[THIN] KB: CTX106177 - How to Prevent an Unattended Install of MetaFrame Service Pack 4 from Automatically Rebooting the Server

  • From: "Jim Kenzig http://ThinHelp.com" <jkenzig@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2006 05:37:25 -0800 (PST)

CTX106177 - How to Prevent an Unattended Install of MetaFrame Service Pack 4 
from Automatically Rebooting the Server 
  This document was published at: http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX106177 
    Document ID: CTX106177, Created on: Jul 22, 2005, Updated: Mar 7, 2006   
Products: Citrix MetaFrame XP 1.0 for Microsoft Windows 2000, Citrix MetaFrame 
XP 1.0 for Microsoft Windows 2003 
               Summary
  This document describes how to prevent an unattended install of MetaFrame 
Service Pack 4 from automatically rebooting the server.
  Requirements
  ? Microsoft Windows Installer 3.0
  ? Citrix MetaFrame XP Feature Release 3 Service Pack 3
  Background
  When you perform an unattended silent installation of MetaFrame Service Pack 
4, the server is rebooted automatically even if you have specified the 
appropriate switch not to reboot the server, for example:
  msiexec /update mfxpsp4w2k.msp /norestart /quiet
  Procedure
      
   prevent the server from rebooting automatically use the switches below in a 
script file or run it from a command prompt:
    
   msiexec /update mfxpsp4w2k.msp /norestart /passive
Use the passive switch instead of the quiet switch

    
   Note: This is currently in escalation.

  More Information
  For further information, refer to Microsoft MSDN - Standard Installer 
Command-Line Options.



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