Re: Assigning/Publishing Office 2003 in Active Directory

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From: Tom Rogers (jeditom_at_NO-SPAMtwcny.rr.com)
Date: 11/10/04 

Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 15:40:03 -0500

Duh! Forgot about the computer account moving to the OU.

Thanx!

-Tom

"ptwilliams" <ptw2001@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:em5wbQ2xEHA.260@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> If you assign to computer, the computer account must be in the OU you link
> it to, or you must apply the GPO to the computer through the Apply Policy
> permission in the security tab of the policy.
>
> Otherwise, assign the software through the user settings if you wish to
> apply it to the user in the OU.
>
> I believe you want to apply this to the computer. So the best thing to do
> is move all computers you wish to do this to, into the OU that you've
linked
> the policy to. Otherwise, link the policy to the domain, add the
computers
> to a group, and follow these instructions:
> -- http://www.msresource.net/content/view/15/47/
>
>
> --
>
> Paul Williams
>
> http://www.msresource.net
> http://forums.msresource.net
>
>
> "Tom Rogers" <jeditom@NO-SPAMtwcny.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:eAyopJ2xEHA.2016@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> I am trying to deploy Office 2003 via Group Policies in Active Directory
> (W2K Server environment). I created a test OU, moved my user account to
it,
> created a Group Policy, and assigned the Office 2003 MSI to the "Computer
> Configuration - Software Settings" section in the new Group Policy. It is
> supposed to be installed to the computer just before the logon dialog box
> pops up, but nothing is happening. The OU and group policy has been
> replicated across the domain and I can see my user name in the OU.
>
> Any ideas why this is not installing?
>
> TIA,
>
> -Tom
>
>
>
>

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