Group Policy help please.

Snow-Munki · 6 Mar 2006 at 16:02

Ok,

I want to test out pushing out a MSI that I built to all users here, so obviously want to test it first.

I have already created a test user, and using vmware here. Have also created a test Ou and put the computer and user into this test OU.

Then created a new group policy where inheritance is blocked, and then added the new MSI to be pushed out, however when the test user logs in, nothing happens at all,any ideas at all why this is ?

Thanks

Snow-Munki · 6 Mar 2006 at 16:15

It is for the computer.

Snow-Munki · 6 Mar 2006 at 16:46

it's just an MSI that i created. umm ... yeah...

Snow-Munki · 7 Mar 2006 at 17:10

thanks, will take a look later, been really busy today.

Snow-Munki · 8 Mar 2006 at 09:13

M0KUJ1N said:
Agreed- Appdeploy is a great resource

Possibly- remember that unless a MSI is capable of installing silently you wont be able to deploy it via GPO.

i.e. if running msiexec /i MSIFILE.msi /t transform.mst (if applicable) /qn from the command line doesn't successfully install the msi then Group Policy wont be able to either!

nope doesn't work, brings up the msiexec dialog box of switches. guess i'll try and rebuild the msi then

Thanks !

Snow-Munki · 8 Mar 2006 at 10:23

M0KUJ1N said:
Agreed- Appdeploy is a great resource

Possibly- remember that unless a MSI is capable of installing silently you wont be able to deploy it via GPO.

i.e. if running msiexec /i MSIFILE.msi /t transform.mst (if applicable) /qn from the command line doesn't successfully install the msi then Group Policy wont be able to either!

ok rebuilt MSI, now has a MST file which it does install silenty

Do i just add this file to group policy, does it automatically know there is a MST file to read from it ?