If you want to install an MSI with no user intervention, and scripted, you can use msiexec. But what if you want to do a complete installation on the product, instead of a typical installation (which would be default)? Put this in your script: msiexec /i yourpackage.msi /passive ADDLOCAL=ALL ADDLOCAL=ALL is the key to a …
Category Archives: microsoft
Gates vs Jobs
Of interest to most “Tech” people out there would be the chat between Steve Jobs (of Apple fame if you are from under a rock) and Bill Gates (of Microsoft fame if you are not in the know). This occurred at the All Things Digital conference, and is now available for your aural or visual …
Office is Non Standard
Nearly ALL windows apps I use are CTRL+F to start a new find… On my mac, APPLE+F . Microsoft apps: Office = F4 for find, SHIFT F4 to find next. Outlook (part of office but yet different!) = CTRL+E What tha?!!!! Just hope in word that you don’t bump ALT+F4 in office or it will …
MS Vista Not Compatible With SQL Server
This is an article by Fortune’s Owen Thomas on Vista not being compatible with SQL Server. An excerpt: ‘But now Microsoft has a problem. Vista, its long-awaited update to the Windows operating system, can’t run the current version of SQL Server. The company is working on a SQL upgrade that is compatible with Vista – …