(imported topic written by zpt8mjs91)
Greetings,
Recently we had a problem where application groups were installing MS11-025 (KB2467173) using the following command line
call kb2467173_vcredist_x86.exe /q /r:n
This information is aparently documented on the MS website.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/MS11-025
It says to use the /q switch for quiet and the /r:n switch for no reboot; expand “Security Update Deployment” and look under "Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package and Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package Service Pack "
These switches however did not manage the reboots correctly. Any devices that had a “Restart Pending” rebooted.
Naturally, we had no problems with BigFix. When I look at the corresponding fixlet (ID 1102513), it gets installed with the following action script
waithidden __Download\vcredist_x86.exe /quiet /norestart
Apparently if you look at the help screen (/?) it indicates that “/quiet /norestart” are the appropriate switches to use
So, now everyone is coming to me asking How it is that BigFix knew to use switches that actually worked. And what process do they use to determine these.
I know it sounds like a silly question, but I’d be grateful for any help