Packaging IE 9 in SCCM 2007 using silent install switches

Question

Hello all
I am planning on packaging IE9 to be deployed to some of our test computers then to our production environment of about 564 nodes. My goal is to run it as a silent install, no user interface.I use the follow commands but the Install box still comes up (see
below).  msiexec.exe /i "ie9-windows7-x64-enu.msi" /quiet
My other question is should I just push the upgraded IE9 with the next software updates patch cycle?
Thanks,
Phil
Phil Balderos

Answer 1

Hi Phil,
when you run through the IEAK wizard, you choose the user experience you want to have.
IEAK has the ability to output in MSIfile, or as setup.exe.
The MSIfile, is a dumb one, in that it merely unpacks the setup.exe and launches that.
When we packaged up IE9, we just used the setup.exe, and I selected silent+norestart and all that, inside the IEAK.
The setup.exe generated, includes the necessary parameters. I created a package/program in CM07 with just that.
Or, you can use: setup.exe /quiet /norestart
I've not found the MSI of any benefit at all, ever. (maybe if I was using GPSI or something that might be where I'd use it)
Don
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