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List:       perl-win32-admin
Subject:    RE: View service pack
From:       Steinar Skjelanger <steinar () skjelanger ! com>
Date:       2002-01-22 20:20:58
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If the script is run as a Domain Admin on the desktop (e.g. using the RunAs 
utility in Win2k), permissions shouldn't be a problem, and qchain.exe from 
MS makes the patch order a little less important. But I think something 
like this should be possible:

1. Copy the hotfix (or whatever) to c:\temp on the remote computer
2. Make the hotfix executable run on the remote computer, with command line 
parameters that make it install without user interaction.
3. Reboot (if neccessary) the remote computer with shutdown.exe from 
Resource Kit or similar.

1 and 3 is pretty straightforward, but number 2 is the problem. I know it's 
possible, and it's probably not _that_ difficult. The question is: can it 
be done in Perl?

Regards,

Steinar Skjelanger

At 09:36 18.01.02 -0600, you wrote:


>We're working on just such a project.  It's very difficult and more
>involved than you think.  The patches etc can't be installed as a regular
>user, they must be run as an administrator.  You can use RunProcessAsUser
>to accomplish this.  The next thing is patch order.  They have to go on in
>order.
>
>
>John Delisle
>Corporate Technology
>Ceridian Canada Ltd
>204-975-5909


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