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EDITED: I have edited this post on 30-Aug-2013 after some users comments that the given solution is not working. I have studied in depth the skype update process and created this solution for all. Please check below (Edited Section) for more information. Recently while packaging Skype for enterprise version, I could not disable the Auto Updates and finally found a way to get rid of it. You can get the latest version of Skype setup in MSI format from the following URL: http://download.skype.com/msi/SkypeSetup.msi  or http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-msi There is no registry, file which can disable the Auto Update functionality of Skype. I searched in lots of forums and all said that it automatically prompts for update. So finally I decided to look in the MSI and find why and how it is doing it. What I found was that Skype has an Updater.exe in the installation folder and it also creates a Skype Update service which points to this exe. I just removed this service and updater.exe file...

MSU are the Microsoft Update files. You can easily install the MSU file silently without reboot with the following command line: wusa.exe Windows6.1-KB123456-x86.msu /quiet /norestart To Uninstall it Silently you need to follow this simple procedure: 1) Run this command: expand c:\temp\Windows6.0-KB123456-x86.msu –F:Windows6.0-KB123456-x86.xml c:\temp 2) This will create an XML file in temp folder as per the name above. Edit this xml in notepad. 3)Find the assemblyidentity tag. Then, note the values of the following attributes: The name attribute The publickeytoken attribute The processArchitecture attribute The version attribute 4) Use the below command to uninstall the MSU from your machine. start /w pkgmgr /up: name ~ publickeytoken ~ processArchitecture ~~ version Note: The variables above need to be replaced by the vaules you have copied in step 3.

There are a lot of sites referring the installation of Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 in silent mode, but if you have a closer look, no one gives the complete information on the installation and Un-installation of the package. Here are the steps which I followed to install Visual Studio on 32 bit as well as 64 bit machines. I assure you that you can save atleast 1 to 2 man days by taking information from here before proceeding with your packaging. Copy the compete source to a directory and name this directory as per your standard naming convention. Copy these files to this main directory (Explanation and details also provided later) VS2010_Uninstall-RTM.ENU.exe Dfusrprf.xml User.vbs Arpsuppress64.reg Arpsuppress32.reg Arpsuppresswow64.reg ConfigurationFile.ini Setup.vbs Uninstall.vbs Uninstall.bat These files are the complete list of files which will do the trick to install and un-install the MS Visual Studio 2010 package. You can use WISE Script Editor to create an exe for most of the p...

The best way to install an MSP file in silent installation is with the following command line: msiexec /p patchfile.msp REINSTALL=ALL REINSTALLMODE=omus But if you do not give the command line options of REINSTALL and REINSTALLMODE then it will not patch the existing installation package. What it will do is update the locally cached copy of the MSI database. You can also use following command line to install patches like for Adobe etc.: msiexec /update patchfile.msp /qb! If you run the MSP in UI mode then it will patch the installation and will also update the locally cached copy of the installation, because when the dialogs are run they in turn set REINSTALL and REINSTALLMODE. For installation of MSU, which is used as update in Windows Vista and above, please follow this new post on my blog: http://msiworld.blogspot.com.au/2012/04/silent-install-and-uninstall-of-msu.html