I’m sure if you have ever spent any time looking after PCs you will soon come accross Java asking for updates; in a managed enviroment you wouldn’t want your users to see this prompt and the simple fix is to deploy Java properly.
Before I go any further I would like to thank the creator of this article – http://adminadventure.wordpress.com/ 2012/06/12/java-jre-deployment-via-group-policy/ which most of this article is based upon (with a few my world of IT tweaks).
A few things you will need
- A download of the Offline Installer for Java –
http://www.java.com/en/download/manual.jsp - The Orca tool MSI editor tool (part of the Windows 7 SDK) – a guide to installing it can be found here https://myworldofit.net/?p=1368
Since there are too many modifications in Orca to be included in the screen shots I have listed them in the table below instead (everything is in the Property table).
After a few requests the transform file (pre created) is now available in the ZIP file below
Java 7 Transform (943 bytes, 1,894 hits)
So now that you have everything you need just follow this screen shot series.
YES! The solution I’ve been looking for! Works like a charm. Thank you!
No problem at all – thanks for the feed back 🙂
Quick question?
We have a lot of 64 bit windows 7 computers in our district.
How do you install 64bit java before 32 bit java on those machines so they install properly using the above method?
Thank you for the great instructions for 32 bit!!
In that situation you might be better off using something like Microsoft System Centre Configuration Manager which can set software to install based upon prerequisites (e.g. the machine is 64bit and that the 64bit version of Java is already installed).
Might be possible to do something with WMI filters (some reading here – http://community.spiceworks.com/topic/255346-installing-software-via-group-policy-using-wmi-filters) as well…..
This is great. Could I still use your precreated transform file with other updates of Java Version 7? E.g. if I mix your transform file will the MSI for Java Version 7 Update 45 will it still work?
Hi Chris,
Always best to run your own testing but unless Java go and change something big the transform file should work with future versions of Java 7.
Cheers,
James