Clonedrive or Alternative on Windows 7 Enterprise

[peterp]

We would like a virtual cd/dvd rom drive on our shiney new Windows 7 Enterprise machines.

 

I have created an installer which works with WPKG to deploy the software, however it fails due to the driver install prompting for unsafe drivers.

On Windows 7 pro I know you can disable this prompt, but I haven't been able to get this to work on Enterprise.

 

Do any of you know of a way of doing this, or an alternate package that will install silently?

 

Cheers

Pete.

[mac_shinobi]

http://www.edugeek.net/forums/downloads/94233-totalmounter-free-virtual-cd-dvd-rw-writer-windows.html

 

Credit Goes to @Arthur

[peterp]

Thank you for this, although it still has to prompt for installation of drivers. Really looking for a completely silent install. Doesn't look like you can do that on Windows 7 Enterprise with 3rd party drivers :-(

[Arthur]

Virtual CloneDrive can be installed silently if you import SlySoft's (expired) coding signing certificate into the local computers certificate store. e.g.

 

@echo off
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
set SCRIPTDIR=%~dp0
set SCRIPTDIR=%SCRIPTDIR:~0,-1%

certutil -f -addstore TrustedPublisher "%SCRIPTDIR%\SetupVirtualCloneDrive5450.cer"
start "" /wait "%SCRIPTDIR%\SetupVirtualCloneDrive5450.exe" /S /NoReboot
del /q "%Public%\Desktop\Virtual CloneDrive.lnk"

 

Copy-and-paste the following text into Notepad, save as SetupVirtualCloneDrive5450.cer and place in the same folder as the installer (or deploy the certificate via a GPO).

 

-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----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-----END CERTIFICATE-----

[peterp]

The script ran fine, imported the cert; however windows 7 still prompted to install the driver.

Never mind, I think we will capture the driver in the windows image to make sure it's always there.

Cheers for the help anyway.

 

Pete.