[mazin]

First of all, I should thank guys whose contributions were very useful. Though helpful, each method of theirs had its own pitfall. This is why I compiled this method which I hope it's a smooth trouble-free one.

You may have a look at their contributions here:
http://unattended.ms...ns/adaware6.htm
http://www.msfn.org/...showtopic=14851
http://www.msfn.org/...showtopic=14323

These are the steps:

1. Download the file "sleep.zip" from the link below.

http://unattended.ms...files/sleep.zip

2. Create a folder inside your "Install" folder, and name it AAwP6181

3. Inside the folder "AAwP6181", put these files:

AdAware.exe --> the installation program renamed for simplicity
adaware.js --> a modified JavaScript file written originally by brent24
prefs.ini --> it's yours at C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Ad-aware 6\
reflist.ref --> updated file downloadable from here.
sleep.exe --> extracted from step 1

This is what's written in adaware.js (replace the ####### with your password):

Quote

function getWin(win, inc)
{
var cntr = 0;
while (!WshShell.AppActivate(win))
{
if (cntr==12) return true;
cntr++;
WScript.Sleep(inc);
}
return true;
}
var WshShell = new ActiveXObject("WScript.Shell");
var oExec = WshShell.Exec("AdAware.exe /s");
while (oExec.Status == 0)
{
WScript.Sleep(500);
getWin("Password", 3000);
WshShell.SendKeys ("#######");
WScript.Sleep(500);
WshShell.SendKeys ("{ENTER}");
}
WScript.quit();

This is your batch file:

Quote

cls
@echo off
ECHO.
ECHO Installing Ad-Aware Pro v6 Build 181
ECHO Please wait...
Copy %systemdrive%\Install\AAwP6181\sleep.exe %systemroot%\
Copy %systemdrive%\Install\AAwP6181\AdAware.exe %systemdrive%\
Copy %systemdrive%\Install\AAwP6181\adaware.js %systemdrive%\
sleep 1
CD %systemdrive%\
Start %systemdrive%\adaware.js
sleep 9
Copy /y "%systemdrive%\Install\AAwP6181\reflist.ref" "%systemdrive%\Program Files\Lavasoft\Ad-aware 6\"
Copy "%systemdrive%\Install\AAwP6181\prefs.ini" "%systemdrive%\Program Files\Lavasoft\Ad-aware 6\"
Del %systemdrive%\adaware.js
Del %systemdrive%\AdAware.exe
ECHO.
ECHO Shell Integration and Shortcut Deletion
REG ADD "HKCR\Drive\shell\Scan with Ad-aware...\Command" /ve /t REG_SZ /d "\"%systemdrive%\Program Files\Lavasoft\Ad-aware 6\Ad-aware.exe\" \"%%1\" \"+SD\"" /f
REG ADD "HKCR\Directory\shell\Scan with Ad-aware...\Command" /ve /t REG_SZ /d "\"%systemdrive%\Program Files\Lavasoft\Ad-aware 6\Ad-aware.exe\" \"%%1\" \"+SD\"" /f
del "%USERSPROFILE%\Desktop\Ad-aware 6.0.lnk"
del "%USERSPROFILE%\Desktop\Ad-watch 3.0.lnk"
exit

Note:

Ad-Aware uses internal calculator to check the password you type to install it. It never keeps that password in any place on your computer.
So, don't waste time searching for a registry value or a file hidden here or there. No way!

The file "prefs.ini" is automatically created by Ad-Aware on the first use. It will be automatically modified every time you change the program's settings or do a new scan.
Therefore, do a complete configuration for the program before you copy that file into your unattended CD.

For more information about Plugins:
http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showto...ndpost&p=129555
For more information about Languages:
http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showto...ndpost&p=129612
For more information about setting the default language:
http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showto...ndpost&p=149608
For more information about shell integration:
http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showto...ndpost&p=149437

My "prefs.ini" is uploaded for you, if you happen to need one.

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[Shark007]

a simple method ...

copy over a current installed working version including the latest ref file
execute the exe.

done.


Shark007

[WwTIPPYwW]

sweet - that works great!

NOTE - I dropped the sleep time to 200 and it still worked - box pops up - password entered - and then disappears.


Wonder if installer can be configured to downloaded the newest reflist.ref file automatically? Anyone know how to do that?

[WwTIPPYwW]

also - if SLEEP is put into \$OEM$\$$\System32 folder on the cd, then it
isn't needed in this package and can be used without fully qualifying it.

FYI - WwTIPPYwW

[mazin]

For putting sleep into the $OEM$, it's right and tested.
About the sleep time, it depends. I just make precautions for any slowness probability.
I hope to have other thoughts like yours, so we can make improvements.
Thanks.

[Aaron]

If you're familiar with win32 wget, you may be able to use that to download reflist.zip via a batch file (wget http://url/to/reflist.zip) if wget is copied to the system32 directory. Although you'll need to find a way to auto-extract the zip itself.

[bombtrack]

mazin, on Mar 5 2004, 07:46 PM, said:

First of all, I should thank guys whose contributions were very useful.

i cant believe it the first time i thread of mine got quoted

and thanks for making this much better method out of my and other threads

[bombtrack]

AaronXP, on Mar 8 2004, 12:06 AM, said:

If you're familiar with win32 wget, you may be able to use that to download reflist.zip via a batch file (wget http://url/to/reflist.zip) if wget is copied to the system32 directory. Although you'll need to find a way to auto-extract the zip itself.

