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We are working on our IE8 deployment using SMS 2003. &nbsp;In testing this package, I have found that it will install over IE8 if I push it to a computer that already has this version of IE. &nbsp;We have about 40% of our computers here that already have IE8 and I would like it if they could be skipped to prevent possible problems (less installs the better). <br />
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Can we set a trigger if it finds any version of IE8 it will not install the program? &nbsp; Is there a MSI command line switch the package can use to check what version is already present? &nbsp;Or could it check if there is a reg key, or a particular version .exe and skip if it finds this? &nbsp;<br />
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We are using the IEAK8 to package our IE8 installer. &nbsp; <br />

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We are working on our IE8 deployment using SMS 2003.  In testing this package, I have found that it will install over IE8 if I push it to a computer that already has this version of IE.  We have about 40% of our computers here that already have IE8 and I would like it if they could be skipped to prevent possible problems (less installs the better). 

Can we set a trigger if it finds any version of IE8 it will not install the program?   Is there a MSI command line switch the package can use to check what version is already present?  Or could it check if there is a reg key, or a particular version .exe and skip if it finds this?  

We are using the IEAK8 to package our IE8 installer.   


SMS installing IE8 on systems already with it - bad!

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