Author: Thomas

InstallShield Error Codes (Setup.log)

In the ‘Setup.log’ file, usually found in the installation source folder, system folder or root drive, locate the ‘ResultCode’ line.

[InstallShield Silent]
Version=v7.00
File=Log File
[ResponseResult]
ResultCode=0
[Application]
Name=Microsoft Windows Application
Version=1.2.2.0
Company=Microsoft
Lang=0409

List of InstallShield install Return Codes or ‘ResultCodes’ if you will:

Success:

0

Errors:

-1 General error
-2 Invalid mode
-3 Required data not found in the Setup.iss file
-4 Not enough memory available
-5 File does not exist
-6 Cannot write to the response file
-7 Unable to write to the log file
-8 Invalid path to the InstallShield Silent response file
-9 Not a valid list type (string or number)
-10 Data type is invalid
-11 Unknown error during setup
-12 Dialogs are out of order
-51 Cannot create the specified folder
-52 Cannot access the specified file or folder
-53 Invalid option selected

Source: IT Ninja

Set ComputerName in TS (CMD)

Change the “Computer” or “This PC” to %COMPUTERNAME% in a Task Sequence.

Use SetACL, by Helge Klein, to change owner, set appropriate permissions on the registry key and after changing the registry key, releasing the key back to the system.

Place the appropriate SetACL.exe and the script below, together with the registry key and execute from TS.

"%~dp0setacl.exe" -on HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\CLASSES\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D} -ot reg -actn setowner -ownr "n:S-1-5-32-544"
"%~dp0setacl.exe" -on HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\CLASSES\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D} -ot reg -actn ace -ace "n:S-1-5-32-544;p:full;s:y"
..
.. 
"%~dp0setacl.exe" -on HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\CLASSES\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D} -ot reg -actn ace -ace "n:S-1-5-32-544;p:read;s:y" "%~dp0setacl.exe" -on HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\CLASSES\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D} -ot reg -actn setowner -ownr "n:S-1-5-18"

This script has only been tested on Windows 7, x64, through a TS

get-AllUserGroups (PS)

Return all the users groups, without installing Microsoft Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT), Active Directory Module for Windows PowerShell.

Function Get-AllUserGroups 
{ 
  [cmdletbinding()] 
  param() 

  $Groups = [System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent().Groups 

  foreach ($Group in $Groups)
  { 
    $GroupSID = $Group.Value $GroupName = New-Object System.Security.Principal.SecurityIdentifier($GroupSID) 
    $GroupDisplayName = $GroupName.Translate([System.Security.Principal.NTAccount])
    $GroupDisplayName 
  } 
}

Thanks to KFR for this example