scripting updates

[bob_ramsey]

Hi,

For obvious reasons, our users do not run as administrators.  We remove adobe_updater.exe from the HKLM\MS\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run key so that users are not prompted for an update they cannot install, generating support calls.

What I'd like to do is to be able to script running adobe_updater.exe after the quarterly patches and push the script down through Ghost or SCCM.  We are running Acrobat Pro 9.1.1 and Reader 9.1.1; we have a maintenance plan so we are always on the latest release.  We do have a few people running Photoshop CS4, so ideally I'd like to be able to push down something like one of these options:

adobe_updater.exe /update /norestart /quiet

adobe_updater.exe /update /product:reader /norestart /quiet

adobe_updater.exe /update /product:cs4,reader /norestart /quiet

It would be really helpful if there were a switch to say which products to upgrade, but I'd settle for upgrading all at once.

Is this possible?

Thanks,

Bob

[ScSupport]

I'm having the same issue at the moment on our XP machines.

40 machines & 11 updates..

What I have discovered is that the patches have a silent install flag.

Download the patch, extract the Zip file, then run setup.exe --mode=silent

I'm working on an "automated" process but its a bit quick & dirty and its a work in progress..

Run \Updater6\Adobe_Updater.exe on an unpatched machine

change the location to so somewhere local. ("I:\Multimedia\CS4 updates\downloads\")

Before doing the install copy all the zip files to a new location (it cleans up after itself)

then run this as a bat file:

@echo off
for /r "I:\Multimedia\CS4 updates\downloads\" %%g in (*.zip) do "C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zG.exe" x "%%g" -o"%%g".fol
pause

This extracts all the {update}.zip downloads to folders called {update}.zip.fol

then run tis on the workstations I need to update: (again in a bat file)

for /R "I:\Multimedia\CS4 updates\Downloads" %%g in ( *setup.exe ) do call "%%g" "--mode=silent"

Still needs to be run as admin but it is at least a way I can control what updates get pushed out when.

So far I've found some options for update but nothing desperately helpful:

Adobe_Updater.exe" -logFile=C:\apps\aum.log  -logLevel=6 -showInstallNowDlg=true

Oh and of course the config data is in

C:\Documents and Settings\{UserName}\Local Settings\Application Data\Adobe\Updater6\AdobeUpdaterPrefs.dat

so is set per-user Grr.....

Kris

[Guest]

Did this question ever get answered?  I am running into the same issue and need to update a few hundred lab computers that have different versions and suites and find the updater located in several different places so one batch file might not work for other lab computers with different products.  Also the updater preferences seem to be user specific on our XP machines but we do not store any profiles!

I need to be able to update our lab computers using task scheduler and running unders secure system since we have Faronics DeepFreeze on the computers and updates get thrown away on reboot so I need to be able to schedule updates to download and install during maintenance periods.

Is there any information on Adobe autoupdater and how to get a silent download and install of updates without any user intervention?

Thank you.

[EnterpriseHelp]

The admin guide descibes installation options: http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/837/cpsid_83709.html

btw: You can disable updates by setting bUpdater under FeatureLockdown. See AIM and the pref ref for that information. That's in HKLM rather than HKCU so is per machine.

Where other products keep the installers is beyond the scope of this forum. 

HTHs

Ben

[Guest]

Hello Ben.

These computers have already gotten various versions of Adobe products installed.  I do not want to turn off updates,  I want to update them at specific times.  In short,  I want to control when it updates,  not if it updates.  For that reason I was looking for a way to force the download update AND INSTALL of updates on a specific schedule of my choice.  I also do not see the preference data file in any user profile.

Thank you.

[vdobhal]

Hi,

In that case you should try deploying the updates using SCCM server. All the Adobe updates can be published through SCUP into the windows update server which syncs the updates with SCCM. You can deploy the updates to a collection of systems without worrying which all updates are applicable on which server.

Thanks,

Vinod

[Guest]

By "update server" are you referring to any update (aka Windo

ws update) server or are you referring to an Adobe update server?  The only update server we have is a Microsoft Windows up

date server.  How do I grab the Adobe updates or know what they are

in order to place them on a share somewhere?  It would be great for me if we can get the Adobe updates onto the WUS (Windows update server) server as DeepFreeze is set to check for Microsoft updates nightly so I would not have to do anything that I am not currently doing (provided that I can get the Adobe updates onto the same server and use the same approach to shove the updates.  If I still have to run autoupdater then the question goes back to:  is there one Adobe updater that I can run and update all Adobe products on a particular computer?  So far it looks like there are several updaters and I would have to know what product is on each computer and call that one.

What am I missing here?

Thank you.

Jim

[EnterpriseHelp]

Hi,

Vinod is referring to your server. If you have SCCM, use that. If not, do what enterprises normally do:

1. Disable Acrobat/Reader automatic updates and don't use the Acrobat updater.
2. Figure out what versions you have deployed and what version you want to update to.
3. Use admin install points or bootstrapper to distribute updates (chain them if you need to).

I don't know how many products Adobe has. Maybe 150. You can forget about one updater for all products. Also, if you have different versions of Acrobat/Reader on different machines, then your problem is more complex. You should consider uninstalling and starting with a clean slate using #3 above.

Ben