I'm having some problems with some silent install Windows 7 Powershell
scripts and need some help finding resources to help me troubleshoot.
Essentially, I'm kicking off silent installs as boot scripts with a
simple try{}catch{}. Since many installers on Windows wrap additional
installers (example, exe wrapping msi launching another exe -- why god
why?!) the try/catch succeeds. Unfortunately, the poor little setup
stalls out and just sits running in the background.
What is especially confusing is that the script works just fine as a
login script (if the user has admin privs). Why does the silent
install crap-out when it's a boot script, which runs as all powerful
SYSTEM? My assumption is that it's just a badly formed silent
installer that does *something* that requires a console active for the
account running the install. But, I need something better than an
assumption -- an actual cause, and if possible, a way to intervene to
fix the problem.
Can anyone point me in the right direction, resource, or answer that
can help me follow spawned processes from Powershell or another
system/language so I can trace why/where the silent install is
stalling?
Gil
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