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#44336 - 2003-08-21 10:12 AM w2k service pack key?
Stephen Wintle Stephen Wintle Seasoned Scripter Registered: 2001-04-10 Posts: 444 Loc: England	Ive had a look through the registry but cant seem to find a key that shows which service pack the machine is currently using, I want to use this info to update the service pack intalled, does anyone know the registry key that shows this? Steve. _________________________ Dont worry because a rival imitates you. As long as they follow in your tracks they cant pass you!
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#44337 - 2003-08-21 10:47 AM Re: w2k service pack key?
AzzerShaw AzzerShaw Seasoned Scripter Registered: 2003-02-20 Posts: 510 Loc: Cheltenham, England	Sure its : HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion","CSDVersion") _________________________ If at first you don't succeed, try again. Then quit. There's no use being a damn fool about it. - W.C Fields
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#44338 - 2003-08-22 12:45 AM Re: w2k service pack key?
Stephen Wintle Stephen Wintle Seasoned Scripter Registered: 2001-04-10 Posts: 444 Loc: England	Thanks for you reply have tried the following code: ;--------------------------------Installs W2k service pack automatically----------------------------------- If @inwin = "1" $srvpk="HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion" If (ReadValue($srvpk, "CDSVersion", "Service Pack 4", "REG_SZ") <> 0) RUN "G:\W2KSRVPK4\W2KSP4_EN.EXE -u -q -z" Endif Endif With the following error: ,= Step Into, = Step Over, "\"= Command, = Go, = Quit If (ReadValue($srvpk, "CDSVersion", "Service Pack", "REG_SZ") <> 0) C:\>cd .. Invalid directory C:\>cd\ C:\>cd winnt C:\WINNT>kix32 /d c:\winnt\hiddrv1.kix Script error: invalid method/function call: too many parameters! If (ReadValue($srvpk, "CDSVersion", "Service Pack", "REG_SZ") <> 0) C:\WINNT> Having read the manual it seems I cant use the function in this way. [ 21. August 2003, 12:48: Message edited by: Stephen Wintle ] _________________________ Dont worry because a rival imitates you. As long as they follow in your tracks they cant pass you!
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#44339 - 2003-08-22 12:51 AM Re: w2k service pack key?
Co Co MM club member Registered: 2000-11-20 Posts: 1342 Loc: NL	@CSD See the Kix manual.. _________________________ Co
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#44340 - 2003-08-22 12:56 AM Re: w2k service pack key?
AzzerShaw AzzerShaw Seasoned Scripter Registered: 2003-02-20 Posts: 510 Loc: Cheltenham, England	Try this mate code: If @inwin= "1" $os_service = ReadValue("$Compname\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion","CSDVersion") If $os_service = "Service Pack 3" OR If $os_service = "Service Pack 2" OR If $os_service = "Service Pack 1" Run "G:\W2KSRVPK4\W2KSP4_EN.EXE -u -q -z" EndIf EndIf let us know if it works Aaron _________________________ If at first you don't succeed, try again. Then quit. There's no use being a damn fool about it. - W.C Fields
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#44341 - 2003-08-21 01:05 PM Re: w2k service pack key?
AzzerShaw AzzerShaw Seasoned Scripter Registered: 2003-02-20 Posts: 510 Loc: Cheltenham, England	Actually that wont work - try this... code: If @inwin= "1" $os_service = ReadValue("$Compname\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion","CSDVersion") If $os_service = "Service Pack 3" OR $os_service = "Service Pack 2" OR $os_service = "Service Pack 1" Run "G:\W2KSRVPK4\W2KSP4_EN.EXE -u -q -z" EndIf EndIf _________________________ If at first you don't succeed, try again. Then quit. There's no use being a damn fool about it. - W.C Fields
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#44342 - 2003-08-21 01:55 PM Re: w2k service pack key?
Co Co MM club member Registered: 2000-11-20 Posts: 1342 Loc: NL	Try this.. code: If @dos = "5.0" If @csd<>"Service Pack 4" Run "G:\W2KSRVPK4\W2KSP4_EN.EXE -u -q -z" EndIf EndIf _________________________ Co
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#44343 - 2003-08-21 02:16 PM Re: w2k service pack key?
Radimus Radimus Moderator Registered: 2000-01-06 Posts: 5187 Loc: Tampa, FL	if split(@producttype)[1]='2000' and split(@csd)[2]<'4' copy '\\server\win2ksp4\w2ksp4_EN.exe' 'c:\' md '%windir%\sp4' shell 'c:\w2ksp4_EN.exe /U /X:%windir%\sp4' sleep 2 del 'c:\w2ksp4_EN.exe' run '%windir%\sp4\i386\update\update.exe /u /N /F ' quit endif _________________________ How to ask questions the smart way <-----------> Before you ask
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#44344 - 2003-08-21 02:34 PM Re: w2k service pack key?
Stephen Wintle Stephen Wintle Seasoned Scripter Registered: 2001-04-10 Posts: 444 Loc: England	Thanks for your reply, however none of my w2k clients have any service pack installed, this means that using the CSDVersion wont work because the key dosnt exsist. Radimus I see your version copies the file onto the c: root then creates a dir copies the file into here and then deletes from c: and runs the new copy. Why not make the directory and then copy into this? I like the idea of the script as it means changing one value once the inevitable service pack 5 arrives. Steve. _________________________ Dont worry because a rival imitates you. As long as they follow in your tracks they cant pass you!
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#44345 - 2003-08-21 02:38 PM Re: w2k service pack key?
