Hello, I am trying to exe SP2 on remote machine and I am using psexec. I have created a batch that fires up dotnetfx.exe when it is clicked manually and it works perfectly. However when I use psexec to start that batch on remaote pc it just hanges...I have copied that batch on temp file on that machine. I have used psexec to install java and SVG viewer w/o any problem on remote pc's for some reason I can't get dotnetfx.exe to work. can anyone tell me what is that i am doing wrong..I have full access to that pc.Thx H:\>psexec \\nb34426 -d "c:\temp\dotnetfx.exe"

Try adding a /Q to the end of the line?

Razor2.3 I used /q as you said and now I get c:\temp\netframe.exe exited on nb34426 with error code 14049.

Alright, I checked the .NET 2.0 redistributable, and while it lists /Q for quiet install, it ignores the switch. You could use the psexec -i option, but that kinda defeats the purpose of remote installing, as it would require user intervention. Your other option would be to unpack the .EXE, and go directly to the .MSI. To unpack, use: dotnetfx /t:c:\dotnetfxUnpacked /c Then you can use psexec to run C:\Windows\System32\msiexec.exe c:\dotnetfxUnpacked\netfx.msi /quiet /log c:\dotNetLog.txt I'm still not sure if that'll work, or if the .MSI requires some information the install.exe provides. I doubt I'll find out, as I'm running in 64-bit, and I downloaded the x86 package.

Thank you..Razor2.3 I greatly appreciate you helping out. I will give it a try and see if that works... Thank you as always!