HP Connection Manager Task Sequence

[sothpaw]

I've got a TS setup to installed the HP Connection Manager Ver 3.3.2.42 for all of our HP laptops (which are Elitebooks 2530p, 2540p, and 8440p). For some reason or another it does not want to install during the TS, but if I copy the extracted folder over to the laptop's desktop, and then open up a CMD prompt and direct CMD to that particular folder that is now on the desktop, and run Setup.exe /S it will install great. I read somewhere that the "S" has to be capitalized or the silent install would not work. Please help.

[Schnitzel]

Finally I work's for me

 

I made a install.cmd with this text.

 

copy *.* %temp%

c:

cd %temp%

echo.

set IDP=%~dp0

set OLDDIR=%cd%

echo.

cd /d %IDP%

msiexec /i "HP Connection Manager.msi" TRANSFORMS=hpcon.mst /qn

exit

 

Install Properties :

General

Run : Normal

After Running : No action required

Enviroment

Program can run : Whether or not a user is logged on

Run mode : Run with administrative rights

Drive mode : Requries drive letter

Advance

Allow this program to be installes from the install Software TS without beind advertised.

[sothpaw]

Where'd you get the MSI "msiexec /i "HP Connection Manager.msi" TRANSFORMS=hpcon.mst /qn" from?

 

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodTypeId=321957&prodSeriesId=3688868&prodNameId=3688870&swEnvOID=4060&swLang=13&mode=2&taskId=135&swItem=ob-88395-1

 

Version: 3.3.2.42 (1 Nov 2010)

 

sp50627.exe

 

When you extract the above sp50627.exe; two files are extracted

1. HPCM.exe

2. setup.exe

 

Is anyone good about repackaging this into a MSI package?

 

Help is always greatly appreciated.

[Schnitzel]

Where'd you get the MSI "msiexec /i "HP Connection Manager.msi" TRANSFORMS=hpcon.mst /qn" from?

 

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodTypeId=321957&prodSeriesId=3688868&prodNameId=3688870&swEnvOID=4060&swLang=13&mode=2&taskId=135&swItem=ob-88395-1

 

Version: 3.3.2.42 (1 Nov 2010)

 

sp50627.exe

 

When you extract the above sp50627.exe; two files are extracted

1. HPCM.exe

2. setup.exe

 

Is anyone good about repackaging this into a MSI package?

 

Help is always greatly appreciated.

 

When you run the Setup.exe file there is made a folder in the (name {7044236A-989D-4AC6-BAB1-3A0DA82BC1E8}) %temp%

Copy the folder to a safer place, because it's being deleted when you Cancel the installation.

Now you have the folder {7044236A-989D-4AC6-BAB1-3A0DA82BC1E8} and there is the MSI file.

Then you have to edit the MSI file with Microsoft ORCA.

 

ORCA method:

 

Start ORCA and open the HP Connection Manager.msi.

 

Click Transform from the menu and select New Transform .

 

Click Property in the left column.

 

Change the value of Agree to license from No to Yes . (Not sure if this is needed)

 

Change the value of LAUNCHFROMEXE from 0 to 1 (Disable check to see if msi is launched from setup.exe)

 

Change the value of RebootYesNo from Yes to No (Pretty obvious, disables reboot)

 

Click Transform from the menu and select Generate Transform . Name it to whatever you like and save it in the same folder as the HP Connection Manager.msi.

 

You need to make these files your source files for your package within SCCM.

 

 

 

Our OSD TS command looks like this: "HP Connection Manager.msi" transforms=hpcon.mst

[sothpaw]

Okay I found the folder below and ran it through Orca, and then performed the steps in Orca, but when I tried to test the HP_Connection_Manager.MSI I get a message saying this: "Please install HP Connection Manager by launching from Setup.exe"

 

If I run this command in DOS Prompt

"HP_Connection_Manager.msi" transforms=hpcon.mst

 

This is the message I get: Windows Installer "Error applying transforms. Verify that the specified transform paths are valid"

 

If I run this command in DOS Prompt

HP_Connection_Manager.msi

"Please install HP Connection Manager by launching from Setup.exe"

 

Is there anyway you upload your file to www.appdeploy or send them to me using www.yousendit.com?

 

 

Thanks,

Jay

 

 

When you run the Setup.exe file there is made a folder in the (name {7044236A-989D-4AC6-BAB1-3A0DA82BC1E8}) %temp%

Copy the folder to a safer place, because it's being deleted when you Cancel the installation.

Now you have the folder {7044236A-989D-4AC6-BAB1-3A0DA82BC1E8} and there is the MSI file.

Then you have to edit the MSI file with Microsoft ORCA.

 

ORCA method:

 

Start ORCA and open the HP Connection Manager.msi.

 

Click Transform from the menu and select New Transform .

 

Click Property in the left column.

 

Change the value of Agree to license from No to Yes . (Not sure if this is needed)

 

Change the value of LAUNCHFROMEXE from 0 to 1 (Disable check to see if msi is launched from setup.exe)

 

Change the value of RebootYesNo from Yes to No (Pretty obvious, disables reboot)

 

Click Transform from the menu and select Generate Transform . Name it to whatever you like and save it in the same folder as the HP Connection Manager.msi.

 

You need to make these files your source files for your package within SCCM.

 

 

 

Our OSD TS command looks like this: "HP Connection Manager.msi" transforms=hpcon.mst

[Schnitzel]

It looks like you don't have changed the value "Launchfromexe" to 1

if you have changed it. Then you can give me you email and I'll sent my mst file to you.