Minimalist setup script for MSMQ unattended installation

re: Minimalist setup script for MSMQ unattended installation

tobsen — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 13:28:36 GMT

Hi,

do you know if the windows XP needed when installing via your unattended script? I've currently no means to test it myself :-/

re: Minimalist setup script for MSMQ unattended installation

JohnBrea — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 13:42:09 GMT

Hi Tobias,

Did you mean to ask "do you know if the windows XP CDROM/DVD is needed"?

The files for MSMQ are pre-loaded on Windows XP Professional machines so no need for the original media.

Windows XP Home does not support MSMQ.

Cheers

John

re: Minimalist setup script for MSMQ unattended installation

tobsen — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:40:30 GMT

"Did you mean to ask" Yes, exactly. Thanks a lot.

re: Minimalist setup script for MSMQ unattended installation

CrackerJack — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 06:04:20 GMT

This is a great "trick" and one I am using with the additional condition of only doing the install if MSMQ is not already installed. The following DOS batch script works fine on XP Pro desktops:

;@ECHO OFF

;ECHO "Try Stopping MSMQ Service"

;NET STOP MSMQ

;REM May already have been stopped, so just try a Starting it now

;NET START MSMQ

;IF ERRORLEVEL 2 GOTO Install

;ECHO "Installed/Restarted - OK"

;GOTO Finished

;:Install

;ECHO "Not Installed - NOTOK"

;ECHO "Installing MSMQ now..."

;sysocmgr.exe /i:sysoc.inf /u:checkMSMQ.bat

;ECHO "Installed & Started"

;GOTO Finished

[Components]

msmq_Core = ON

msmq_LocalStorage = ON

msmq_ADIntegrated = OFF

msmq_TriggersService = OFF

msmq_HTTPSupport = OFF

msmq_RoutingSupport = OFF

msmq_MQDSService = OFF

;:Finished

Thanks and Cheers,

CrackerJack

re: Minimalist setup script for MSMQ unattended installation

JohnBrea — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 12:54:36 GMT

Hi CrackerJack,

Thanks for sharing.

Cheers

John Breakwell (MSFT)

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re: Minimalist setup script for MSMQ unattended installation

Casper42 — Mon, 04 May 2009 23:27:23 GMT

You guys keep putting the name of the batch file in the code. If you rename the batch file and forget to change the SYSOCMGR line, the script is going to fail.

If you change this line:

;sysocmgr.exe /i:sysoc.inf /u:checkMSMQ.bat

;sysocmgr.exe /i:sysoc.inf /u:%0

it will still work and the .bat/.cmd filename is now Dynamic.

%0 (%ZERO) always spits out the name of the batch file that is actively being run, which in this case is also your SYSOC INF.

Thanks for a GREAT trick BTW with the ;

I am a batch scripting nerd and I never knew this so it was a great find when I stumbled across this page.

-Caper42

re: Minimalist setup script for MSMQ unattended installation

JohnBrea — Mon, 04 May 2009 23:37:22 GMT

Nice tip - thanks, Casper42.

re: Minimalist setup script for MSMQ unattended installation

Casper42 — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 23:58:42 GMT

Just FYI - this same trick works with Security INF Files.

Example

;secedit /configure /db %computername%.sdb /cfg %0 /overwrite /log %computername%.log /quiet

;GOTO :EOF

[Unicode]

Unicode=yes

[Version]

signature="$CHICAGO$"

Revision=1

[System Access]

;----------------------------------------------------------------

;Account Policies - Password Policy

;----------------------------------------------------------------

MinimumPasswordAge =30

MaximumPasswordAge =90

MinimumPasswordLength =8

PasswordComplexity =1

PasswordHistorySize =24

etc etc etc

Oh and if you didnt notice, I used GOTO :EOF

On XP/2003 and higher, this will always go to the end of the file and thus you don't need to add the jump tag like ;:FINISHED at the end of the INF section.

re: Minimalist setup script for MSMQ unattended installation

Whozfoxy — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:27:20 GMT

worked like a charm. Sorted out my OCS2007 installation, and able to continue with the process. thank you.

re: Minimalist setup script for MSMQ unattended installation

JohnBrea — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:30:25 GMT

More kudos for Hans-Jürgen Philippi :-)

re: Minimalist setup script for MSMQ unattended installation

toast — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 22:29:15 GMT

I am being asked for the CD-ROM on XP Pro SP3 machines when I run the batch file. If I give it a path to the i386 folder when asked, it works fine. I can manually do the install and it never asks.

Please help!

re: Minimalist setup script for MSMQ unattended installation

JohnBrea — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 01:41:57 GMT

Hi Toast,

You should not need the CD-ROM for this. Are these clean-install machines or ones that have been used for a while? Are any clean-up tools run on them that remove "unwanted" files? Do you use the default Windows installation directory or something different?

Cheers

John Breakwell (MSFT)

re: Minimalist setup script for MSMQ unattended installation

toast — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:02:35 GMT

We don't run any disk cleanup on these pcs. Default Windows install folder. I am only asked for the CD when installed using the batch file.

I want to run via the batch file so I can advertise it to the pcs and run it with the user logged in to prevent a tech (with admin rights) from logging in.

It would be nice to do it this way to prevent the wrong items being mistakenly selected by a tech. It would also save time per pc.

I need to deploy this tomorrow, btw. :)

re: Minimalist setup script for MSMQ unattended installation

JohnBrea — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:47:56 GMT

Hi Toast,

I've just tested the script and it works as designed.

1 Load up a test Windows XP machine that doesn't have MSMQ installed; run NET START MSMQ and receive error "The service name is invalid".

2 Paste the script into a text file on the desktop called MSMQINSTALL.BAT and save.

3 Run MSMQINSTALL.BAT from command prompt

4 Watch the dialogue boxes as setup runs

5 When completed, run NET START MSMQ and receive response "The requested service has already been started".

On one of your problem machines, before you run the script do you see all the MQ files in the Windows\System32 directory? Should be 24 files (from MQAD.DLL through MQUTIL.DLL). I assume you do as you say you can install MSMQ manually.

If this is urgent then I would recommend raising a support case with Microsoft.

Cheers

John Breakwell

re: Minimalist setup script for MSMQ unattended installation

toast — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:54:18 GMT

Well I created my package and sent it to a test pc and it works just fine!

I don't know what was missing earlier...

Thanks for all your help. ;)

re: Minimalist setup script for MSMQ unattended installation

JohnBrea — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:03:57 GMT

Hi Toast,

That's good news.

Cheers

John Breakwell (MSFT)