Office communicator 2005 GPO install
Has anyone been able to install Office communicator using the msi install file provided on the SP1 cd without logging on to a client machine as an administrator?
I have set up a GPO using the user configuration, software settings and published the msi but unless the user is a member of the local admin group on the client machine it fails. Has anyone else been able to get this to work without the elevated user rights?
I have set up a GPO using the user configuration, software settings and published the msi but unless the user is a member of the local admin group on the client machine it fails. Has anyone else been able to get this to work without the elevated user rights?
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Posted by:
elmurado
17 years ago
Why not set the installer to use elevated rights in the GPO? does that work when the GPO is linked to users? Windows components\windows installer in the same GPO.
Posted by:
gsonnad
17 years ago
hey out there. bit of a GPO noob here.
could really use some help getting office communicator 2005 installed over GPO as mentioned in this thread. i have set the 'elevated rights' setting in the GPO, but to no avail.
the most i have seen happen is a line appearing in the add/remove programs that shows 'Office Communicator 2005' - even though app is not installed. if i try to 'remove' that program, i get some fatal error.
something is just not right. do i need to modify the MSI file at all ?? I am using the one from the SP1 CD.
thanks much!
could really use some help getting office communicator 2005 installed over GPO as mentioned in this thread. i have set the 'elevated rights' setting in the GPO, but to no avail.
the most i have seen happen is a line appearing in the add/remove programs that shows 'Office Communicator 2005' - even though app is not installed. if i try to 'remove' that program, i get some fatal error.
something is just not right. do i need to modify the MSI file at all ?? I am using the one from the SP1 CD.
thanks much!
Posted by:
ioamnesia
16 years ago
I have solved the problem. I have found that by simply creating and setting permissions on one key in the registry, Communicator can be deployed via GPO assigned to users.
So here's the skivvy. I created the below script and set it up as a startup script in a gpo that applied to all computers. In the same GPO, I setup the permissions on the registry key to be full control for all users (the install creates one value in the key and that’s it).
Here's the script:
const HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE = &H80000002
set oReg=GetObject("winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\.\root\default:StdRegProv")
strKeyPath = "SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Communicator"
oReg.CreateKey HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,strKeyPath
the key to set permissions on is:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Communicator
Hope this helps in the future.
-- Micah Rowland
So here's the skivvy. I created the below script and set it up as a startup script in a gpo that applied to all computers. In the same GPO, I setup the permissions on the registry key to be full control for all users (the install creates one value in the key and that’s it).
Here's the script:
const HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE = &H80000002
set oReg=GetObject("winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\.\root\default:StdRegProv")
strKeyPath = "SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Communicator"
oReg.CreateKey HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,strKeyPath
the key to set permissions on is:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Communicator
Hope this helps in the future.
-- Micah Rowland
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