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Unattended Wse Install

Mar 2, 2012 scripting installs

I’ve been on a project where a number of prerequisites needed scripting and we’re provided in the MSI format. This is the Microsoft Installer format. There are a number of switches you can use which can streamline an application install. Problem was that the way our installing system operates here, the execution …

Secure HDCP Link Not Found on XBOX 360

Mar 1, 2009 Consoles Family HDMI

I’m a fan of the XBox 360, the price these days for a combined DVD, Media center Extender and games console is so low its hard not to be, however every once in a while an issue that comes up that isn’t necessarily easily explained out there in Cyberspace. This morning, my sons and I wanted to resume a DVD that we we’re …

Oracle Oui Silent Installs

Oct 7, 2008 Oracle Scripting

I’ve been working on this all week and I finally made a breakthrough for this today. The task at hand was to automate the install of the Oracle Data Access Components for OLE DB for 10g. At my work we prefer to script everything so if anyone gets knocked down by a bus, someone else should be able to just run the script …