Re: Group Policy Disaster

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From: Matt Hickman (hemo_jr_at_space.com)
Date: 03/31/04


Date: 30 Mar 2004 21:31:45 -0800


"emmonsc@bethel-college.edu" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:<1626e01c41694$9256a7e0$a101280a@phx.gbl>...
> I previously attempted an install through Group Policy
> which was unsuccessful. Now many computer are getting
> continuous errors due to some type of left over Group
> Policy processing on each desktop. I have removed the
> Group Policy from the server. Is there any way to clean
> up the registry to rid all these computers of attempting
> installation again and again. Please help - desparate!!
> The server was Win 2003 Server and the desktops are
> Win2000, WinXP, and Win98.
> Thanks for any help you can provide.

Did you actually remove the GPO or just delink it from the
AD Object you used to deploy it? If it has not been
removed, you can go to the GPO object -> user or computer
configuration -> software installation -> right click the
application -> all tasks -> remove software. Then
relink it to the original site, domain or OU.

If you deployed using an .MSI file, this should do a clean
uninstall.

-- 
Matt Hickman
   Man is not a rational animal; he is a rationalizing animal.
                                   - Robert A. Heinlein (1907-1988)
                                    _Tunnel in the Sky_ (c 1955)


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