tomscaper

thanks for that mattx i have added that to the line of my script what does that actually do. aj i will try using a server unc path i have had problems with it in the past with batch files so i guess i automatically put them in the autoit script as well. thanks for the tip.

i am not sure what you mean the working directory, what is it for. is it where sims is installed such as c:\program files\sims\sims .net\

sorry if that made no sense lol. i have compiled it to an exe which runs on start up the main problem now is that it doesnt run the batch file because it cannot run it from the server such as \\servername\share\sims.bat i am looking at getting it to do it all in the autoit script rather than run an extra batch file. this is what i have up to now

Well it all works fine now, well when i run it manually but when i go to run it at start up, due to not being able to run unc paths it wont run the batch file. is it possible to convert what i have in my batch file to work inside the autoit script

sims takes about 5 minutes to complete. how would i go about altering this do you happen to know where you can change this. also anyone insterested i solved the other problem with autoit i needed to use the WinWaitClose command on cmd as that is what the batch file opened,i dont know how fool proof it is but it waited till the script finished then displayed the completed message.

that works great now. as for the wake on lan, some of the network cards or motherboards can do this as i start them up on a morning that way, but there are a odd few that do not let me do this. i am still curious about getting the other autoit script to work though any ideas what could be wrong with it

to webman i tried your message.exe version it shows the message fine, and the mouse wont move, but it doesnt then move on to install the software it just freezes at that point. bossman i dont know what WOL is how would i find out if that is on my server.

the windows detail when the bat file runs is i changed it to but it still didnt wait till it finishes i have set the batch file to pause so it is my interaction that should end it.

The only part i am having trouble with is the winwaitclose part, i can get the batch file running but i cant get it to wait till the batch file has finished. this is what i have up to now from modifying your script

hi thanks that work really good, i am trying to incorporate the batch file into the autoit script, i tried running it the way you said by calling the batch file but as it is a batch file i cant work out how to tell the program to wait till it closes as the cmd prompt runs instead with the batch file inside it.

Thanks for all the tips, i had tried to convert it to a vbs script but i was unable. As for the popup box in vbs i would use it but it needs the user to click ok and i would rather then not need to click anything as they would probably end up bugging me why is this box saying ok. lol i tried repackaging it to a msi but it never worked from that, they only way i have found is running at startup from a share luckily the exe can be installed silently this is the batch file if anyone would know how to change it to vbs. i had a go but the extra lines after the exe never worked properly as for the AutoIT script i have never used it and i have no idea what it is. do you need anything to run it? all i need the script to do is run at start saying installing..... then at the end somehow tell the message to close and say installation complete and close after a few seconds.

hi could anyone help me with the following problem or explain if using a script is the best way to go, or if my problem is a little to complex. i am currently deploying a piece of software using a batch file which runs in the group policy as a start up script. even though many times i have explained to the teachers that the software is installing and the laptop has not crashed or frozen, they still reboot the machine when it says running start up scripts message. as the software takes about 5 minutes to install. i am looking to create some kind of popup message that says installing please wait. i have looked on the internet about using msgbox and setting a timer on it. but i was hoping there was some way of using a vbs script to run at the begining of the batch file and start the message and once the batch file has got to a point then it will tell the script to finish and close the message. i know it is abit of a frivalous thing to have but it would make life a bit easier. hopefuly you can understand what i am asking. thanks tom

thanks for that i will have a look in to it. the only problem i have had with running the script is as its a silent install nothing happen on start up so i have had a few teacher turn there laptops off thinking it was crashed. For some reason the echo command doesnt actually show when you run it as a start up script. is there a way of making this show or is this set somewhere else.

well ours did upgrade on the newer version as the shortcut staff use have the simsload.exe in it. since the last update it looks like it isnt updating automatically i dont know why though, i wrote a batch file to look for the "c:\program files\sims\installed1" folder that i told my batch file to create and delete it so that next time the computer restart it just installs sims again but with the newer and updated exe files. It is a long winded way to go but i havnt been able to figure any other way to make this easier. im not sure about altering the sims users groups to be honest it was already set up and i just had to work around to get it all working properly.

we use a batch file on start up to install sims. change "servername" to where ever the sims exe files are. and change "K:\sims\" to the drive mapped to access sims. i found i needed the extra "\" at the end becuase it kept asking for the connect.ini location. if anyone has an easier way of doing this let me know.

thanks i will try that im just wondering what the transform does.

The closest i have came to deploying activstudio silently, i can deploy version 2.1.23 silently and the resource pack 2.08. But am unable to deploy any of the updates, i have tried packing the msp package but it asks for the setup.exe file. the drivers i have been able to deploy silently for the tds boards and promethean board but you have to still set the driver in device manager. does anyone have a way of deploying the patches of editing them so they dont need the exe file

We have a similar problem, we have two types of board in our school, the older boardmate board they say TDS on them, and the newer promethean board, the drivers all work on the TDS boards but when it comes to opening up activstudio 2 it brings up an error message asking to connect the promethean board. If we put the older boardmate driver on the board connects up to activstudio fine with no problems, it can be quite a pain if teachers try and move around the school, so we just told them they can only move rooms if they dont move there laptops. I havnt been able to find a solution to this, or even someone who also has this problem.

i have it working now, the problem was that i had altered the original msi as it was not creating the printer properly but with this transform and the original msi it all work without any problems. tested it on one machine, just now to try it on a few to see if it was a fluke lol. Thanks again for the help. Tom

i used the customization wizard to create the msi for deployment, and installed it. Adobe works fine when you are connected to the network. Even when you install it from the exe file manually, the same problem comes up once the users log offline.

hi i logged on as admin and it let me convert a file to a pdf without changing any settings. i changed them and tried logging on as a student but the same error came up.

you wouldnt happen to know which registry key that would be do you.

i will try that, if that is the problem, does that mean i will have to do that manually on every computer.

I am currently having a problem installing acrobat reader 8 with group policy, i am able to deploy it to my test machine it works all fine. The problem is that our teachers laptop are set to work offline, and when they go home, acrobat reader will not load as if it is trying to access something on our server or even the internet. I assume the problem is something on our server that it needs to access, because it does the same with version 7. has anyone else experienced this problem before, i have looked on the net and here but i have found no references to it. Tom

well your fix did the job that installer error doesnt come up anymore, only problem is that i have a new problem now, say i write a word docuemnt, and then try to convert it to a pdf, it sends to the pdf printer but it just stays and produces an error in the print job. its always the same as soon as you fix one problem another arises. Thanks again Tom