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    Alienware drivers - silent switch

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by Fr33m4n, Jan 14, 2009.

  1. Fr33m4n

    Fr33m4n Notebook Consultant

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    Does anyone know if there are any silent switches for the official Alienware driver installer packages?

    EDIT: For clarification.
     
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    what's a silent switch?
     
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    may be he means the fans ... to set their speed to low? :confused:

    Greetings
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    julian-nold, Jan 14, 2009
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    I was thinking the same thing.
     
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  5. whizzo

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    but freeman referred to drivers in his original post...
     
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    May be he thinks of a "driver" for GPU/CPU wich includs fan controls?

    Greetings
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    julian-nold, Jan 14, 2009
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  7. Fr33m4n

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    Sorry guys. You're all way off ;-)

    I'm talking about silent installer switches that if passed to a setup file will make it skip all the config screens and pointless questions.

    For example, if you want to install firefox you could use "%installdir%\setup.exe -ms" where the "-ms" switch would make the install happen invisibly in the background without you knowing.

    This is mainly useful if you are deploying the same setup to several computers and want to build a silent automated install disc that you don't have to babysit.

    I'm rebuilding my system with Vista x64, but not all the driver packages can be integrated, so I was hoping I would be able to silently execute the driver install at the end of setup.

    I realize my OP was a bit too hasty and I didn't get that part about installers in there as I should.
     
    Fr33m4n, Jan 14, 2009
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    I don't know, I would try /s or -s for silent.
    Does going into prompt and checking the utility with /?
    give any information?
     
    pingfreak, Jan 14, 2009
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