GPO not installing .msi package

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Joe Murphy

Windows2000 Server/SP3
Three Windows2000Pro computers with SP3

In this test enviroment, I added the three computers to an OU and created a
GPO for it, adding an .msi file for installation.

When the computers boot up, the Windows2000 splash screen shows up and I get
an indication that the package is installing ("installing software package
xyz....") but nothing happens.

Where do I start shooting this issue?

Thanks,
JM

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Hi Joe,
Take a look at:
321713 HOW TO: Use Group Policy to Set Automatic Installation Options Based
on
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=321713
and
314934 HOW TO: Use Group Policy to Remotely Install Software in Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=314934

Are you seeing any of the following events:

Userenv 1058:
Windows cannot access the file gpt.ini for GPO
CN={B0B1BB8A-9E7D-4275-84F8-225E90481157},CN=Policies,CN=System,DC=asrclkrec
,DC=org.
The file must be present at the location
<\\asrclkrec.org\SysVol\asrclkrec.org\Policies\{B0B1BB8A-9E7D-4275-84F8-225E
90481157
}\gpt.ini>. (The system cannot find the path specified. ). Group Policy
processing
aborted.

Userenv 1030:
Windows cannot query for the list of Group Policy objects. A message that
describes
the reason for this was previously logged by the policy engine.


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In the Application Log on the W2K client machine, I'm getting the following
two entries:

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Application Management
Event Category: None
Event ID: 108
Date: 1/5/2004
Time: 11:31:19 AM
User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Computer: NARMW2KC3HPM01
Description:
Failed to apply changes to software installation settings. Software changes
could not be applied. A previous log entry with details should exist. The
error was Fatal error during installation. .

and

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Userenv
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1000
Date: 1/5/2004
Time: 11:31:19 AM
User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Computer: NARMW2KC3HPM01
Description:
The Group Policy client-side extension Application Management was passed
flags (1) and returned a failure status code of (1603).
 
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