Managing installation parameters

Quiet Mode

This option displays if the installation of the patch group's patches is to be executed without the remote user being aware of it. Otherwise the default dialog boxes concerned with patch installation appears. By default this value is set to Yes .

Stop On Error

With this option you can define if the installation of patches is to continue even if one of the patches of the group has failed to install. By default this option is set to true , continue the installation.

Lock mouse and keyboard on client device

Defines if the mouse and keyboard on the target device are blocked during the patch installation, that is, the user logged on to the local device may not execute any other operations during the installation.

Force patch inventory scan after install

Defines if a new scan of the patch situation is executed on the remote device after all patches of the patch group are installed. If a reboot is defined after installation, this scan is executed after the restart of the device. If no reboot is defined above, patches that require a reboot are still listed as missing in this scan.

Locking Message

Enter into this box the message to be displayed on the screen of the target device to inform the user what is happening on his device. If no text is entered here a default message appears.

Force Installation

This option allows you to force the installation of a patch group again even if it was already installed. This can be useful, if for example a problem occurred in the network or a device crashed during the installation.

Patch Group Options

In this section you need to define the type of installation for the patch. If the patch to install is not applicable to any of the Microsoft Office products select No Specific Office Install Options from the drop-down list. Otherwise, you have the following options for Microsoft Office patches:

Office Install Options

No Specific Office Install Options

This option indicates that the patch to be installed does not concern any Microsoft Office product.

Administrative Installation

This option should be used if Microsoft Office was installed via an administrative installation. For this option to work the path to the location of the Microsoft Office DVD or share must be entered into the following text box together with a valid user name and password.

Full File Installation

This installation option is for a complete install for Microsoft Office without any DVD being required.

Mixed Installation

For the mixed installation the path to the location of the Microsoft Office DVD or share might be necessary. Enter it into the following text box together with a valid user name and password.

Path

Enter into this box the location of the Microsoft Office Installation source. This can be a local path, for example, C:/patchex/MS/office/office2010 or it can be a network share, in the form of [IpAddress]\\[SHARE]\MSOFFICE2010 , for example, FD43-0-0-0-8C84-4BAD-D413-DD68.ipv6-literal.net\CDSERVER\MSOFFICE2010 . You can also enter the path in the following format: \\\[IpAddress]\\[SHARE]\MSOFFICE2010 , for example, \\192.155.1.24\CDSERVER\MSOFFICE2010 .

User

If the source location is on a device/share that requires identification you must enter here a user name with which it can be accessed. Otherwise you can leave the text box empty.

Password

If identification is required enter here the password for the specified login.

Confirm Password

Re-enter the password for confirmation.

Patch Job Options

In this section you can define additional options specific to patch jobs.

Retry Attempts

The number of installation retries before the patch is shown as failed in the Console. Updating the ConfigFiles reinitializes this parameter to 0 and the installation process starts again.