We needed to deploy .Net4 to all desktops and laptops within the domain in order to be able to use the new version of our in-house developed service desk system, the most critical application in our business outside of Email.
So I found/ modified this script below and added it to group policy as a computer startup script, it worked a treat internally but those on VPN only needed to run the script manually, so I ended up sending it out to everyone anyway!
setlocal
REM *********************************************************************
REM Environment customization begins here. Modify variables below.
REM *********************************************************************
REM Enter the Product Name.
set ProductName= Microsoft .NET Framework 4 Extended
REM Set DeployServer to a network-accessible location containing the Office source files.
set DeployServer=\\dc1\netlogon\
REM Set LogLocation to a central directory to collect log files.
set LogLocation=”C:\Windows\Logs”
REM *********************************************************************
REM Deployment code begins here. Do not modify anything below this line.
REM *********************************************************************
IF NOT “%ProgramFiles(x86)%”==”” (goto ARP64) else (goto ARP86)
REM Operating system is X64. Check for 32 bit Office in emulated Wow6432 uninstall key
:ARP64
reg query “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432NODE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\%ProductName%”
if NOT %errorlevel%==1 (goto End)
REM Check for 32 and 64 bit versions of Office 2010 in regular uninstall key.(Office 64bit would also appear here on a 64bit OS)
:ARP86
reg query “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\%ProductName%”
if %errorlevel%==1 (goto DeployOffice) else (goto End)
REM If 1 returned, the product was not found. Run setup here.
:DeployOffice
start /wait %DeployServer%\dotNetFx40_Full_x86_x64.exe /quiet /norestart
echo %date% %time% Setup ended with error code %errorlevel%. >> %LogLocation%\%computername%.txt
REM If 0 or other was returned, the product was found or another error occurred. Do nothing.
:End
Endlocal