Pushing Down SP3 via GPO

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Mike Towan

I am trying to push down Win2k SP3 to a handful of machines on my network.

I created an OU for these machines and moved the machines into that OU. I
then created a GPO on that OU for software distribution to the machine and
pointed it to a share containing the UPDATE.MSI file. I then gave the
global group that the users are in READ and APPLY rights to the policy (do I
need to do this for each machine account also?).

The policy seems to be applying itself, however the SP3 install doesn't seem
to complete. One machine was left on overnight. This morning, I rebooted
it and system properties still showed SP2. When I try to remove SP3 through
ADD/REMOVE PROGRAMS, it says that SYSTEM is currently trying to install it.
I would think the SP would have installed in an hour max (on a 100Mbps
connection on a LAN). No errors appear in the event viewer.

Any suggestions?
 
Hey Mike,

If the users aren't in the OU, you would want to Enable Loopback Policies
under Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\System\Group Policy
to force it to apply.

Try that!

Jim
 
Mike,
It seems that you are applying a Group Policy with Computer
Configuration\Software Installation settings. However, you are applying the
Group Policy to Users, not Computers. If the only objects in the OU are the
Computers you are trying to push this down to, then I would say set
Authenticated Users Read and Apply Group Policy, then go reboot all the
Computers.
 
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