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techguy87, Arthur's script is for a non-interactive, silent, installation. He deploys his through SCCM when no users are logged on. I too deploy through SCCM, but only when users are logged on, so I had to change the mode to Interactive.

Schikitar, you're going to need to become familiar with the Powershell App Deploy Toolkit (PowerShell App Deployment Toolkit) to use this script. It's not hard to understand, once you read up a bit, but I recommend you go to the website, and download the latest version, just to see what it comes like out of the box. Most importantly, read over the admin documentation. Don't worry, you don't have to be a Powershell guru to use this.

Using Arthur's PSADT script he posted, with some tweaks for my environment, I'm able to successfully install Java 8, as well as remove all previous versions of Java, in one action, via SCCM 2012R2 CU4. The one major tweak I had to make to the script is in the Pre-Installation phase. I had to write the java.settings.cfg file to C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java. Without that, it was failing on all three test machines I've been using, with the dreaded Error 1722 seen in the event viewer. I've still got more testing to do, before I declare it a full success, but so far, it's looking pretty good.

Many thanks Arthur. I will be playing around with this today, and will be deploying through SCCM 2012R2. I'll report back on my results.

Absolutely. I've used PSADT before on another project and it was perfect. I think this will be a great application for Java too.

Arthur, of all the ways I've seen Java uninstalled, and upgraded to the latest version, especially with Java 8, this seems to make the most sense. Have you made any improvements or changes to your script since you posted this last year?