error 103 when installing via group policy

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Michael Wall

When I install the software via group policy, the non-admin
user receives error 103 when they first attempt to open the
product. If I logon as an admin user, open the program,
and walk thru the opening screens (i.e. next, next, etc.),
then the program seems to work fine thereafter for admin
and non-admin users. What can I do to fix this problem?
I want to deploy this to 300 users. I don't want to go to
300 desktops to logon as an admin user to fix the problem.

I get the same error if I am logged on as a non-admin user
and install the program using the "runas" command. The same
fix works in this instance (i.e. logon as admin user and
open the program for the first time).
 
I would recommend that you NOT deploy this to 300 users via group policy.
Among other things, this program will allow the users to block any
administrative scripts you expect to run on each workstation.

It's tempting, but don't do this--at least not yet. Beta1 just isn't
appropriate for this usage.
 
By University policy, I must deploy anti-spyware software
that can be regularly updated on all of my computers. I
don't have a choice other than choosing another package. I
need something that is "free" and something that can be
updated autmatically.
 
Microsoft Antispyware isn't it , at this point.

You might look at Spybot Search & Destroy--they have an Intranet
configuration and update server, and the app is free, regardless of
commercial status.

I have some reservations about this application, but it may be something
which meets the terms you believe you require.

I don't suppose you'd like to publicly disclose the name of the institution
which sets such a policy (the bare outlines of which seem reasonable)
without provision for funding it (do they really believe that all software
is free?) (sorry--hadn't yet spotted your email address!)

Microsoft will produce comething suited to your environment, but it will not
be free. Whether the successor to beta1 could be used effectively in such
an environment we can't tell yet.

I s'pose you have a deadline?

There are a number of commercial competitors, but not free ones, as far as I
know. I don't know if there is a spyware equivalent of clamav, for
example--I suspect not.
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