Norton install process.... or something

[keybrdcowboy]

Hope someone here can help me or point me in the right direction. Here's what I have going on. I am using a logon script to call a batch file which then runs our Norton Corporate Edition install file. The problem is that it seems to vary by machine on exactly how long it takes for the norton client to finish installing. The install process is in silent mode and requires no input from the user and so you can't tell when it's done installing. I can't just use a simple sleep command within in the script because of the time variance between machines. Here's what I was thinking.... I was thinking I could tell the script to monitor the local machine and when a certain process appears (it would have to be a process that appears only when the actual install is over) or when a certain process disappears (it would have to be a process that signifies the install process, and when the install is done, the process goes away). By doing testing on my own machine, I can't see any kind of norton specific process that would work for me. I tried rebooting my machine a few seconds after the RTVScan.exe process started, but when my mcahine came back up, there was no Norton installed, so I know that one won't work. Does anyone have any ideas on how to sccomplish what I am trying to do? Thanks a lot for any help.

 

[darksasami]

Try configuring the little yellow shield icon to appear on the clients. When NAV starts, it will appear. Then just look for "vptray.exe" running.

 

[keybrdcowboy]

Thanks. What I ended up doing what just using the msi installer, and it has a command line option that will automatically reboot the machine when it's finished. And that will work perfect for what I am doing. Going with what you said though, when you do the isntall, does the vptray.exe show up then, or does it only show up when the machine is rebooted? Thanks.

 

[dstcroix]

Your VPTray should show up everytime you log on to your system.