Re: admin policies prevent installation

Specifically it is the program Alcohol 120% and has .msi install file. I
have never gotten this error before. I am logged on as administrator, Win XP
Pro. I have never changed Admin policies so should all be unrestricted.

Louie


"TerryM" <terry@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:OvF7l7jtFHA.2880@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Was this created with "SMS Installer"?
>
> What are the details?
> is it a msi or exe?
> what are you setting in SMS? run with admin rights or users rights?
> Do you have software restriction policies in group policy enabled and
> configured with something?
> Is this one specific app or any app?
> Is this a new package or existing package that you've deployed before?
> Is this on one machine or many?
>
> Anyways, if so of those options you haven't tried I would run through
> those.
>
> Even if you used "SMS Installer" to create this it sounds to me like a SMS
> issue, so I would probably post on one of the sms newsgroups. maybe
> sms.admin, sms.general, or sms.swdist
>
> good luck
> Terry
>
> "Luigi" <lschimenti@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:x-ydnXS3l9Tbzr_eRVn-2A@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> All of a sudden I get an error when trying to install a program "the
>> system
>> administrator has set policies to prevent this installation". I have
>> installed dozens of programs and have never got such an error and I have
>> never messed with administrator policies. Any solutions?
>> Louie
>>
>
>


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