GPO software deployment and one stuborn XP system

[E Stafford]

Hey all,
I used a GPO from a windows 2000 server to push a firefox msi out to
network clients (all windows xpsp2). The GPO was applied to computer
objects and all was successful with the exception of one computer.

At the computer that appears to have not received the software, I ran:
gpupdate - no change.
gpupdate /force - reboot, no change
gpupdate /sync - reboot, no change

I ran gpresult and it says that the computer GPO was applied.

COMPUTER SETTINGS
------------------
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Last time Group Policy was applied: 1/11/2006 at 2:46:14 PM
Group Policy was applied from: xxxx.xxxxxxxxx.local
Group Policy slow link threshold: 500 kbps

Applied Group Policy Objects
-----------------------------
softwareDeploy

However, I also have errors in the applications event log that states:

Source: userenv
Event: 1054
Windows cannot obtain the domain controller name for your computer
network. (The specified domain either does not exist or could not be
contacted. ). Group Policy processing aborted.

and in the system event log I get:


Event Type: Error
Event Source: NETLOGON
Event Category: None
Event ID: 5719
Date: 1/11/2006
Time: 1:10:21 PM
User: N/A
Computer: xxxxxxxxx
Description:
No Domain Controller is available for domain NEWMANCOM due to the
following:
There are currently no logon servers available to service the logon
request. .
Make sure that the computer is connected to the network and try again.
If the problem persists, please contact your domain administrator.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 5e 00 00 c0 ^..À


followed by


Event Type: Information
Event Source: Tcpip
Event Category: None
Event ID: 4201
Date: 1/11/2006
Time: 1:10:21 PM
User: N/A
Computer: xxxxxxxxxx
Description:
The system detected that network adapter
\DEVICE\TCPIP_{A5DBCE2E-676E-416C-AB89-67F6C8409590} was connected to
the network, and has initiated normal operation over the network adapter.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 00 00 00 00 02 00 50 00 ......P.
0008: 00 00 00 00 69 10 00 40 ....i..@
0010: 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0018: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........

This is giving me the impression that the NIC is not available at
bootup? I have checked and made sure that the computer ability to
shutdown power to the NIC is also disabled.

Any suggestions to what is wrong here?

 

[Steven Platt]

I would write a logon script to upload a file to the server your workstation
is logging into. See if it can place the file on that server. Also, you
may want to place your computer in Synchronous mode (Computer
Configuration\Administrative Templates\System\Logon) "Always wait for the
network at computer startup and logon." That way your computer will apply
all GPO settings before you are given the shell. Pertaining to your
Eventid: 1054 I have found this: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=326152.
It may be a long shot but I thought I would post it anyways. Let me know if
you have gotten anywhere with this thing.

-Steven-

 

[E Stafford]

Steven,
thanks for the response. The workstation in question does run the logon
scripts I have in place already which sets up network drives and
downloads daily config files to the local workstations.

I also already made sure the "Always wait for the network at computer
startup and logon." was set (being applied through GPO) from the logon
server.

I've installed and re-installed nic drivers.
I've moved the computer object into it's own OU and tested changes to
user GPO. They were applied fine. I also tried changing computer GPO and
they were not..

It appears that all the user policies are being applied fine, but the
computer policies are not.

this is the only workstation on the network with this problem.

The only thing that I can come up with is thst the link is not available
when the workstation is booting until it's to late to apply computer GPOs??

I'm stumped!..
I think my next course of action is to try a completely new NIC.

-Ed