Extracting an .msi File for Active Directory Distribution




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JRE Deployment with Active Directory







This procedure describes how to obtain the .msi file
necessary to deploy the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) across a Windows 2000/Windows
XP Active Directory-based network. It works for version 1.4.2 and later of the
JRE installers. Sun includes an .msi (Microsoft Installer) file
bundled up in the JRE Windows Offline installers. The .msi file
extracted below can be assigned to an Active Directory software distribution
policy.

Download and launch the Sun JRE Windows Offline Installion
executable (.exe) file.

Retrieve the ".msi"
file from the LocalAppData folder (the user's Application
Data folder). The LocalAppData folder will differ for
each Windows platform.

Inside this folder you will find a folder named:
{3248F0A6-6813-11D6-A77b-00B0D0150000}
The first 2 digits are "71" for version 1.4.2_xx, and "32" for 1.5.0_xx.
The last 6 digits of this CLSID and the name of the .msi
file correspond to the release number.
A CLSID ending with "150000" means version 1.5.0_00, and "142010" means verision 1.4.2_01

From there, you can use Active Directory to distribute this .msi
file to as many client Windows platforms as you want.

If you want to register the JRE as the default VM of Internet Explorer and
Mozilla, you will have to create a transform that will set the
variables IEXPLORER and MOZILLA
to 1 in the Property.idt table. You can find instructions
on how
to generate and use transforms at the Microsoft MSDN site.






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