Is there a silent SP1 install available for SQL SERVER 2008 i.e not wizard driven but just silently installs on users computer. Asking this because in our firm Wizard based install are not allowed on users machine and we need to silently install them on users machine. Regards, Vikram Kansal

Hi Vikram, Yes, it is possible. Please follow these steps: Unzip the downloaded SP1 installer. Then we will get file with name like this SQLServer2008SP1-KB968369-x64-ENU.exe Extract the SQLServer2008SP1-KB968369-x64-ENU.exe to a specified folder using command SQLServer2008SP1-KB968369-x64-ENU.exe /X Now, in command window, go to the specified folder, and use the following command to install the patch sliently: setup.exe /QS /ACTION=Patch /AllInstances /IndicateProgress >> log-sql2008-sp1.txt If you have any more questions, please feel free to ask. Thanks, Jin Chen Jin Chen - MSFT

Thanks Jin I believe this should do it. Will try it but I am sure this will work. Thank you.

Jin, Sorry but have a found a issue with this. This still pops up with a window which shows the progress of the SP1 installation. Is there a way to supress this as well. In the firm it is strictly prohibited to have any Vendor Window popping up during installation and it has to be a unattended install and that is why I am asking the above question? Thanks, Vikram Kansal

We tried the below based on your suggestions and it worked : setup /q /Action=Patch /AllInstances