When Internet Explorer is locked down with "Run ActiveX controls and plugins" set to "Administrator approved" the "Media Player" GPO setting under "Administrator Approved Controls" does not al… Read More

However, the mpedp doesn't create an MSI that runs with elevated privileges! You need to create your own MSI to accomplish that. If a silent remove is needed: setup_wm.exe /Uninstall For a re… Read More

Win2K Silent Install via SMS MPSetup.EXE /Q:A /R:N Can be a slow install but works in the backround Read More

I'll second the previous post. The Enterprise Deployment tools are great, especially in a business environment because you want all the user settings to be the same, etc.. Read More

Windows Media Player 9 Enterprise Deployment Pack is now available. This will allow you to fully customize the Media Player and allow for a silent install as well, all created into an MSI. Av… Read More

The following information was tested on Windows XP (not Windows 2000): Not all of the above are switches that can be added to the command line. However, /NoMigrate disables a prompt for how y… Read More

Windows 2000 Silent Installation: MPSetup.EXE /Q:A /R:N /C:"setup_wm.exe /Q:A /R:N" Windows XP Silent Installation: MPSetupXP.EXE /Q:A /R:N /C:"setup_wm.exe /DisallowSystemRestore /Q:A /R:N" Read More

When doing a silent installation in Windows 2000, you can pass the setup_wm.exe the /Q:A /R:N switches from the command line. However, when running this from Windows XP, the user is presented … Read More