Very useful - thanks! -------------------------------------- Richard McClary, Systems Administrator ASPCA Knowledge Management 1717 S Philo Rd, Ste 36, Urbana, IL 61802 217-337-9761 http://www.aspca.org
"Ben Scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 03/03/2008 10:24:29 AM: > On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 9:38 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'd asked the group about leaving the old GPO for Acrobat (which installed > > 8.1.1) when 8.1.2 came out. I was told I could leave the 8.1.1 as is, and > > the system would apply the newer one. > > If you add a newer version of a "Software Installation" item to *the > same GPO*, that item will upgrade the older versions. The system > looks at SI items in the same GPO to find items to get upgraded. > > If you add the SI to an entirely new GPO, then I believe both will > end up getting installed, or at least try to get installed, which > sounds like what you've got. > > > Where in the network is the "leave it the $#*& alone!" setting for once a > > GPO has been applied? > > GPOs are more-or-less continuously applied, as long as they are in > scope. They aren't a one-time thing. Software installation happens > during boot for anything a GPO says should be installed. If MSI > thinks something isn't installed, and a GPO says it should be, it will > (re)install it during boot. > > There is an option that tells Windows to leave software installed if > the GPO which installed it falls out of scope. If that option is not > enabled, when a GPO falls out of scope, any software it caused to be > installed will be automatically uninstalled during next boot. > > -- Ben > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
