[wpkg-users] [Bug 141] Unable to install client through software group policy

[Peter Gough]

True, although user impatience isn't limited to software installation ;-)

We've used Group Policy to assign packages and generally the process is
pretty smooth but if we're undertaking a major roll-out then we'll
communicate this to the users ahead of time and potentially schedule
installs to suit them. After all, nobody wants the full MS Office install
kicking off when they're about to present their PowerPoint slides to the
CEO!

2009/3/16 Tomasz Chmielewski <mangoo at wpkg.org>

> Peter Gough schrieb:
>
>> AFAIK in MS world it doesn't really matter. You can use switches if you're
>> installing packages using scripts.but if you assign a package via GP then
>> the user sees a message at startup or logon telling them that Windows is
>> installing (or removing) a package. Obviously this isn't a true silent
>> install but I've never met a user who complained about it.
>>
>
> I've seen users hard-rebooting their workstations when software deployment
> via GPO took longer than a few minutes - the users thought installation
> hanged.
>
>
>
> --
> Tomasz Chmielewski
> http://wpkg.org
>
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