Unattended Installation

If you are using Microsoft Personal Web Server on an intranet, you can copy the Unattend.txt file from the compact disc to a folder on the local computer and perform unattended installations from that folder. This is useful for performing installations without remaining at the computer and stepping through the installation options. The Unattend.txt file is located on the compact disc in the \CPU type\inetsrv\ directory, where CPU type is the processor on the computer where PWS will be installed.

To start unattended setup

Go to the computer where you want to install PWS and either place the compact disc in the CD drive, or make a network connection to the CD drive containing the PWS disc.
Copy Unattend.txt to your local hard disk and make any necessary changes to install the appropriate components.
At a command prompt, change to the folder on the compact disc containing Setup.exe.
Type setup/u:full path to Unattend.txt where full path to Unattend.txt is the drive and path on the local computer where Unattend.txt is located. For example, setup/u:c:\temp\unattend.txt.

If you have previously installed Personal Web Server and now want to add or remove components, you must use maintainence mode during unattended installation.

To run unattended setup in maintainence mode

Go to the computer where you want to install Personal Web Server and either place the compact disc in the CD drive, or make a network connection to the CD drive containing the PWS disc.
Copy Unattend.txt to your local hard disk and make any necessary changes to install the appropriate components.
At a command prompt, change to the folder on the compact disc containing Setup.exe.
Type %windir%\system\sysocmgr.exe /I:%windir%\system\setup\iisv4.inf /c /u:full path to Unattend.txt where full path to Unattend.txt is the drive and path on the local computer where Unattend.txt is located.

Note Be sure to test your unattended installation script before deployment. Some components shipped in the PWS have dependencies on other components being installed. Also, some components require additional text files to complete unattended installation. See Unattend.txt on the compact disc for more information about unattended setup.

Component Installation Dependencies

Installing some components of the Personal Web Server package may also require other components to be installed. The following list describes the additional components required to install each component.

Components & Sub-components	Section Head	Requires	Needs Value
FrontPage Server Extensions
Front Page Server Extension Files	fp_extensions	Web Server	iis_www
Personal Web Server
Documentation
Active Server Pages	iis_doc_asp	IIS Administrator Documentation	iis_doc_ismcore
Common Documentation Files	iis_doc_common	Web Server	iis_www
IIS Administrator Documentation	iis_doc_ismcore	Common Documentation Files, Internet Service Manager	iis_doc_common, iis_inetmgr
SDK	iis_doc_sdk	Active Server Pages Documentation	iis_doc_asp
World Wide Web Server	iis_www	Internet Service Manager, Transaction Server Core Components	iis_inetmgr, mts_core
Microsoft Data Access Components

MDAC: ADO, ODBC, and OLE DB
MDAC Core Files	dac_ado_core	Web Server	iis_www
ADO Documentation	dac_ado_doc	MDAC Core Files	dac_ado_core
Data Sources
Jet and Access	dac_drv_brazos	MDAC Core Files	dac_ado_core
Oracle	dac_drv_oracle	MDAC Core Files	dac_ado_core
SQL Server	dac_drv_sqlsrv	MDAC Core Files	dac_ado_core
Remote Data Service
RDS Core Files	dac_rds_core	MDAC Core Files	dac_ado_core
RDS Docs	dac_rds_doc	MDAC Files	dac_ado_core
RDS Samples	dac_rds_sample	MDAC Core Files, Jet and Access	dac_ado_core, dac_drv_brazos
RDS v1.1 Files	dac_rds_11	MDAC Core Files	dac_ado_core
Microsoft Message Queue
Administration Tools	msmq_admin	Microsoft Message Queue Server	msmq_server_core
HTML Documentation	msmq_doc	Microsoft Message Queue Server	msmq_server_core
Microsoft Message Queue Server	msmq_server	Transaction Server Core Components	mts_core
Software Development Kit	Msmq_SDK	Microsoft Message Queue Server	msmq_server_core
Internet Connection Services for RAS
Connection Manager Administration Kit
Connection Manager Administration Kit	cmakprog	Common Program Files	iis_common
Product Documentation	cmakdoc	Product Documentation	rasdoc
Connection Point Services
Phone Book Administrator	cpsad	Common Program Files	iis_common
Phone Book Service	cpssrv	Common Program Files, Access and Jet Driver	dac_drv_brazos
Product Documentation	cpsdoc	Product Documentation	rasdoc
Product Documentation	rasdoc	Common Documentation Files	iis_doc_common, iis_doc_ismcore
Transaction Server
Microsoft Management Console	mts_mmc	Common Program Files	iis_common
Transaction Server Core Components	mts_core	Microsoft Management Console	mts_mmc
Transaction Server Core Documentation	mts_core_docs	Transaction Server Core Components	mts_core
Transaction Server Development
Transaction Server Development	mts_mtsdev_core	Transaction Server Core Components, Jet and Access, SQL Server, Oracle	mts_core, dac_drv_brazos, dac_drv_sqlsrv, dac_drv_oracle
Transaction Server Development Documentation	mtsdev_core_doc	Transaction Server Development	mts_mtsdev_core
Visual Basic Transaction Server Add-In	mts_mtsdev_vbaddin	Transaction Server Development	mts_mtsdev_core
Visual InterDev RAD Remote Deployment Support
Visual InterDev RAD Remote Deployment Support	fp_vid_deploy	FrontPage Server Extensions	fp_extensions

Related Topics

For a complete explanation of the components contained by default in each installation option, see Installing PWS.
To make sure your server is running after installation, see Testing Your Installation.