Installing IE9 Offline on Windows Seven and Windows Server 2008-R2

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Planning to deploy Internet Explorer 9 on you servers not allowed to communicate with the Internet? Here are some background information.

IE9’s setup will by default perform installation of software prerequisites then IE itself then recent updates applicable to IE. So how to do when you server cannot download prerequisites and subsequent updates?

1. First download the IE9 package: 32-bit or 64-bit
2. Optional: Then if not already done, download and install the Service Pack 1
3. Download and install this update: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2454826
4. From an elevated command-prompt, execute of the command hereunder. the parameter /update-no will simply prevents the download an installation of recent IE9 updates. The setup will fail if prerequisites are missing 
   On 32-bit: IE9-Windows7-x86-enu.exe /update-no 
   On 64-bit: IE9-Windows7-x64-enu.exe /update-no 
   
   In order to get more information from the setup, add this parameter to generate an installation log: /log:c:\Temp\Logs\
   
   Example of a log file when installation fails due to a version of DirectX component that is too old:
   00:00.000: ====================================================================
   00:00.000: Started: 2011/03/29 (Y/M/D) 08:55:45.954 (local)
   00:00.016: Time Format in this log: MM:ss.mmm (minutes:seconds.milliseconds)
   00:00.016: C:\Temp\IE9-Windows7-x64-enu.exe" /update-no /log:C:\Temp\Logs\
   00:00.047: INFO: Setup installer for Internet Explorer: 9.0.8112.16421
   00:00.172: INFO: Previous version of Internet Explorer: 8.0.7600.16722
   00:00.172: INFO: Checking if iexplore.exe's current version is between 9.0.6001.0...
   00:00.172: INFO: ...and 9.1.0.0...
   00:00.172: INFO: Maximum version on which to run IEAK branding is: 9.1.0.0...
   00:00.172: INFO: iexplore.exe version check success. Install can proceed.
   00:00.172: INFO: Trying to extract ID: 7006 (0) as "IE9-neutral.Extracted.cab"
   00:00.703: INFO: Trying to extract ID: 5006 (0) as "IE9-support.cab"
   00:11.172: INFO: Operating System: Windows Server: 6.1.7600
   00:11.172: INFO: Windows 7 operating system detected.
   00:11.172: INFO: Service pack major: 0
   00:11.172: INFO: Service pack minor: 0
   00:11.266: INFO: Version Check of C:\Windows\System32\drivers\dxgmms1.sys: 6.1.7600.16385 >= 6.1.7600.16748 (False)
   00:11.266: ERROR: System version and prerequisite validation checks failed.
   02:42.016: INFO: Setup exit code: 0x00009C47 (40007) - Required updates are missing from the system.
   02:42.297: INFO: Cleaning up temporary files in: C:\Windows\TEMP\IE913B9.tmp
   02:43.156: INFO: Unable to remove directory C:\Windows\TEMP\IE913B9.tmp, marking for deletion on reboot.
   02:43.156: INFO: Released Internet Explorer Installer Mutex
   
