoft and writes it to a CD/DVD. You can use
this CD for an automatic (no user interaction necessary) offline
update.

[Matthias Tacke]

Herbert Kleebauer wrote:
> http://www.heise.de/software/download/ct_offline_update/38170
>
> Here you will find a script which downloads all currently available
> patches from Microsoft and writes it to a CD/DVD. You can use
> this CD for an automatic (no user interaction necessary) offline
> update.
>

I second that.

And here is the English version of the accompanying article:
<http://www.heise-security.co.uk/articles/80682>
And the direct download Address:
<http://www.heise.de/ct/projekte/offlineupdate/download/ctupdate32.zip>

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Greetings
Matthias