» Archive for the ‘Scripts’ Category
09Dec How to perform an unattended installation of the .NET Framework 3.5 w/ SP1
This post in in response to a couple of questions I’ve had about which versions of the .NET Framework you need to install and in what order. The .NET Framework 3.5 with SP1 includes .NET 3.5 (without any service packs), .NET 3.0 *and* .NET 2.0 - you don’t need to install any of those [...]
19Aug SQL Server 2005 Express Unattended Install - Further Info
Recently I posted an article about how to perform an unattended installation of SQL Server 2005 Express. A comment was posted asking how to set some specific options during the installation - here’s how.
19Jun How to perform an unattended installation of SNMP on Windows Server 2003
Continuing with the recent history of unattended installation articles, this post contains instructions on how to install SNMP quickly and quietly from the command line. SNMP is useful, for example, when you need to tap into the server with monitoring tools like MRTG, Op Manager, IP Sentry etc.
19Jun Old school DOS command for file clean-up
It’s time for a bit of a step back now - to the days of DOS commands. Let’s say you want to delete all files matching a file pattern. What do you do? I’m talking about something slightly more useful and complex than ‘del *.*’ …
12Jun Post-build Windows unattended installation script
The last few articles on Digital Formula have been about unattended installations of various Windows components and add-ons. You’ll get most use out of these articles if you take the steps described in them and make up a post-build script that you can run when Windows has finished installing.
11Jun How to perform an unattended installation of SQL Server 2005 Express
To continue on with the theme of unattended installation-related posts lately, what if you want to install SQL Server 2005 Express Edition in unattended mode? SQL Server 2000 had the ability to save the installation into a file called setup.iss - how nice of Microsoft to remove this feature from SQL Server 2005 … [...]
11Jun How to perform an unattended installation of IIS6
At some stage you will want to install IIS6 on a server that doesn’t already have it. Let’s assume for a minute that you’re the administrator of a network with servers that require a fairly standard installation of IIS6 - why not create a script that does it all with one click? Read [...]
11Jun How to perform an unattended installation of the .NET Framework 2.0
For a lot of applications today you’ll need to install the Microsoft .NET Framework on your Windows systems to get them working. If you’re one of the administrators around the world that hasn’t made the jump to Windows Vista yet then you’ll know that the .NET Framework 2.0 doesn’t come pre-installed with Windows XP.
31Mar PowerShell - Optimised Applications
I’m pretty keen on finding ways to keep my system optimised. So much so that I often break stuff on my machine trying various things but hey, you can’t make an omelette if you don’t break a few eggs.
16Mar PowerShell - How do I install it on Windows Server 2008?
Unlike Windows XP, Windows 2003 and Windows Vista, Windows PowerShell is not a downloadable component for Windows Server 2008. Here’s how to install it on your Windows Server 2008 machine.
