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  • Scott Emick
    #1

    Problems with active directory GPO deployment

    At the place I work I have had nothing but problems lately with installing a
    CRM program I've writtem in VB.Net. It used to work smoothly deploying by
    user but now it doesn't install on some pc's, other pc's get the install
    path incorrect, while others have a valid install path but say the msi
    cannot be found.

    I know all these packages are being set up, but we have a know issue with
    A/D that our network team is working on. Meanwhile I am stuck on how to
    deploy my package which I need to update almost 1-2X a week to about 150
    users.

    Ideas, feedback would be appreciated. I do have the capability to run MSI's
    on remote machine's (as admin), but I am not sure how to set up my MSI to
    work well for silent install. I have ORCA installed. But I am not very
    experienced with it.

    Thanks

    --
    Scott Emick
    Web Programmer
    Fox International
    Remove the ham from mail address if it's not spam


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    • Peter Proost
      #2
      Re: Problems with active directory GPO deployment

      Hi,

      for the update you could work with a version number in the config file,
      meaning when you change something in your program you increase the version
      number and place your program on a server share. Then write a small program
      to run on the client that compares the version number of their local copy of
      the program to the one on the server share and if the number on the server
      share is higher it copy's the new files. This is ho we do it at work and for
      us it works ok

      hth Peter


      "Scott Emick" <semick@ham.f ox-international.c om> wrote in message
      news:uEN5apL#EH A.1084@tk2msftn gp13.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
      > At the place I work I have had nothing but problems lately with installing[/color]
      a[color=blue]
      > CRM program I've writtem in VB.Net. It used to work smoothly deploying by
      > user but now it doesn't install on some pc's, other pc's get the install
      > path incorrect, while others have a valid install path but say the msi
      > cannot be found.
      >
      > I know all these packages are being set up, but we have a know issue with
      > A/D that our network team is working on. Meanwhile I am stuck on how to
      > deploy my package which I need to update almost 1-2X a week to about 150
      > users.
      >
      > Ideas, feedback would be appreciated. I do have the capability to run[/color]
      MSI's[color=blue]
      > on remote machine's (as admin), but I am not sure how to set up my MSI to
      > work well for silent install. I have ORCA installed. But I am not very
      > experienced with it.
      >
      > Thanks
      >
      > --
      > Scott Emick
      > Web Programmer
      > Fox International
      > Remove the ham from mail address if it's not spam
      >
      >[/color]


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        • Scott Emick
          #3
          Re: Problems with active directory GPO deployment

          Yes, I could try that I have thought about that using a stub to check
          version and copy new files if necessary.

          I will need to do some testing but that sounds like it might work for me.

          Thanks Peter

          "Peter Proost" <pproost@nospam .hotmail.com> wrote in message
          news:ew48q5L%23 EHA.1300@TK2MSF TNGP14.phx.gbl. ..[color=blue]
          > Hi,
          >
          > for the update you could work with a version number in the config file,
          > meaning when you change something in your program you increase the version
          > number and place your program on a server share. Then write a small
          > program
          > to run on the client that compares the version number of their local copy
          > of
          > the program to the one on the server share and if the number on the
          > server
          > share is higher it copy's the new files. This is ho we do it at work and
          > for
          > us it works ok
          >
          > hth Peter
          >
          >
          > "Scott Emick" <semick@ham.f ox-international.c om> wrote in message
          > news:uEN5apL#EH A.1084@tk2msftn gp13.phx.gbl...[color=green]
          >> At the place I work I have had nothing but problems lately with
          >> installing[/color]
          > a[color=green]
          >> CRM program I've writtem in VB.Net. It used to work smoothly deploying
          >> by
          >> user but now it doesn't install on some pc's, other pc's get the install
          >> path incorrect, while others have a valid install path but say the msi
          >> cannot be found.
          >>
          >> I know all these packages are being set up, but we have a know issue with
          >> A/D that our network team is working on. Meanwhile I am stuck on how to
          >> deploy my package which I need to update almost 1-2X a week to about 150
          >> users.
          >>
          >> Ideas, feedback would be appreciated. I do have the capability to run[/color]
          > MSI's[color=green]
          >> on remote machine's (as admin), but I am not sure how to set up my MSI to
          >> work well for silent install. I have ORCA installed. But I am not very
          >> experienced with it.
          >>
          >> Thanks
          >>
          >> --
          >> Scott Emick
          >> Web Programmer
          >> Fox International
          >> Remove the ham from mail address if it's not spam
          >>
          >>[/color]
          >
          >[/color]


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