“Installing vSpace from the Windows Command Line”

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we published the following article to the NComputing Knowledge Base:


“Installing vSpace from the Windows Command Line”
• KB Article URL: http://www.ncomputing.com/kb/Installing-vSpace-from-the-Windows-Command-Line_303.html

You can use vSpace 4 and vSpace 6 MSI install files from the Windows
command line to silently install vSpace without user interaction.
Below is an example of the command line install:
msiexec /qn /norestart /i "NComputing vSpace_L-4.9.5.11.msi"
AGREETOLICENSE=yes ADDUSERS=0 DELETELICENSE=0
NComputing MSI Installer and Uninstaller Options:
• You must include the "AGREETOLICENSE=yes" during a silent install to
signify that you agree to the NComputing End User License Agreement
• The "ADDUSERS=0" command line option is necessary for silent
installs and suppresses the popup window asking if you want to add new
users.
• The uninstaller now contains a Message Box to provide options for
handling an existing vSpace host license during an uninstall. The
available license options for use in a silent uninstall/install are:
“DELETELICENSE=0” – do NOT remove vSpace license
“DELETELICENSE=1” – popup box will appear
“DELETELICENSE=2” – remove vSpace license without popup
If you encounter the signed driver message popup (shown below), it’s
because NComputing’s code signing certificate hasn’t been stored into
the host system’s certificate repository.

If you have ever clicked on the “Always trust software from
“NComputing, Inc.” checkbox (pointed to by green arrow in above image)
during an install, then the message will never pop up again on that
particular system. However, clicking that checkbox isn’t a
particularly good option for customers desiring to deploy NComputing
vSpace on a system for the first time.
You can use the following Microsoft command inside your silent install
script to import the certificate prior to running the msiexec command:
certutil -addstore "TrustedPublisher" NC-code-signing.cer
Adding the import command (shown in screen shot below) to your install
script will make the install truly silent.

The Microsoft “certutil” command line tool is included in Windows
Server 2003, Windows 7*, and in Windows Server 2008 R2. To make the
tool available in Windows XP*, you’ll need to download and install the
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Administration Tools Pack from:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c16ae515-c8f4-47ef-a1e4-a8dcbacff8e3&DisplayLang=en
Attached is a copy of our “NC-code-signing.cer” certificate. Click to
download it below. You will need to unzipped the file to obtain the
certificate.


• KB Article URL: http://www.ncomputing.com/kb/Installing-vSpace-from-the-Windows-Command-Line_303.html


Let me know if you have any questions.