Jim, Thanks for the mail.

Far from being a long shot it is a good idea.... However it was one of
the things I checked.

To be honest I have given up on this and I am manually patching this
box.... However if anyone comes across this problem and knows how to fix
it..... Please email me.

Regards

Michael Devlin

-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Grossl [mailto:jgrossllplearningcenter.org]
Sent: 17 April 2002 23:09
To: Michael Devlin; focus-mssecurityfocus.com
Subject: RE: Problem with auto unpacking Hotfixes (from 1 machine only)

A long shot Michael, but does this machine have
a "Temp" directory specified in it's
environment variables?

Jim Grossl
Boise, Idaho USA

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Devlin [mailto:Michael.Devlinfigleaves.com]
Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 10:05 AM
To: focus-mssecurityfocus.com
Subject: Problem with auto unpacking Hotfixes (from 1 machine only)

I have scripted the complete installation of all Q hotfixes right across
the company. Whilst one of the biggest hurdles has been the lack of
uniformity between hotfixes (ie switches)..... I have managed to hack my
way round almost all of the problems.... However I have (as usual) *one*
more problem that I need to circumvent before the process is.... Er ....
Working fully.

There is one machine (quite a high profile server) that *INSISTS* on
asking me for the location to extract the hotfix files to.... This is
irrespective of the hotfix number and the switches used.... (NB: This
only applies to hotfix.exe, the IE hotfixes are working fine.).... This
even applies if use the '/?' switch

Is the default location written in an inf file or in the regsitry?

I know that the installer uses a random string when extracting the
contents ie c:\sdfuhiuh , could it be a problem with this? (it may be
worth noting that once the hotfix is unpacked it works fine)

Any help would be greatly appreciated.....

Many thanks

Michael

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