OH MY GOD wget is awesome!!!!!

ok guys download wget: WGET

Extract its contents to C:\XPCD\$OEM$\$$\system32\
(so that wget is in c:\xpcd\$oem$\$$\system32\wget.exe)

Google for pkunzip and extract it to C:\XPCD\$OEM$\$$\system32\
(so that pkunzip is in c:\xpcd\$oem$\$$\system32\pkunzip.exe)

Download "ssleay32.dll" and "libeay32.dll" HERE and extract them to
C:\XPCD\$OEM$\$$\system32\
(these 2 files are also often in your flashfxp folder, you can use them, just copy them to the C:\XPCD\$OEM$\$$\system32\ directory)

Follow mazins guide as written in his post above (first post...) and create your .JS file, but remove anything that has to to with the ref file, since we now have wget that downlaods an up to date version of reflist.ref upon every installation of windows.

add this to your batch files that executes the .JS file (the batch file need to run the .js file first though). so it would look something like this

%systemdrive%\path\aaw.js
wget http://www.lavasoft.de/update/refs/reflist.zip
pkunzip -o -e reflist.zip
del /F reflist.zip
copy /Y reflist.ref "%programfiles%\Lavasoft\Ad-aware 6\reflist.ref"
del /F reflist.ref

but im not sure about that .JS line, since i never use .JS files

NOTE:

im not sure if this works, but it might, follows aarons guide on using RunOnceEX from CD then the .JS file might be able to work with the %CDROM% environtment variable
--
this is the best adaware thread that there ever was on msfn lol

[urie]

Hi there,
could someone please tell me where i put the batch file for adaware to run the silent install is it in the start.cmd or RunOnceEx.cmd and also is it saved as a .bat or .cmd

any help would be greatly appreciated this is my first attemp at installing programs, i am reading the unattended cd guide but the way adaware is installed in the guide is not the same.

[bombtrack]

in the guide is the "free" version of adaware, we are talking about the payware version, just keep reading the unattended guide, i dont kow anybody who does not understand where to put their batch files, or how they are executed.

checkk this page it "should" help you

http://unattended.ms...ch_commands.htm

[WwTIPPYwW]

bombtrack - thanks - it worked....

I left the updater from the original instruction in there, since an internet connection might not be available at install. (I assume an error will occur in your steps).

Now - if I could get NAV2004 to update too...

[mazin]

WwTIPPYwW

How many times have you tried bombtrack's way of getting the updated file "reflist.ref"?

I've found a way for connecting to the Internet while in unattended mode of Windows installation. I'm still testing it, but it may work.

So, if you repeated bombtrack's way more than once with no errors, please let me know.

[mazin]

bombtrack

I tried your way of Wget and I got this:

--00:35:34-- http://www.lavasoft....efs/reflist.zip
=> `reflist.zip'
Resolving www.lavasoft.de... 66.117.38.101
Connecting to www.lavasoft.de|66.117.38.101|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 463,558 [application/zip]

100%[====================================>] 463,558 4.49K/s ETA 00:00

00:37:31 (3.93 KB/s) - `reflist.zip' saved [463558/463558]


PKUNZIP ® FAST! Extract Utility Version 2.50 03-01-1999
Copr. 1989-1999 PKWARE Inc. All Rights Reserved. Shareware Version
PKUNZIP Reg. U.S. Pat. and Tm. Off.

?¡ Pentium III class CPU detected.
?¡ XMS version 2.00 detected.
?¡ DPMI version 0.90 detected.

Searching ZIP: REFLIST.ZIP
Inflating: reflist.ref
1 file(s) copied.
Press any key to continue . . .

It was amazing as you can see!

But when I tried it again, it didn't work. Do you have suggestions?

Thanks.

[WwTIPPYwW]

mazin, on Mar 12 2004, 07:07 PM, said:

WwTIPPYwW

How many times have you tried bombtrack's way of getting the updated file "reflist.ref"?

I've found a way for connecting to the Internet while in unattended mode of Windows installation. I'm still testing it, but it may work.

So, if you repeated bombtrack's way more than once with no errors, please let me know.

i've tried it a couple times - seems to be fine. maybe I'm missing any errors.

or the point that I do it - the NIC is already loaded and at times yours isn't?

Seems to work.

[hajj_3]

i put this in my .bat file, when i execute it i get the following error message:

Script: C:\adaware.js
Line: 13
Char: 1
Error: The system cannot find the file specified.

Code: 80070002
Source: WshShell.Exec

i used the code you had on the previous page to make the .js file, i copied and pasted the contents and replace the *** with my password and saved it in notepad to adaware.js.

why does the error messange say c:\adaware.js not found, shouldnt it be c:\install\adaware.js ?

[hajj_3]

i managed to get this to work by changing:

Start %systemdrive%\adaware.js

to

Start %systemdrive%\Install\AAwP6181\adaware.js

as the adaware.js file isnt on the root drive its in c:\install\AAwP6181\

note i am running this from my harddrive, will they work once its on the cd ?

[mazin]

Have you renamed the program to AdAware.exe and put it in C:\ ?

[hajj_3]

i have renamed it, but havent put it in the c:\ due to it will go in the install directory like all of the other programs.

[mazin]

For you convenience, if you put those two files in a place other than C:\, the JS won't work.

I mean the ROOT, i.e., C:\ or D:\ or whatever.

[ZoSTeR]

Here's a script for creating a setup with Inno Setup.

Install Inno Setup.
Install Ad-aware.
Install the latest Ad-Aware ref-file. (optional)
Put the script (ad_aware.iss) into your Ad-aware program folder.
Compile the script. (Double click the ad_aware.iss file , then select Build->Compile)
You now have a setup.exe in the output folder.

You can install it with /VERYSILENT

Ad-aware doesn't write anything into the registry so it's quite straight forward.

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