Re: Use Group Policy to assign computer startup scripts for 2007 Office deployment
- From: "Darren Mar-Elia" <dmanonymous@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 08:59:52 -0700
I haven't tried this specifically (I was able to get Office 2007 to install via Software Installation but it is kludgy) but is there a reason you are using Shutdown as opposed to Startup scripts? It could be that the timing of the shutdown script is preventing a long-running task like an office install from running.
Darren
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"msnews" <Kirk.Patti@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:eeDBOjhyHHA.5964@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I'm trying to deploy Microsoft Office 2007 using group policy. I found this TechNet article to accomplish it using startup scripts, since the ProPlusWW.msi doesn't work.
http://technet2.microsoft.com/Office/en-us/library/a57c8446-b959-4025-a866-b690ddcaa66d1033.mspx?pf=true
I set GPO in an OU I created for the deployment and placed several XP machines under it. It is supposed to run the batch file listed in the article from Computer Configuration Windows Settings Scripts Shutdown. The batch file essentially runs the setup.exe with the xml modifier and outputs a text log.
The batch file performs the install flawlessly when run interactively on the XP machines. I'm using virtual machines so I can revert back at will, from snapshots.
For some reason GP is not updating the machines local policy with the setting I have set on the OU, even if I run gpupdate on them.
Why isn't GP being pushed down?
I decided to make the changes locally that GP is supposed to be pushing, to test if the script would run at shutdown and perform the install. During shutdown I know the batch file is being accessed but it ends in a couple seconds without doing anything, again if I run it interactively it works fine.
Has anybody been successful following this procedure to deploy Office 2007?
Does anyone have another method deploy Office 2007 using GP?
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