Re: GP Software Install / Log File

Yep. That is all you need to do. For the MSI logging, you can ratchet up the
verbosity of it by adjusting the following policy:

Computer Config\Admin Templates\Windows Components\Windows Installer\Logging

Darren

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MS-MVP-Windows Server--Group Policy
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"Christine Lisi" <ChristineLisi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I guess I should look before I speak. OK - so I see that a log should be
placed in the user's local %windir%\Debug\UserMode folder and the file
will
be called appmgmt.log. So am I good to go just doing that? Wow, if
that's
it than I can't thank you enough!

"Christine Lisi" wrote:

I turned off the filtering and now I see the policies. So do I simply
enable
logging of Software Installation policy? If so, where will the logs go?
I'm
sorry for all the questions!

Christine

"Christine Lisi" wrote:

Hi Darren. Thanks for your reply. A couple of things...

I don't find any log files in any of my user's C:\windows\installer
folders.
Any idea why?

I downloaded the ADM file from your web site and added it to our
domain's
Administrative Templates. The "Logging" folder shows up but there are
no
objects in it. Any idea why?

Thanks, Darren. I look forward to hearing back from you!

Christine

"Darren Mar-Elia (MVP)" wrote:

Christine-
There are a couple of logs that you can use for this. Each MSI
install
should generate a uniquely named log file (will look like msi*.log)
in
C:\windows\installer. You can use that to troubleshoot MSI-level
errors. You
can also enable software installation specific logging. I have a
custom ADM
file on my site (www.gpoguy.com/tools.htm) that lets you enable
various
logging, including this one. That log will generate messages specific
to the
GP software installation client side extension. You can also
sometimes get
some detail by looking in the Application event log on the
client--look for
events with a source of "Application Management".

Darren

--
Darren Mar-Elia
MS-MVP-Windows Server--Group Policy
Check out http://www.gpoguy.com -- The Windows Group Policy
Information Hub:
FAQs, Training Videos, Whitepapers and Utilities for all things Group
Policy-related
And, the Windows Group Policy Guide is out from Microsoft Press!!!
Check it
out at http://www.microsoft.com/mspress/books/8763.asp
GPOGUY Blog: http://blogs.dirteam.com/blogs/gpoguy



"Christine Lisi" <ChristineLisi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
message
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I am pushing out Office 2003 to all my users via GP and need help
figuring
out where the log files go for this push. Some users are not
receiving
the
policy and I can't figure out why. A log file would be nice!

Thanks!

Christine







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