Re: Installing software or Add Ins on Client PC's

On 16 Sep, 20:10, "Florian Frommherz [MVP]"
<flor...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Howdie!

TrickyT wrote:
I now want to add the following to all of the Clients.

2007 Microsoft Office Add-in: Microsoft Save as PDF or XPS

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=4d951911-3e7...

Download the EXE, call it with the /extract parameter and extract the
files in the package. The EXE file contains an MSI file that you can use
to install the package via Group Policy Software Installation (Computer
Configuration\Software Installation).

How would I go about installing this EXE (or any future program) to
the Clients without having to be at each PC.

Should I use Group Policy or a logon script?

Depending on what format the software is available, you'd so either
Software Installation (MSI files) or the logon script. Software
Installation only allows you to install MSI packages ( -- there's an
option to install other packages as well but that's not very often
used). If you the software comes as an EXE file, you need to call it in
a startup script. Logon script won't work as that is run in the user's
context (and therefore lacks permission to install software).

If you plan on excessively deploying software, I'd suggest you have a
look at third party tools. Not that Software Installation and scripts
wouldn't work -- they just lack advanced functionality like
uninstall-features and upgrade capability as well as further filtering
of target systems (although you could do that with WMI filters in Group
Policy, too).

cheers,

Florian
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I have followed the instructions on the Microsoft site. Extracted the
files to obtain the msi Created a new GPO and configured the
software.

When the client PC's start up it says that it is installing the
software, but when the open an office document, the save as PDF option
is no installed.

Any ideas?

Regards

Trevor
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