

Software version: PowerChute Personal Edition 3.0.2 version was worse, however this is still a lot!!! however I still wanna use it for the monitoring and to tell me the stats on power events, duration, etc.It's a newer version than I had running before and the prev. For assistance access these files please review the attached video "Locating the Uncompressed PowerChute Business Edition Installation Files".Hey does anyone else use PowerChute for thier APC UPS and have crazy I/O usage like mine? I don't even have all the energy tracking stuff enabled. The needed files are uncompressed on Windows OS to the system default temp folder. NOTE:If PowerChute Business Edition has been downloaded from APC.com you will need to launch pcbesetup.exe to uncompress the installation folder/files to run the silent installation. To determine when the silent installation has completed, leave the command prompt window open until the prompt displays again (e.g. You can also use the -m argument to log the results in an SMS file whose name is status.mif. See an example involving a mapped drive W: below in step 3.

Note: if installing from a downloaded copy unzip the pcbesetup.exe file. Copy the bin\agent folder from the PowerChute CD to a local folder such as C:\agent.Remove all components of PowerChute from your working computer.

Step 1: Creating a Silent Installation Answer File Silent installations do not prompt for input because they already have the answers. With a normal, non-silent installation it is usually necessary to respond to prompts during the installation. Installation instruction can be found at this link Note: version 9.5 and 10.x are agent only installations. PowerChute Business Edition versions 7.x - 9.2.1 How to silently install PowerChute Business Edition Agent onto Windows OS
