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by steak1986

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Does anyone use the Server 2003 Software Deployment via Group Policies. I have been trying to use it, I can make the group policy enforce small things but the software deployment doesnt work. It says it is installing the softrware on login, but nothing happens. Has anyone experienced similar issues. I can publish programs but when I assign them to auto install it wont install, do I need to have a answer files with the installs, if so How would I go about creating one. Any help would be muchly aprreciated. Thanks.

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by ic-it

If using a setup.exe you must prepare a .zap file.
If using a .msi then it should be pretty straight forward.
Here are a couple of good reads;

Determine the preparation method;
http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/library/bca0be15-7170-4670-a771-753566e3e5781033.mspx?mfr=true

Assigning and Publishing;
http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/library/bca0be15-7170-4670-a771-753566e3e5781033.mspx?mfr=true

Packaging software for deployment;
http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/library/bca0be15-7170-4670-a771-753566e3e5781033.mspx?mfr=true

by cookieorc

What are you installing? Do you have the programs in an MSI format? If you just try to deploy an update that needs user interaction, then the updates will not actually install. You need to make sure the install process is automated...

Sorry if I had made an incorrect assumption. I am just trying to work with what was givin in the orginal post.

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