[Astie]

i've got the new adobe photoshop cs2 silent running but can not get the activation screen removed on installation.

i've already got this:

start /wait %systemdrive%\install\photoshop\setup.exe /v/qb!
(this is the program installation)

start /wait "%systemdrive%\install\photoshop\Adobe Common File Installer.msi" /qb!
(this is an installation to remove the update error when you start photoshop)

copy %systemdrive%\install\photoshop\B2B86000.dat "%systemdrive%\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Adobe Systems\Product licenses" /y
(this is my activation file for activation)

regedit /s %systemdrive%\install\photoshop\settings.reg
(for getting some reg settings right)


and my Abcpy.ini looks like this:

;***************************************************************
;Adobe Installer External Configuration File: Abcpy.ini
;***************************************************************

;***************************************************************
;Main Section
;The (Product) key is a required key
;***************************************************************
[MAIN]
Product=Adobe® Photoshop CS2
AbcpyVersion=2.0


;***************************************************************
;OEM Installation Options
;***************************************************************
[OEM Install]
SERIALNUMBER=xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx
SERIALNUMBERTRYOUT=xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx
USERNAME=a
COMPANYNAME=d
INSTALLDIR=
DisplayWelcomeDlg=NO
DisplayEULA=NO
DisplayXPDialog=NO
DisplayTypeOfInstallDlg=NO
DisplaySelectDestDirDlg=NO
DisplayCustomDlg=NO
DisplayUserInfoDlg=NO
DisplayConfirmRegDlg=NO
DisplayStartCopyDlg=NO
DisplayFinishDlg=NO
DisplayFinalMessage=NO
DisplayRebootDlg=NO
DisplayBackGround=NO
DisplayBackGround=NO
DisplayProgressBar=NO
ProgressBarStart=NO
ProgressBarEnd=NO


Can somebody help me?

greetz astie

[1chaoticadult]

Remove your tryout serial from your .ini file. You shouldn't be posting it. I don't think you can remove activation without manually doing it. I could be wrong though... Also you need to add two more msi's to your photoshop cs2 install or errors will occur with help and browse will not work. And another one exists which is for stock photos but is not needed unless like me you want the full install..

This post has been edited by 1chaoticadult: 28 April 2005 - 11:38 AM

[Astie]

1chaoticadult, on Apr 28 2005, 11:35 AM, said:

Remove your tryout serial  from your .ini file.  You shouldn't be posting it.  I don't think you can remove activation without manually doing it.  I could be wrong though...  Also you need to add two more msi's to your photoshop cs2 install or errors will occur with help and browse will not work. And another one exists which is for stock photos but is not needed unless like me you want the full install..
<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

oke removed it, but cant i turn the activation off on installation so it pop ups when you start photoshop for the first time?

[1chaoticadult]

Astie, on Apr 28 2005, 11:39 AM, said:

1chaoticadult, on Apr 28 2005, 11:35 AM, said:

Remove your tryout serial  from your .ini file.  You shouldn't be posting it.  I don't think you can remove activation without manually doing it.  I could be wrong though...  Also you need to add two more msi's to your photoshop cs2 install or errors will occur with help and browse will not work. And another one exists which is for stock photos but is not needed unless like me you want the full install..
<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

oke removed it, but cant i turn the activation off on installation so it pop ups when you start photoshop for the first time?
<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

This might be possible but seeing how photoshop cs2 activation is slightly different from cs, I'm not sure if ya can or not especially how they have the transfer activation option (although I think this uses the net connection, not sure).

[1chaoticadult]

The activation file is unique to your system. I have the same name for the activation file and try deleting it and the activation window popped up. When I put it back, it disappeared.

[SiMoNsAyS]

i've tried creating an administrative installation point from the .msi resulting on a smaller setup... problem is that it won't run uA.

apparently the program builds the admin point only for photoshop and imageready, prompting an error when it's time to install adobe updater. this can be interesting for us b/c it also reduces the size of installed CS2

i wonder if will be available a tool to deploy .mst files to use with "/TRANSFORMS=" switch...

[WotC]

I followed the instructions posted here an got some interesting results. after creating an admin point with PSCS2 and the other MSIs i trie to install PSCS2 silently with the /qb-! switch - it didn't work - it did NOTHING at all! The only switch that worked was /qb. But i got an error (a nice errormessage - just ERROR). The reason for this error was the missing abcpy.ini, so i copied it to the main directory of the admin installation point. after that /qb worked, till i got another error, complaining that \PSCS2\CommonAppData\Adobe\Updater\Certs\photoshop.cer has a read error. Does anyone has the some or similar problems? I keep on trying....

