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2<!DOCTYPE topic PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DITA Topic//EN" "topic.dtd">
3<topic xml:lang="en-us" id="additions-windows-install-unattended-certs">
4 <title>Installing Code Signing Certificates</title>
5
6 <body>
7 <p>
8 To avoid popups when performing an unattended installation
9 of the <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> Guest Additions, the code signing
10 certificates used to sign the drivers needs to be installed
11 in the correct certificate stores on the guest operating
12 system. Failure to do this will cause a typical Windows
13 installation to display multiple dialogs asking whether you
14 want to install a particular driver.
15 </p>
16 <note>
17 <p>
18 On some legacy Windows versions, such as Windows 2000 and
19 Windows XP, the user intervention popups mentioned above
20 are always displayed, even after importing the Oracle
21 certificates.
22 </p>
23 </note>
24 <p>
25 Installing the code signing certificates on a Windows guest
26 can be done automatically. Use the
27 <filepath>VBoxCertUtil.exe</filepath> utility from the
28 <filepath>cert</filepath> folder on the Guest Additions
29 installation CD.
30 </p>
31 <p>
32 Use the following steps:
33 </p>
34 <ol>
35 <li>
36 <p>
37 Log in as Administrator on the guest.
38 </p>
39 </li>
40 <li>
41 <p>
42 Mount the <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> Guest Additions .ISO.
43 </p>
44 </li>
45 <li>
46 <p>
47 Open a command line window on the guest and change to
48 the <filepath>cert</filepath> folder on the
49 <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> Guest Additions CD.
50 </p>
51 </li>
52 <li>
53 <p>
54 Run the following command:
55 </p>
56 <pre xml:space="preserve">VBoxCertUtil.exe add-trusted-publisher vbox*.cer --root vbox*.cer</pre>
57 <p>
58 This command installs the certificates to the
59 certificate store. When installing the same certificate
60 more than once, an appropriate error will be displayed.
61 </p>
62 </li>
63 </ol>
64 <p>
65 To allow for completely unattended guest installations, you
66 can specify a command line parameter to the install
67 launcher:
68 </p>
69 <pre xml:space="preserve">VBoxWindowsAdditions.exe /S</pre>
70 <p>
71 This automatically installs the right files and drivers for
72 the corresponding platform, either 32-bit or 64-bit.
73 </p>
74 <note>
75 <p>
76 By default on an unattended installation on a Vista or
77 Windows 7 guest, there will be the XPDM graphics driver
78 installed. This graphics driver does not support Windows
79 Aero / Direct3D on the guest. Instead, the WDDM graphics
80 driver needs to be installed. To select this driver by
81 default, add the command line parameter
82 <codeph>/with_wddm</codeph> when invoking the Windows
83 Guest Additions installer. This is only required for Vista
84 and Windows 7.
85 </p>
86 </note>
87 <note>
88 <p>
89 For Windows Aero to run correctly on a guest, the guest's
90 VRAM size needs to be configured to at least 128 MB.
91 </p>
92 </note>
93 <p>
94 For more options regarding unattended guest installations,
95 consult the command line help by using the command:
96 </p>
97 <pre xml:space="preserve">VBoxWindowsAdditions.exe /?</pre>
98 </body>
99
100</topic>
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