Strange issue with deploying Office XP using GPO

[Stanley Yau]

I'm having issues deploying Office XP to a particular workstation that had to be wiped and re-installed.

I have a GPO set up to deploy Office XP, and it appears to be working for all the other machines on the network. However, on this one problem PC, I get symptoms as described in KB278472 - namely, that the GPO could not be deployed.

I've disabled the WinXP Pro Fast Logon Optimization (as per KB305293), and I've assigned both "Authenticated Users" and "Domain Computers" the appropriate Read rights in both the network share and also the NTFS folder where the Office XP files reside. I've also checked to ensure that these two accounts have "Read" and "Apply Group Policy" rights for the GPO.

Frustratingly, if I manually install Office XP on the workstation, the GPO will run and strip Office XP off the machine again at the next boot-up. A boot-up of the machine (without Office XP installed) shows that the GPO is processed (it appears during the "Applying Software Settings" stage of boot-up, but nothing appears to happen.

I'm at a loss as to what I'm doing wrong. Can anyone assist? Thanks!

 

[Bjarni]

Stanley, I had the same issue, resolution;

Make sure the machine account has permission to share, and
that machine account is a member of the GPO, or a member
of the group that has permission to GPO - which is the way
I have it configured. That fixed it for me, let us know if
this did it.

Bjarni

-----Original Message-----
I'm having issues deploying Office XP to a particular

workstation that had to be wiped and re-installed.

I have a GPO set up to deploy Office XP, and it appears

to be working for all the other machines on the network.
However, on this one problem PC, I get symptoms as
described in KB278472 - namely, that the GPO could not be
deployed.

I've disabled the WinXP Pro Fast Logon Optimization (as

per KB305293), and I've assigned both "Authenticated
Users" and "Domain Computers" the appropriate Read rights
in both the network share and also the NTFS folder where
the Office XP files reside. I've also checked to ensure
that these two accounts have "Read" and "Apply Group
Policy" rights for the GPO.

Frustratingly, if I manually install Office XP on the

workstation, the GPO will run and strip Office XP off the
machine again at the next boot-up. A boot-up of the
machine (without Office XP installed) shows that the GPO
is processed (it appears during the "Applying Software
Settings" stage of boot-up, but nothing appears to happen.

 

[Stanley Yau]

Hello!

Thanks for the pointers. I've checked the following, and I'm still having
difficulties with this.

1. I've ensured that the PC in question is a member of the Domain Computers
group
2. I've ensured that the Domain Computers group has Full Control NTFS
permissions for the appropriate Office XP distribution folder
3. I've ensured that the Domain Computers group has Full Control share
permissions for the appropriate Office XP distribution share
4. I've ensured that the Domain Computers group has Read and Apply Group
Policy rights for the GPO

These have already been turned on, but it's always good to double-check
anyway. Still no resolution on the problem, though - don't suppose there's
any further pointers?

Thanks!

 

[Guest]

Stan-
I am having the same issue trying to push an MSI out. I
posted for help on 3/24 at 8:51. To this day, nobody has
offered any solutions. I am using GP to push out updates
through SUS and that works fine. I can't figure this one
out. I'll post if I come up with anything.
Good luck
Jadiff