Radimus Radimus Moderator Registered: 2000-01-06 Posts: 5187 Loc: Tampa, FL	split(@csd)[2] will return 0 if no SP is installed copy the exe to the client conserves bandwidth and server time... and is MUCH faster extracting the files to the client into a folder allows the machine access to the SP files if something needs to reinstall something from the SP _________________________ How to ask questions the smart way <-----------> Before you ask
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#44346 - 2003-08-21 05:52 PM Re: w2k service pack key?
Sealeopard Sealeopard KiX Master Registered: 2001-04-25 Posts: 11165 Loc: Boston, MA, USA	And please search the KiXtart BBS as service pack update scrips have been already discussed numerous times. And always give a KiXtart function/command/macro a try before thinking it won't work. If a service pack is not installed, @CSD will still return a meaningful value. _________________________ There are two types of vessels, submarines and targets.
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#44347 - 2003-08-21 11:55 PM Re: w2k service pack key?
JohnQ JohnQ Starting to like KiXtart Registered: 2003-03-04 Posts: 171	Radimus, Do you really think it is beneficial to copy the SP locally and then run the install? I did some tests (nothing in great detail) with XPsp1 and 2Ksp3 and found that uncompressing the service pack to a directory on a server and then running update.exe from the client machine and letting the client pull what it needed was consistantly faster than copying the entire SP locally and then executing. Just curious to hear your thoughts.
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#44348 - 2003-08-21 11:59 PM Re: w2k service pack key?
Lonkero Lonkero KiX Master Guru Registered: 2001-06-05 Posts: 22346 Loc: OK	I think the main reason is that you can install the SP without user needed. it can be ran at anytime and without users even seeing it execute. but that requires it to be on local machine. anyway, you can unpack the package and remove many unneeded stuff and repack it to make it faster. remember that there is a lot of "shit" in there. _________________________ ! download KiXnet
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#44349 - 2003-08-22 12:00 AM Re: w2k service pack key?
Radimus Radimus Moderator Registered: 2000-01-06 Posts: 5187 Loc: Tampa, FL	I think so... especially when having lots of clients hit the SP install at once. copy 1 large compressed file to the client vs. serving hundreds of expanded files less traffic on the server, and the client does the install faster with all files local. if space is an issue, you may want to use server based files, but newer machines have nothing but extra space... _________________________ How to ask questions the smart way <-----------> Before you ask
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#44350 - 2003-08-22 12:40 AM Re: w2k service pack key?
JohnQ JohnQ Starting to like KiXtart Registered: 2003-03-04 Posts: 171	Lonkero, I never thought about removing stuff and then repackaging. Is it simple to repackage? How can you be certain that you're not eliminating something that might cause the install to fail?
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#44351 - 2003-08-22 08:12 AM Re: w2k service pack key?
Lonkero Lonkero KiX Master Guru Registered: 2001-06-05 Posts: 22346 Loc: OK	well, good example is taiwan language support that comes with SP. now, do you need it? this type of simple things are easy to rip of. in office setup you can remove the whole IE folder etc... the repackaging can be avoided by opening the file with winrar or similar archiver and removing the unneeded. thus you don't need to worry about anything sure, you should try it before deploying to 1732 clients. again, it might not be as simple as I said. have to leave you something to think. anyway, extract the SP, check what you don't want in there. then create a self-executing archive with winrar or similar. thus, the speed is also better as the file-integrity check can be this way avoided. _________________________ ! download KiXnet
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#44352 - 2003-08-22 01:21 PM Re: w2k service pack key?
Stephen Wintle Stephen Wintle Seasoned Scripter Registered: 2001-04-10 Posts: 444 Loc: England	Thanks for your comments, I guess it makes more sense to run the thing from the client side especially as I work in a school and you can have 30 users logging on at the same time.. I have the following error when running your script Radimus: ,= Step Into, = Step Over, "\"= Command, = Go, = Quit if split(@producttype)[1]='2000' and split(@csd)[2]<'4' C:\>cd winnt C:\WINNT>kix32.exe /d hiddrv1.kix Script error: Error in expression: this type of array not supported in expressio ns.! copy 'G:\w2ksp4\w2ksp4_EN.exe' 'c:\' C:\WINNT> Regards Steve. _________________________ Dont worry because a rival imitates you. As long as they follow in your tracks they cant pass you!
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#44353 - 2003-08-22 01:52 PM Re: w2k service pack key?
Lonkero Lonkero KiX Master Guru Registered: 2001-06-05 Posts: 22346 Loc: OK	stephen, what is that step into stuff? also, what is your kixtart version? this code will not work for all. as far as I remember, non working version is 4.10 or 4.11 also, could you use at least wkix32 4.20 when you run the code so we can see the actual error it gives. _________________________ ! download KiXnet
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#44354 - 2003-08-22 02:38 PM Re: w2k service pack key?
Kdyer Kdyer KiX Supporter Registered: 2001-01-03 Posts: 6241 Loc: Tigard, OR	Really it should be 4.21.. As there were a number of issues addressed with COPY/MOVE/DEL from 4.20, that is recursively. Kent _________________________ Utilize these resources: UDFs (Full List) KiXtart FAQ & How to's
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#44355 - 2003-08-22 03:19 PM Re: w2k service pack key?
Lonkero Lonkero KiX Master Guru Registered: 2001-06-05 Posts: 22346 Loc: OK	nah, don't care about the issues I wish to get proper error report and wki32.exe 4.20 should do it fine _________________________ ! download KiXnet
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