Re: WinXP Software Install Not Rebooting

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From: James Morton (cyberad123_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 06/09/04

  • Next message: Ken: "Software Installation gpo's" 
    Date: 9 Jun 2004 13:23:39 -0700

    Here's a message from a guy at a company so desperate for attention
    that they have to web-squat on the macsoft.com domain name to get any
    business. Pathetic.

    Rob Jones <robjones@lightspeedsystems.com> wrote in message news:<61s1a05rdr6ki2bu0mhlfg2klvehlegi50@4ax.com>...
    > We have a software package that we want our customers to be able to
    > push out to their desktops via GPO. A reboot is required before the
    > software becomes fully operational. I've authored an msi package to
    > use for this purpose, and specified that a reboot must occur. Running
    > the msi package from the commandline on either WinXP or Win2K machines
    > works fine - i.e., a silent install automatically reboots the
    > machines, while an install with a user interface puts up a reboot
    > prompt at the end of the setup.
    >
    > While testing this package under Group Policy, we've found that when
    > the target machine is a Win2K machine, the install works as expected,
    > but when the target is a WinXp Pro machine, the machine will not
    > reboot.
    >
    > Our test environment is a Win2K-based AD with the WinXP Group Policy
    > templates successfully applied to the AD controller machine. The GPO
    > is computer-based, not user-based. When a WinXP machine is started,
    > we can see our software being installed prior to the logon dialog's
    > appearance, but no reboot ever occurs. On a Win2K machine, the
    > software installation takes place before the logon dialog (just as in
    > WinXP) AND the machine reboots before a logon is allowed. This is the
    > behavior we are expecting with WinXP. We've told the machines to
    > generate a detailed log of the setup (via the GPO) and in the log on
    > the WinXP machines we see the following text:
    >
    > MSI (C) (98:D0): Passing reboot request to the service.
    >
    > Also, the App Event Log on the WinXP machines shows an event from the
    > MsiInstaller (event ID 1005) which says the following:
    >
    > The Windows Installer initiated a system restart to complete or
    > continue the configuration of 'Lightspeed Systems Security Agent'.
    >
    > It sure looks like the WinXP machines should be rebooting, but they
    > don't.
    >
    > Anyone have any ideas about this?
    >
    > Rob Jones

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