[Kampfflieger]

Hi! a question:
Can I add Visual Studio 6.0 to my unattended xp cd and how? how should I run the installer?? Beforehand I apologize for my poor english

[richvz]

I found this at www.appdeploy.com

You must have the following present on each target system before installation:

- Internet Explorer 4.0 SP1 or later
- For NT, SP 3 or later

To prepare Visual Studio for installation perform the following steps:

1) Copy the first disk to a network share or local directory
2) Remove the read only attribute for the file \setup\vs98ent.stf
3) Execute the setup/accost.exe application to specify the components you wish to have installed.
4) When complete save the file as \setup\vs98ent.stf
5) Once the steps above are completed, make the files available to client computers on the network and use the following command line to trigger the silent installation:

\\server\share\path\smsinst.exe /k 1231234567

(Where 123-1234567 is your CD Key sticker on the CD packaging)

Note: A reboot is required following installation. There are installation steps that are triggered following installation through use of the runonce keys in the registry- for this reason you must restart the system before continuing to install other software such as MSDN.



I hope it helps

[maxXPsoft]

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A reboot is required following installation.

That was pre XP I think, I captured the keys for Runonceex but have misplaced them. Probably some way to kill it then run those commands. But with MSDN and the upgrade to SP5 this would probably have to go on a DVD or have it go out to a second CD.

richvz
Thanks for that Info, give me something to work with once I reget those keys it created.

[Striker___]

yes i think you can go to:
Silent Installation Switches
and use find and search for Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0
i havent tested it my self but i think sourceforge.net has a good reputation so the info sould be correct

[darthyoda6]

try http://www.MSFN.org/board/index.php?showtopic=14438&st=0 where the question has been asked & answered.