software deployment

[Christian Loew]

Hi,

i have problems with GPOs....

-) setting up a network share (readable for everyone)
-) setting up MS Office as network-installaton
-) building a second msi-package (TClock)

after applying the msi via GPO only the second package will be
installed :-(


GPResult is showing:

The computer received "Anwendungsverwaltung" settings from these GPOs:

Default Domain Policy
Revision Number: 28
Unique Name: {31B2F340-016D-11D2-945F-00C04FB984F9}
Domain Name: steyr-ssf.local
Linked to: Domain (DC=steyr-ssf,DC=local)
sw
Revision Number: 6
Unique Name: {1BC54C93-7E16-4BA5-9886-EEB9C61D0590}
Domain Name: steyr-ssf.local
Linked to: Organizational Unit (OU=Testeinheit,OU=SSF Test,DC=steyr-ssf,DC=local)
The computer has been assigned the following applications:
TClock_2.2.8
GPO Name: sw
Removal Option: Application is uninstalled when policy is removed

Where is my Office-package!!?


under \\ssfsrv01\c$\WINNT\SYSVOL\sysvol\steyr-ssf.local\Policies\{1BC54C93-7E16-4BA5-9886-EEB9C61D0590}\Machine\Applications
there are 2 entries:
{46006E14-DCC0-4A1C-B954-160802EF6349}.aas # the office-package
{0E71639D-F6C9-49B0-8892-B808891CDE35}.aas # the Tclock-package


in the eventlog on the client (debugging enabled) there are some
entries about TClock but none about Office!



any hints?


Chris

 

[Philip Nunn]

Did you perfom an "Administrative Installation"/"Network Installation" for
you office product? If you run the office Setup.exe -a then this should
give you what you need to install office via a GPO software deployment.

Philip Nunn

 

[Christian Loew]

followup to Philip Nunn's posting

Did you perfom an "Administrative Installation"/"Network Installation" for
yes

you office product? If you run the office Setup.exe -a then this should
give you what you need to install office via a GPO software deployment.

Chris

 

[Cary Shultz]

-----Original Message-----
followup to Philip Nunn's posting

Installation"/"Network Installation" for

yes
software deployment.


Chris
.

Chris,

Nah? Wie geht's in Berlin? Die ist doch eine schoene
Stadt!

Anyway, here is how I typically install Office 2000 via
GPO:

1) create a folder called OFF2K
2) share the folder as OFF2K$
3) assign Domain Admins F/C and Domain Users R to both
share and NTFS permissions ( if assigning to computer
configuration then replace 'Domain Users' with 'Domain
Computers' )
4) do an Administrative Installation of Office 2000. Here
is a hint - I always use the UNC path to the share...not
Drive Letter:\OFF2K$
5) create - if necessary - an OU and place the desired
user accounts in that OU ( or computer accounts )
6) right click that OU, select Properties and chose the
Group Policy tab.
7) create the GPO. Here is another hint - you MUST use
the UNC path to data1.msi...otherwise it will not work.
So, the path would be \\ssfsrv01\off2k$\data1.msi....not
d:\off2k$\data1.msi

Did you do things similar to the above? My guess is that
you did not use the UNC path to data1.msi...

Here are some additional considerations:

You can update the adminsitrative installation with the
latest Office 2000 Service Pack ( currently SP3 ) by
simply creating a shared folder ( similar to the OFF2K
folder, just call it OFF2KSP3 or similar ) and then
running the following command from a command prompt:

msiexec.exe /a \\ssfsrv01\off2k$\data1.msi /p \\ssfsrv01
\off2ksp3$\mainsp3ff.msp SHORTFILENAMES=TRUE /qn+

The actual administrative update takes about four or five
minutes IIRC.

Then, all you need to do is to go back to the GPO itself
and in the right pane simply right click the GPO and
select "Redeploy application". The next time that your
users log on ( or reboot their computers ) they will get
the updated version. It takes about one minute for this
to happen ( well, this could vary based on many network
conditions ). The SHORTFILENAMES=TRUE is extremely
important. If you leave this off it will take a
significant amount of time for the Administrative update
and even longer for your clients to update ( about one
hour )....

In addition to this, you can use the ORKTOOLS.exe ( Office
Resource Kit ) to create a TRANSFORMS file ( aka .mst
file ) to customize your Office installations ( so that
your Accounting people get Word, Excel and Outlook; your
Sales people get Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook; your
Finance people get Word, Excel, Access and Outlook; etc.
etc. etc. ). However, the GPO needs to be ADVANCED
assigned or ADVANCED published for this to be available
and you should probably create the .mst file(s) before you
deploy the GPO...in fact, create all the .mst files as you
think that you might need...a little bit of extra work now
can save youi a lot of headaches later....

HTH,

Cary