GPO assigned Applications Unistalling

[Martin Powell]

Changes were made to a software distribution GPO, where
the assigned software was deleted. Upon deletion I
selected "Allow users to continue to use the software,
but prevent new installations".

This morning, the apps uninstalled from the workstations!
Why??

 

[Peter Forster [MVP]]

Howdie,

Changes were made to a software distribution GPO, where
the assigned software was deleted. Upon deletion I
selected "Allow users to continue to use the software,
but prevent new installations".

This morning, the apps uninstalled from the workstations!
Why??

Is the app really uninstalled from the workstations?

I have done the same a few weeks ago here in my test environment and got the
same message, but the software was ready for use on all clients...

 

[Martin Powell]

All applications showing in the GPO have an Application
Management" Event for the removal of the App - then there
is a corresponding MsiInstaller Event showing whether the
removal succeeded of failed - the majority succeeded.

(Although MS Office XP did not try to uninstall - no
MsiInstaller Event for the app - possibly similar to your
test lab environment).