A silent install provides a method of installing system drivers and software for all currently supported Intel® wireless adapters without user intervention.

Overview
Requirements
Silent installation steps
MSIexec command line options

Silent installation process overview

When installing the driver only, the application IProDifX.exe is used.

Intel® PROSet/Wireless WiFi Software version 12.x and later uses Microsoft's* msiexec command for installation.

Autorun.exe is a small file in the root directory of the CD image and in the files expanded by the zip file described below. Autorun detects the OS version and launches the appropriate setup.exe for the installation of Intel® PROSet/Wireless Software. Setup.exe sits in front of the .MSI and will launch PROSet.MSI with the command line parameters selected. Each setup.exe must reside in the same folders as the files that it is installing.

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Requirements for silent installation

• Microsoft Windows XP*, Microsoft Windows Vista*, Microsoft Windows 7* or Microsoft Windows 8*
• Download the zip files from Download Center.
• Driver-only zip files are available in 32-bit or 64-bit versions. Each version is a separate download.
• Intel PROSet/Wireless Software zip files are available in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions.
• All of the feature names are case sensitive. It is required that all features are entered in correctly when using the command line.
• Adding a parent feature does not install its children, however adding a child feature will install the parent as well.

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Silent installation options

Installing the driver by using the command line:
Setup.exe ADDLOCAL=WIFI_Driver

Installing Intel PROSet/Wireless Software:
Silent install of PROSet with option to add SSO and no reboot:
msiexec /i "<path to MSI>\Intel PROSet Wireless.msi" /qn ADDLOCAL=WIFI_Driver, REBOOT=ReallySuppress

Uninstall:
To uninstall just one component after Intel PROSet/Wireless is installed:
msiexec /i "<path to MSI>\Intel PROSet Wireless.msi" /qn REMOVE=WIFI_Software

Command line options:

• msiexec /i - always followed by the path to the MSI file.
• \Intel PROSet Wireless.msi - the MSI file must be named in the command line
• /qn - performs a silent install of all default features
• ADDLOCAL - features available are listed in the tables below. Items need to be separated by a comma with no spaces between options.
• Adding a parent feature does not install its children. Adding a child feature will install the parent feature as well.

The following table describes the Wi-Fi feature tree for ADDLOCAL using Microsoft Windows 7 or 8 .msi.

The following table describes the Wi-Fi feature tree for ADDLOCAL using Microsoft Windows XP .msi.

The following table describes the Wi-Fi feature Tree for ADDLOCAL using Microsoft Windows Vista* .msi.

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MSIexec command line options

The following table describes install options with .MSI.

REBOOT - Suppresses reboot of the system after installation.
Values for use with REBOOT: Force, Suppress, ReallySuppress

Related Topics:
Silent installation of wireless components with Setup.xml (Intel PROSet/Wireless 15.6.0 or later)

Microsoft offers more information on msiexec, multiple-package installations and reboot options.

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Operating System:

Windows Vista 64*, Windows Vista 32*, Windows 7 (32-bit)*, Windows 7 (64-bit)*, Windows XP *, Windows 8, 32-bit*, Windows 8, 64-bit*, Windows XP 64-Bit Edition*

This applies to:

Intel® Centrino® Advanced-N + WiMAX 6250 Intel® Centrino® Advanced-N 6200 Intel® Centrino® Advanced-N 6205 Intel® Centrino® Advanced-N 6205 For Desktop Intel® Centrino® Advanced-N 6230 Intel® Centrino® Advanced-N 6235 Intel® Centrino® Ultimate-N 6300 Intel® Centrino® Wireless-N + WiMAX 6150 Intel® Centrino® Wireless-N 100 Intel® Centrino® Wireless-N 1000 Intel® Centrino® Wireless-N 1030 Intel® Centrino® Wireless-N 105 Intel® Centrino® Wireless-N 130 Intel® Centrino® Wireless-N 135 Intel® Centrino® Wireless-N 2200 Intel® Centrino® Wireless-N 2200 For Desktop Intel® Centrino® Wireless-N 2230 Intel® PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection Intel® PRO/Wireless 2915ABG Network Connection Intel® PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection Intel® WiFi Link 1000 Intel® WiFi Link 5300 and Intel® WiFi Link 5100 products Intel® WiMAX/WiFi Link 5350 and Intel® WiMAX/WiFi Link 5150 products Intel® Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN