Re: Updates done without SUS Server

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From: Matt (spammers_at_are.bad.com)
Date: 07/14/04 

Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 13:05:29 -0400

My mistake... I didn't just mean publish but assigned it also... still
no go. perhaps I'm doing it wrong?

I go into the group policy for the OU, create a published/assigned MSI
install of the MSI for the program, and then they reboot and wala, nothing.

Cary Shultz [A.D. MVP] wrote:

> Matt,
>
> I might assign the GPO to the OU that holds the computer account objects
> rather than publish it. You can only assign to computer account objects but
> you can assign and publish to user account objects.
>
> By assigning a GPO you are telling that GPO, "Install whatever I am telling
> you to install at either the next computer reboot or user logon on". When
> you publish a GPO you are telling that GPO, "Go ahead and make yourself
> available to the user but do not install. Let the user have the choice of
> when to install". The user would then need to go into Control Panel |
> Add/Remove Programs | Add New Programs to install the published application.
>
> HTH,
>
> Cary
>
> "Matt" <spammers@are.bad.com> wrote in message
> news:cd3b2m0jrq@enews3.newsguy.com...
>
>>Hi,
>>I'm trying to push updates out to computers based on the computer name,
>>however they are not installing. I've added the computers to a computer
>>OU, and put the updates.msi files into the publish software thing under
>>the OU for that computer, but they don't work. Any idea as to where to
>>even start looking?
>>
>
>
>

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