   Example of a log file when installation succeeds:
   00:00.000: ====================================================================
   00:00.015: Started: 2011/03/29 (Y/M/D) 09:55:40.138 (local)
   00:00.015: Time Format in this log: MM:ss.mmm (minutes:seconds.milliseconds)
   00:00.015: C:\Temp\IE9-Windows7-x64-enu.exe" /update-no /log:C:\Temp\Logs\
   00:00.046: INFO: Setup installer for Internet Explorer: 9.0.8112.16421
   00:00.109: INFO: Previous version of Internet Explorer: 8.0.7600.16722
   00:00.109: INFO: Checking if iexplore.exe's current version is between 9.0.6001.0...
   00:00.109: INFO: ...and 9.1.0.0...
   00:00.109: INFO: Maximum version on which to run IEAK branding is: 9.1.0.0...
   00:00.109: INFO: iexplore.exe version check success. Install can proceed.
   00:00.109: INFO: Trying to extract ID: 7006 (0) as "IE9-neutral.Extracted.cab"
   00:00.781: INFO: Trying to extract ID: 5006 (0) as "IE9-support.cab"
   00:09.234: INFO: Operating System: Windows Server: 6.1.7600
   00:09.234: INFO: Windows 7 operating system detected.
   00:09.234: INFO: Service pack major: 0
   00:09.234: INFO: Service pack minor: 0
   00:09.234: INFO: Version Check of C:\Windows\System32\drivers\dxgmms1.sys: 6.1.7600.16748 >= 6.1.7600.16748 (True)
   00:09.265: INFO: Version Check of C:\Windows\System32\xpsrasterservice.dll: 6.1.7600.16699 >= 6.1.7600.16699 (True)
   00:09.296: INFO: Version Check of C:\Windows\System32\d2d1.dll: 6.1.7600.16699 >= 6.1.7600.16699 (True)
   00:09.296: INFO: Version Check of C:\Windows\System32\ExplorerFrame.dll: 6.1.7600.16623 >= 6.1.7600.16623 (True)
   00:09.390: INFO: PauseOrResumeAUThread: Successfully paused Automatic Updates.
   00:18.781: INFO: The neutral pack was not successfully downloaded from the internet. Installation will continue using the extracted package.
   00:19.015: INFO: No reboot logic message NrApiStart(0), lParam=0x002f93c0 returned 0x00000000.
   00:21.578: INFO: No reboot logic message NrApiScan(1), lParam=0x00000001 returned 0x00000000.
   00:21.578: INFO: No reboot logic message NrApiStartInstall(4), lParam=0x00000001 returned 0x00000014.
   00:21.578: INFO: Installing with the extracted package. C:\Windows\TEMP\IE9923F.tmp\IE9-neutral.Extracted.cab
   00:21.687: INFO: Launched package installation: C:\Windows\system32\dism.exe /online /add-package /packagepath:C:\Windows\TEMP\IE9923F.tmp\IE9-neutral.Extracted.cab /quiet /norestart
   02:21.015: INFO: Process exit code 0x00000BC2 (3010) [The requested operation is successful. Changes will not be effective until the system is rebooted. ]
   02:21.015: INFO: Setting registry to check if Internet Explorer is the default browser on first run: SUCCESS.
   02:21.015: INFO: No reboot logic message NrApiInstallDone(7), lParam=0x00000bc2 returned 0x00000000.
   02:21.015: INFO: No reboot logic message NrApiStartFinish(11), lParam=0x00000000 returned 0x00000000.
   02:21.031: INFO: No reboot logic message NrApiFinish(12), lParam=0x00000000 returned 0x00000016.
   02:21.046: INFO: Checking it the Internet Explorer Optional Component is enabled.
   08:34.281: INFO: Disabling active setup.
   08:34.296: INFO: Added command to re-enable active setup after install and reboot.
   08:34.312: INFO: PauseOrResumeAUThread: Successfully resumed Automatic Updates.
   08:34.312: INFO: Setup exit code: 0x00000BC2 (3010) - Installation Succeeded. Reboot required.
   08:34.765: INFO: Cleaning up temporary files in: C:\Windows\TEMP\IE9923F.tmp
   08:35.328: INFO: Unable to remove directory C:\Windows\TEMP\IE9923F.tmp, marking for deletion on reboot.
   08:35.328: INFO: Released Internet Explorer Installer Mutex
   
   Just for the records, you will notice that IE9 Setup always detects Windows 7 even if it actually runs on Windows Server 2008 R2.
5. And finally Install IE9 updates ((None at writing time) manually or using a tool such as WSUS or SCCM, here is how to do: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg699411.aspx
6. Have fun with the fastest browser ever!

While deploying Internet Explorer 9, you might want to throw an eye to my list of useful links: http://www.marc-lognoul.me/itblog-en/page/Useful-Links-Internet-Explorer-9.aspx

Marc