weave's Journal: Dear Microsoft, Hot Fixes...

Dear Microsoft,

You could go a long way to making me happy if you just standardize the hotfix install programs to use the same command line arguments. I have to run a batch of these things after an install to automatically bring a desktop up-to-date.

The way it is now, it's ridiculous. Here's some actual examples:

Msjavx86.exe /c:"javatrig.exe /exe_install /l /qq" /q:a /r:n
q307274 -u -n -z
vbs56nen /q /r:n
start /wait q318202 /q /c:"dahotfix /q /n"
start /wait vm-sfix3 /q /r:n

Why can't there be a standardize hotfix installer? Please.... If not, at least document the unattended install procedure in the kb article describing the hotfix. As it is now, I have to hunt all over to find it if one of the old methods doesn't work. Like look at that java vm update. My God, where did THAT come from?