Help with having to reboot after install problem

[thejokermmud]

Howdy, I have a problem where the program that i have the client install requires reboot after installation, but the problem is i need the user to register there copy online. "I did not create the program they install, i just toss on a program that keeps track of who has the program "keyserver, which keeps track of licensing" and after installing it will bring them to a webpage that registers they will register their ip and mac addy so we know they are not handing out the software to everyone and their brother.

Thankx in advance,
JPT

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JPT
University Of Wisconsin Milwaukee, IM&T Level 3 Tech

[thejokermmud]

Re: Help with having to reboot after install problem

Ugh sorry mental block when i wrote that, heres my problem... I need a way to stop the program from rebooting the computer and or on startup it takes them to the webpage to register the program online

[Mark]

Re: Help with having to reboot after install problem

Hi,

There is no way to stop the program from rebooting using AutoPlay. The only possibility would be a command line argument you could pass the installation (when executing), which would suppress the reboot. Of course that is only possible if the installation allows for that.

mark.

[thejokermmud]

Re: Help with having to reboot after install problem

Mark,

what if i do a run once registery input so that on the next successful boot to windows it will start blank.htm which would be a saved html version of the registry page that was copied to the c:\ drive before i installed the program........???/

[Mark]

Re: Help with having to reboot after install problem

Hi,

So you simply want to open a web page after the computer reboots?

If that is what you wanted to do, then yes putting the path to a local HTML page in the run once key would open it the next time the computer was rebooted.

mark.