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[ Closed ] [Resolved] unattended first-time remote install of host (ie from cmd line batch)

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I found both these two pages:

https://www.remoteutilities.com/support/docs/installing-and-uninstalling/

https://www.remoteutilities.com/support/docs/remote-install-tool/

As well as:

https://www.remoteutilities.com/product/unattended-access.php

"Access Headless Machines".

I understand that if you have local network access from viewer to target host PC you can use remote install with windows security to install on the remote computer using admin$ share.

However, I don't have that. What I have is remote access using remote utilities to computer A and I need to install Remote Utilities Host on remote computer B.

I have NETBIOS network access to files from A to B.

I also have PStools (sysinternals) command line (cmd.exe) from A to B.

Note that my situation is the same as a headless machine on which you can't run the GUI installer.

Now I could install the *viewer* on computer A. But that seems like overkill. I would be installing the viewer on on ePC for the sole purpose of installing the host on another PC? Seems awfully wasteful.

So, how do I install host?

Eg is there a host-7.6.2.0.msi" -silent or something?
Hello John,

Thank you for your message.

I believe it's the B machine that is headless. In this case you could:

1. Build an MSI Host installer using the MSI Configurator. You can pre-configure the Host with your settings (e.g., Internet-ID, password, etc.) during this step.

2. Push-install it using standard MSI installation parameters. For example, from Computer A you can use a command like this (via PsExec or similar):

msiexec /i path\to\host.msi /qn
About MSI parameters.

If your pre-configured MSI was built with embedded settings, this method will install the Host on Computer B without requiring GUI access or interaction.

Hope that hepls.
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msiexec /i path\to\host.msi /qn /a /jm /quiet
or are /a and /jm already defaults?

Does /qn imply /quiet?



/a 	Specifies administrative installation.
/ju 	Advertise the product to the current user.
/jm 	Advertise the product to all users.
/quiet 	Specifies quiet mode, which means there's no user interaction required.

Edited:john kumpf - Sep 14, 2025 8:04:46 pm EDT
Hello John,

There are the msiexec installation parameters, not Remote Utilities. I.e. any msi file can be installed using those, not just Remote Utilities.


Does /qn imply /quiet?

Yes, it should. You can find more information in the msiexec documentation by the link above. Perhaps, some parameters might be more suitable for your specific scenario.

Thanks.
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