Deploying Software Permissions

[Guest]

All,

I am trying to deploy an MSI package via a domain user policy (GPO).

I have deployed software with GPO's before, and it has worked great -
however - it is always in a computer policy... the most recent deployment
being the ShadowCopy Client for Windows 2000 workstations I have.

I now need to deploy a set of fonts to a group of users. I used WinInstallLE
to build an MSI package for it, but it will not install when assigned via a
GPO. If I double click on the MSI package, I get an error stating that I do
not have permission to copy files to the Fonts folder.

Is there a method for me to specify in a GPO what credentials the installer
should run as? Not allowing users to install software makes perfect sense to
me, but this is a package that is assigned by an admin to be installed...

Maybe I need to post in the MSI newsgroup?

Any advice would be appreciated...

Thanks,

David

 

[Guest]

Hi,

Fonts are funny beings. Basically the issue is even if they get "installed"
to the Font Directory, unless you actually "Open" the Font Control Panel as
an Administrator none of the fonts will be in the font list for any app.

Basically What I Do - I just use a batch file to copy the .ttf's into the
Font Directories. I use the \\machine\admin$\fonts in a Batch File. Then I
have to "remote desktop" or actually logon to each machine. For the ease of
that I have a mandatory profile on a Domain Admin account that has the
"Fonts" control Panel as a Startup. So it logs in and opens the Font Control
Panel. After a second it shows all the Fonts and I then logoff.

Time consuming but now I just copy every font I can think of into my image
to start with.

By the way, I have never had any success with that "WinInstall" LE. I would
buy a commercial one if you are planning on doing this on a regular basis.

Cheers,

Lara

 

[Guest]

Lara,

Thanks for the response.

In searching around the newsgroups, this is probably the most common type of
solution - but I'll be darned if it is even the slightest bit efficient.
There is just no way that if I need to deploy fonts to a couple hunderd
stations that I (or any of my guys) are going to log on to each...

As it turns out, most of my users are Power Users on thier local systems...
so I was able to use a login script that ran msiexec /i <package name> /qiet.

This is not the best way - I mean, if the majority of our employees were
just regular users on thier systems, I would be really stuck...

I mean - they are just fonts... anyone at MS?! ANYONE?!?!?

Thanks much,

David

 

[Guest]

Hi,

Yes, I know what you mean. I have 1000 machines and I don't have any users
with anything but User Access. I use Remote Desktop. Saves quite a bit of
time.

Cheers,

Lara