Guest inenewbl Posted May 13, 2008 Posted May 13, 2008 Hi all. I am about to deploy symantec antivirus for my company base on the link http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/ent-security.nsf/0/b22b7e79bcb5bb9488257031006764a1?OpenDocument .. Base on the steps described i understand that the software will be installed before user logon but will the installation be repeated everytime the user boots up or restart the pc?. Thks in advance.
Guest Florian Frommherz [MVP] Posted May 13, 2008 Posted May 13, 2008 Re: deploy software using gpo Howdie! inenewbl schrieb: > Hi all. I am about to deploy symantec antivirus for my company base on the > link > http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/ent-security.nsf/0/b22b7e79bcb5bb9488257031006764a1?OpenDocument > . Base on the steps described i understand that the software will be > installed before user logon but will the installation be repeated everytime > the user boots up or restart the pc?. No - it will install only the first time. Once the software is successfully installed, it'll stay untouched on that machine. It'll not repeat installation every startup. cheers, Florian -- Microsoft MVP - Windows Server - Group Policy. eMail: prename [at] frickelsoft [dot] net. blog: http://www.frickelsoft.net/blog. Use a newsreader! http://www.frickelsoft.net/news.html
Guest inenewbl Posted May 13, 2008 Posted May 13, 2008 Re: deploy software using gpo Hi Florian, thk you for your response. Base on the settings can you explain why it will install only the first time and not subsequently everytime the domain pc restart? "Florian Frommherz [MVP]" wrote: > Howdie! > > inenewbl schrieb: > > Hi all. I am about to deploy symantec antivirus for my company base on the > > link > > http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/ent-security.nsf/0/b22b7e79bcb5bb9488257031006764a1?OpenDocument > > . Base on the steps described i understand that the software will be > > installed before user logon but will the installation be repeated everytime > > the user boots up or restart the pc?. > > No - it will install only the first time. Once the software is > successfully installed, it'll stay untouched on that machine. It'll not > repeat installation every startup. > > cheers, > > Florian > -- > Microsoft MVP - Windows Server - Group Policy. > eMail: prename [at] frickelsoft [dot] net. > blog: http://www.frickelsoft.net/blog. > Use a newsreader! http://www.frickelsoft.net/news.html >
Guest Florian Frommherz [MVP] Posted May 14, 2008 Posted May 14, 2008 Re: deploy software using gpo Howdie! inenewbl schrieb: > Hi Florian, thk you for your response. Base on the settings can you explain > why it will install only the first time and not subsequently everytime the > domain pc restart? It actually caches parts of the software (the .aas install script and an Appmgmt.ini file with configuration settings for sure) in a local machine folder - %systemroot%\appmgmt and - if I remember right - a list of all installed packages somewhere in the registry. Based on that, I can tell if it installed the package before or if it is new. cheers, Florian -- Microsoft MVP - Windows Server - Group Policy. eMail: prename [at] frickelsoft [dot] net. blog: http://www.frickelsoft.net/blog. Use a newsreader! http://www.frickelsoft.net/news.html
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