Win9x patches, batch install

**arch0nmyc0n** · March 30th, 2006, 02:50 PM

Whilst I know 98 is out of date and I'm sure someone will want to type "why are you doing this?" but I'll ask anyways.

I've got a CD that automatically loads win9x (specifically working with 98se) and only stops to ask you the CD key. What I'm trying to do is include the patches and updates from windowsupdate into the install somehow. Has anyone attempted this in the past that can give me some insight?

The specific issue I'm looking at right now is actually creating a batch file to run the various patches I've already downloaded. Doing a /? to most of the patches tells me there are four parameters:
/q quiet mode
/t specify temp folder
/c extract files only to /t folder
/c:<command> override install command defined by author

So I add /q after the patch file name in a batch file and run it. It obvious runs them all without waiting for the previous one to complete. Most of them eventually finish but I don't like the idea of that many processes running at once, especially updates. So my first question is, how do I get them to wait till it's done before returning control the batch file process?

My second question is, how do I stop all the "You must restart" screens from poping up? I tried the /norestart options I've seen on some XP patch webpages but I get an error.

Thanks in advance...

**Stalemate** · March 30th, 2006, 03:02 PM

Here's a list for older hotfixes and patches which might work: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/262841

Otherwise, MS is trying to apply the same standards across the board to all updates when it comes to switches now: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/824687/

**arch0nmyc0n** · March 30th, 2006, 03:15 PM

Thanks for the links, those switches seem to work with a small percentage of the patches so it's helped me take a small step forward but still having issues with the older ones.

**arch0nmyc0n** · March 30th, 2006, 03:25 PM

Your links have helped me locate a solution to one problem tho...

Here I found a description of some batch file commands with a example of the "start /wait filename.exe" command. So that should solve my issue with waiting for programs to complete.

**Stalemate** · March 30th, 2006, 03:27 PM

Originally Posted by arch0nmyc0n

Your links have helped me locate a solution to one problem tho...

Here I found a description of some batch file commands with a example of the "start /wait filename.exe" command. So that should solve my issue with waiting for programs to complete.

Great!

I have no idea how you got that from the links I posted... but hey, glad it helped.

**arch0nmyc0n** · March 30th, 2006, 03:42 PM

Originally Posted by Stalemate

Great!

I have no idea how you got that from the links I posted... but hey, glad it helped.

Lol well the pages you gave me had a /wait command in them... searched around for that and found that page...

Now I just gotta figure out how to make all these old patches shut up and just install...

and yeah the /? gives me those four /slash commands in the original post.