[chef] Re: Re: Re: not so quiet installers

["Moser, Kevin" < >]

Does "SendKeys" require an interactive logon?  If so then you need to be
careful how you set up your scheduled task or service.  We run our
chef-client as Local System so interactive logon becomes difficult to
nonexistent.  

On 7/15/13 8:56 AM, "Adam Edwards" 
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>Nathaniel, I've heard about a product that allows you to send customizable
>window messages to installers as a way to "fix" this. I can't remember the
>product name though.
>
>You could probably implement such a solution by hand if needed -- just
>launch the installer from a vbscript / jscript using wshell and then use
>"sendkeys" from wscript/wshell to send input to the installer.
>
>It's very sad, but if you can't control the quality of the installers you
>get, this is the best solution that I can think of.
>
>-Adam
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>On 7/15/13 6:34 AM, "Nathaniel Eliot" 
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>>http://www.autohotkey.com/ might fit your need.
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>>Cheers,
>>
>>--
>>Nathaniel Eliot
>>T9 Productions
>>
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>>On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 7:19 AM, Florian Hehlen
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>> wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Has anyone struggled with windows based installers that cannot run in a
>>> truly quiet mode. I have one old vb6 installer that just hangs because
>>>it
>>> can¹t run without user input but it needs a GUI based session! I have
>>>looked
>>> at some tools that can convert old installers to MSIs but with little
>>> success. If it was just the question of manually converting one
>>>installer I
>>> would just bite the bullet and do it. But we still have a vendor that
>>> delivers such crap!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Flo.
>>>
>>>
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