RE: XPSP2 Deployment problems

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From: Mick (Mick_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 08/25/04


Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 12:37:04 -0700

Hmm, the only difference I see with your set up and mine is that I don't have
the first backslash in my command line.

You have
     \update\update.exe /quiet /f /forcerestart

I have
     update\update.exe /quiet /f /forcerestart

Mine works fine. Take out the backslash and see if that helps.

"Steve James" wrote:

> Hello all,
> I have been beating my head against a wall all day and
> the pain has finally won.
>
> I have SMS 2003, I am trying to distribute XP SP2 to any
> machine any XP machine at this point. I have tried KB
> 842844 all day. I have tried the Update.msi file, I have
> tried the product definition file and I keep getting
> errors. I do get teh advertisement created and the client
> sees the advertisement. But when it runs I get errors
> such as this one.
>
> The program for advertisement "SOM20013" failed
> ("SOM0000B" - "Automated upgrade from XP or XPSP1"). A
> failure exit code of 61686 was returned.
> User context: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
>
> Possible cause: Systems Management Server (SMS)
> determines status for each program it executes. If SMS
> cannot find or correlate any installation status
> Management Information Format (MIF) files for the
> program, it uses the program's exit code to determine
> status. An exit code of 61686 is considered a failure.
> Solution: For more information on the exit code, refer to
> the documentation for the program you are distributing.
>
>
> Followed the KB doc to the letter. Extracted teh
> XPSP2.exe file to a soruce folder on to the servers local
> data drive. I path out to i386
> \update\update.exe /quiet /f /forcerestart. This is an
> automated upgrade from xp or xpsp1 product def file.
>
> Requirements are set to: all x86 Windows XP
> Environmenttab = Run Mode: run with admin rights Drive
> mode = Runs with UNC name
>
> Distribution point is set to my only server
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> SJ
>
>
>



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