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A silent install provides a method of installing system drivers and software for all currently supported Intel® Wireless Adapters without user intervention.
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The following information is intended for IT administrators, resellers, and integrators, and an advanced level of knowledge in information technology is assumed. This information is not intended for use by the individual end user. | |
Overview
Requirements
Silent Installation Steps
MSIexec Command Line Options
Additional Resources
Silent Installation Process Overview
When installing the driver only, the application IProDifX.exe is used.
There are three methods to begin the installation of the driver plus application software:
autorun.exe, setup.exe or the msi file. All methods eventually perform an .MSI install. Additional options are included in the various install methods.
Intel® PROSet/Wireless Software WiFi version 13.x uses Microsoft's* msiexec command for installation.
Autorun.exe is a small file located in the root directory of the files expanded by the zip file described below. It is also found in the root directory of the CD image. Autorun detects the OS version and launches the appropriate setup.exe to begin installation of Intel® PROSet/Wireless Software.
Setup.exe sits in front of the .MSI and will launch the PROSet .MSI with the command line parameters selected. Each setup.exe must reside in the same folders as the files that it is installing.
Any command line parameters passed to autorun.exe will be passed to the appropriate OS specific setup.exe.
The .MSI package is suitable to be launched directly to install the driver or driver with application in the Enterprise environment via GPO updates.
Requirements for Silent Installation
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Microsoft Windows XP*, Microsoft Windows Vista* or Microsoft Windows 7*
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In order to use the silent installation switches you will need to download the zip files from Download Center.
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Driver only zip files are available in 32-bit or 64-bit versions. Each version is a separate download.
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Intel® PROSet/Wireless Software zip files are available for Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions.
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The Intel CD includes all drivers and Intel® PROSet/Wireless Software versions. It is available for download by contacting Intel® Customer Support.
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All of the feature names are case sensitive. It is required that all features are entered in correctly when using the command line.
Silent Installation Steps
Common silent installation options:
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,WIFI_SSO REBOOT=ReallySuppress
To uninstall just one component after 13.x 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.
The following table describes the Wi-Fi Feature Tree for ADDLOCAL using Microsoft Windows XP .msi.
| Feature |
Title (Component Added) |
| WIFI_Driver |
Intel® WiFi Link Driver only |
| WIFI_Software |
Intel® PROSet/Wireless Software WiFi |
| WIFI_UI |
Intel® PROSet/Wireless Software WiFi Connection Utility
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| WIFI_Simple_Config |
WiFi Protected Setup |
| WIFI_SSO |
Single Sign On |
| WIFI_PLC |
Pre-Logon Connect |
| WIFI_WMI |
WMI Support |
| WIFI_Troubleshooter |
Intel® Wireless Troubleshooter |
| WIFI_Admin_Toolkit |
Administrator Toolkit | |
The following table describes the Wi-Fi Feature Tree for ADDLOCAL using Microsoft Windows Vista* .msi.
| Feature |
Title (Component Added) |
| WIFI_Driver |
Intel® Wi-Fi Link Driver only |
| WIFI_Default_Inf |
Intel® Wi-Fi Link Driver default cat and .inf file |
| WIFI_Software |
Intel® PROSet/Wireless Software WiFi |
| WIFI_UI |
Intel® PROSet/Wireless Software WiFi Connection Utility |
| WIFI_WMI |
WMI Support
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| WIFI_Admin_Toolkit |
Administrator Toolkit | |
The following table describes the Wi-Fi Feature Tree for ADDLOCAL using Microsoft Windows 7* .msi.
| Feature |
Title (Component Added) |
| WIFI_Driver |
Intel® WiFi Link Driver only |
| WIFI_Software |
Intel® PROSet/Wireless Software WiFi |
| WIFI_UI |
Intel® PROSet/Wireless Software WiFi Connection Utility |
| WIFI_WMI |
WMI Support |
| WIFI_Troubleshooter |
Intel® Wireless Troubleshooter |
| WIFI_Admin_Toolkit |
Administrator Toolkit | |
The following table describes additional features for ADDLOCAL using Microsoft Windows 7* Advanced Enterprise .msi.
| Feature |
Title (Component Added) |
| WIFI_SSO |
Single Sign On |
| WIFI_PLC |
Pre-Logon Connect |
| WIFI_IPAN |
Intel® My WiFi Technology | |
MSIexec Command Line Options
The following table describes install options with .MSI.
| Option/Parameter |
Meaning |
| /qn |
Silent installation - no dialogs are displayed |
| /qb |
Basic user interface - dialogs are limited to progress meters and error prompts |
| /qf |
Full user interface - this is the default
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| /x |
Uninstall all features | |
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 additional information on silent install topics:
Reboot Property
How to Use Property Reference Command-Line Parameters with Msiexec.exe
ISV Guide for Redistributing the .NET Framework and Other Runtime Components
Operating System:
| Windows XP Professional x64 Edition*, Windows 7 (32-bit)*, Windows 7 (64-bit)*, Windows XP * |
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