Software Deployment

Hi folks,
if Ian's interpretation of Sus question is ok (which i believe, is), it's easy to achieve.
Just drop the 'AdminUISequence' and the 'AdminExecuteSequence' table (or make them both empty) from the package.
That should do the trick.
However, you will still get a short pop up window (and a UAC popup on Vista),
but nothing will be done (execpt for a log file, if logging is enabled).
Regards, Nick

Hello,

It really isn't clear what you are asking here (at least it isn't to me anyway).

The command you show is the command to perform an administrative installation - what do you mean by "lock .msi without extracting" in this context ?

Regards,

Spartacus

I think what you are asking is, is there a way to prevent an administrative install.

Unless you want to rewrite the Windows Installer engine, no.

Nick, would such an MSI fail validation, do you know? I'm intrigued...

Hi Ian,
good question.
If you empty the tables, you get lots of validation errors.
If you drop the tables entirely, you get not no single validation error.
but if one runs the package in admin mode, it doesn't matter at all.
Just the same log entries: "UI Sequence table 'AdminUISequence' is missing or empty."
I played around quite some time with those tables in the past, most of the time the other way round (adding missing tables or entries).
Regards, Nick

Nick,

I guess the package would fail Vista logo certification.

Hi Kim,
are speaking about the "Windows Vista Logo Program Suite" profile for ICE validation?
If yes: No, it is passing this one too, if you drop those two tables.
Don't know, if there are more tests for a MSI package to get the Vista logo.
Regards, Nick

Great Nick!

As I said I guessed [:D]

/Kim