Need Help - Fixlet to remove Oracle Calendar

(imported topic written by N8R2_Christopher_Reed)

If anyone can help me solve this very annoying problem I would greatly appreciate it. I am attempting to remediate a vulnerability on 130 machines regarding a buffer over run using the version of Oracle Calendar installed on our machines. The easiest approach for me is to simply uninstall The program from the machines.I attempted to create a custom fixlet that just does not seem to be working. Keep in mind I am not an expert with this, and we have been using this product for less then a year.

Here is the registry key I identified that contains the program guid and uninstall string.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall{4DA016C7-9AC2-4BA7-AD31-3EBA29BC21B1}

“AuthorizedCDFPrefix”=""

“Comments”=" "

“Contact”=" "

“DisplayVersion”=“10.1.2.4”

“HelpLink”=hex(2):68,00,74,00,74,00,70,00,3a,00,2f,00,2f,00,77,00,77,00,77,00,\

2e,00,6f,00,72,00,61,00,63,00,6c,00,65,00,2e,00,63,00,6f,00,6d,00,00,00

“HelpTelephone”=" "

“InstallDate”=“20120424”

“InstallLocation”=""

“InstallSource”=“C:\TEMP\_is1773\”

“ModifyPath”=hex(2):4d,00,73,00,69,00,45,00,78,00,65,00,63,00,2e,00,65,00,78,\

00,65,00,20,00,2f,00,58,00,7b,00,34,00,44,00,41,00,30,00,31,00,36,00,43,00,\

37,00,2d,00,39,00,41,00,43,00,32,00,2d,00,34,00,42,00,41,00,37,00,2d,00,41,\

00,44,00,33,00,31,00,2d,00,33,00,45,00,42,00,41,00,32,00,39,00,42,00,43,00,\

32,00,31,00,42,00,31,00,7d,00,00,00

“NoModify”=dword:00000001

“NoRepair”=dword:00000001

“Publisher”=“Oracle”

“Readme”=""

“Size”=""

“EstimatedSize”=dword:0000a02a

“UninstallString”=hex(2):4d,00,73,00,69,00,45,00,78,00,65,00,63,00,2e,00,65,00,\

78,00,65,00,20,00,2f,00,58,00,7b,00,34,00,44,00,41,00,30,00,31,00,36,00,43,\

00,37,00,2d,00,39,00,41,00,43,00,32,00,2d,00,34,00,42,00,41,00,37,00,2d,00,\

41,00,44,00,33,00,31,00,2d,00,33,00,45,00,42,00,41,00,32,00,39,00,42,00,43,\

00,32,00,31,00,42,00,31,00,7d,00,00,00

“URLInfoAbout”=“http://www.oracle.com

“URLUpdateInfo”=“http://www.oracle.com

“VersionMajor”=dword:0000000a

“VersionMinor”=dword:00000001

“WindowsInstaller”=dword:00000001

“Version”=dword:0a010002

“Language”=dword:00000000

“DisplayName”=“Oracle Calendar”

Here is the nifty little fixlet I attempted to create that fails…

wait “{pathname of system folder}\MsiExec.exe” /qn /X{4DA016C7-9AC2-4BA7-AD31-3EBA29BC21B1}

I realize this is probably an amateur mistake… So I welcome any help.

(imported comment written by SystemAdmin)

This is one of those funny ones that i am sure got everyone at one point or another

Try: wait “{pathname of system folder}\MsiExec.exe” /qn /X{{4DA016C7-9AC2-4BA7-AD31-3EBA29BC21B1}

Notice the extra “{” after the /x

Martin Carnegie

Gulf Breeze Software Partners

http://www.gulfsoft.com