Update: Ok, i finished the installed (i clicked ignore) but nevertheless i get the activation screen at the end of the installation. Adobe sucks .

[WotC]

This AutoIT script is not the perfect solution, but it works (for now)...

Run ("setup.exe /v/qb")
WinWaitActive("Adobe Photoshop Installer")
ControlClick("Adobe Photoshop Installer", "", "Button6")
WinWaitActive("Adobe Activation")
ControlClick("Adobe Activation", "", "Button1")

[jacksont123]

that script didnt work for me.
i hope someone finds out a method to make this unattended.

[1chaoticadult]

WotC, on Apr 29 2005, 11:38 AM, said:

This AutoIT script is not the perfect solution, but it works (for now)...

Run ("setup.exe /v/qb")
WinWaitActive("Adobe Photoshop Installer")
ControlClick("Adobe Photoshop Installer", "", "Button6")
WinWaitActive("Adobe Activation")
ControlClick("Adobe Activation", "", "Button1")

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

That script won't work anyway. You have to type in an serial numbers to have a fully activated copy unless of course you are using the trial in which the activation screen will keep popping up.

[jacksont123]

indeed

[WotC]

just add the serial to the abcpy.ini - there are two possibilities to enter serials - enter either a "real" or a "tryout". sorry, forgot to mention that. i tried it and it worked

[OEM Install]
SERIALNUMBER=xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx
SERIALNUMBERTRYOUT=xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx

[jacksont123]

ive tried that too, but the activation message still appears at the end of the installation.

[1chaoticadult]

WotC, on Apr 29 2005, 03:44 PM, said:

just add the serial to the abcpy.ini - there are two possibilities to enter serials - enter either a "real" or a "tryout". sorry, forgot to mention that. i tried it and it worked

[OEM Install]
SERIALNUMBER=xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx
SERIALNUMBERTRYOUT=xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Yea but you still need an authorization & activation code to input into the activation screen. I guess you wasn't getting what I saying before.

[WotC]

Thats right - but therefore i included this part here:

WinWaitActive("Adobe Photoshop Installer")
ControlClick("Adobe Photoshop Installer", "", "Button6")
WinWaitActive("Adobe Activation")
ControlClick("Adobe Activation", "", "Button1")

It waits for the Registration "popup" and cancels activation. Of course, you have to register it within the first 30 days, but hey, at least its installed unattended :-). i suppose its the same as with adobe acrobat professional - the activation just sucks and can't be automated (as far as i know)!

And hey, the topic was "remove activation screen on install" - not REGISTER it successfully :-).

[BoardBabe]

I'm new to this AutoIt thingy, how does it work? Can you post the exe for this?

[djbe]

You could also fill in the activation info with autoIt... Not that hard, look in the help files, or other scripts posted in the forum

[jacksont123]

BoardBabe, on Apr 29 2005, 05:33 PM, said:

I'm new to this AutoIt thingy, how does it work? Can you post the exe for this?
<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

i too would like an exe or an au3 file for this.
most prefferably an au3 file.

thanks

[Astalavista]

using autoit for activation is impossible!

Adobe knows about Autoit

when the corp edition comes out no need to activate.

[batman75]

I am curious as to how you got the admin install to work
I cant get it to run.

When I try to run the installation from a script it fails to find the data1.cab file and then prompts to retry or cancel.
This method would prove to be very useful if I could get it to work.
The source size is reduced to 130mb when compressed with 7zip.

I am running it with an AutoIt script but it would seem that the installer
itself needs to be altered to keep it from checking for the data.cab file.
But the .msi file itself runs fine when I just double click on it.
Here is my AutoIt script if anyone is interested. The .msi has been renamed.

RunWait("msiexec /qb /l* cs2-log.txt /i adobecs2.msi")

;Activation
WinWaitActive  ( "Adobe Photoshop Installer","" )
ControlClick  ( "Adobe Photoshop Installer", "", "Button6" )

;Activation2
Sleep      ( 250 )
WinWaitActive	( "Adobe Activation","" )
ControlClick   ( "Adobe Activation", "", "Button1" )

Exit

;EOF