Installing AutoCAD Service Packs silently

This one is pretty easy!  Just download the Service Pack i.e. AutoCAD 2013 SP2. Type in the following commands in a command prompt:

cd C:\path\of\your\downloaded\SP

[Enter]

AutoCAD_2013_SP2_64bit.exe /quiet

[Enter]

NOTE: C:\path\of\your\downloaded\SP = The location of your Service Pack

If you want to convert an .exe to a .msp so that you can add it to a deployment, you need to run this command:

AutoCAD_2013_SP2_64bit.exe /e ./AutoCAD_2013_SP2_64bit.msp

Reference:

http://usa.autodesk.com/getdoc/id=TS17060725

http://beingcivil.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/11/how-to-extract-msp-file-and-apply-it-to-the-admin-image.html

Thanks to Alison Gangler for sharing this tip to the community.