Stage 3: Select silent install

If you want your users to install the customized browser without receiving prompts, click Install package silently. You should select this option when you want to control setup options for your users and you want all types of installation (such as Minimal, Standard, or Custom) to be the same.

Selecting this check box is the same as installing Internet Explorer with the /Q switch. This mode is not interactive, and users will not have control over its progress. The user will not be prompted with an error message in the case of installation failure. You might consider using this feature for installations deployed to users "after hours" instead of when the user is present. To fine-tune the installation, you can use additional Internet Explorer Batch Setup switches.

A silent installation with the /Q switch does the following:

• Answers prompts that enable Setup to continue.
• Accepts the license agreement.
• When prompted whether to download or install Internet Explorer, specifies that Internet Explorer be installed.
• Carries out the type of installation that you specify (such as Minimal, Standard, or Custom). You will set this option later in the IEAK wizard.
• Picks up and selects the Active Channel.
• Installs Internet Explorer in the location you specify. If Internet Explorer is already installed, however, the new version of the browser will be installed in the same location.
• Connects to the first download site specified in the IEAK. You will provide a list of download sites later in the IEAK wizard.

• In a silent install you must predetermine whether your users will install the Windows Desktop Update.
• In a silent install you can specify only one installation option and one download site for your users.