Oracle Database Express Edition (XE)

Hi,

We have a problem installing Oracle XE onto a locked down PC.

The reason why we cannot install OracleXE via our software distribution system (SCCM 2007) is there are embedded MSI's that are called from the the main oraclexeuniv.exe setup program. In order to protect our network, we do not allow users to be members of the local PC administrator groups and therefore have to elevate privileges via SCCM 2007 in order to install software.

This is not normally an issue as deploying software via SCCM, the software is elevated to use the "NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM" account and therefore has full access over the Windows registry and file system. Unfortunately, InstallShield have decided that when installing software they will use the "INTERACTIVE USER" (i.e the current user that is logged in) and therefore is not a member of the local administrators group.

Usually we can override these InstallShield settings in the registry to force the application to install using the NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM account, however as the oraclexeuniv.exe has a nested file called ISScript11.Msi (this is the InstallShield scripting engine to install InstallShield software) that is extracted and run every time when you run the oraclexeuniv.exe, these settings are overridden. These settings make the InstallShield files iDriver.exe and iDriverT.exe run as the INTERACTIVE USER and in turn the software installation fails.

Would it be possible to get a copy of oraclexeuniv.exe without the embedded ISScript11.Msi - we can then install the ISScript11.Msi scripting engine as a prerequisite, make the changes
required and then not have the settings we change wiped out?

Or is there some other way?

Thanks

Matthew