Software Deployment

cacil go here and see if this helps you deploy it.

http://www.appdeploy.com/packages/detail.asp?id=213

To add a new point to this post, as a beginner to App Deployment, I'm a bit confused as to how to get past the requirements for Admin privileges to install/upgrade MSN Messenger.

I used the message boards to help me get my deployment working, only to find that you still need Admin rights to carry out an installation. [&:]

Is there a way round this, or something I can do something to the .msi in Orca to fix this?

Many thanks in advance.

You may need to create a Group policy to "Always Install With Elevated Privileges"

You can find info here

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/gp/90.asp

Remember to apply this policy in both the Computer and User side policies.

I followed the steps in the article linked above, but it doesn't seem to work for Messenger 6.2. I continue to get the error:

Add operation failed. Unable to extract deployment information from the package. Run validation on the package to ensure the the package is correct.

Specifically, I used Orca to change the "attributes" of the Feature "MsgrFeat" to 16 (was 24), and I imported a table "AdvtExecuteSequence" that was exported from the sequence.msi file.

I had to add the "MsiPublishAssemblies" row with the value of 6250, but it didn't work in either case.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

You mentioned that you were using Orca - did you validate your MSI as suggested in the error?

Cheers,
Rob.

I was using the stock .msi to modify -- I did not repackage. I also tried a validation, and it gave a number of errors. But then, so did the stock .msi.

So... I punted. I created a ZAP file and was going to publish the package that way. Problem I'm running into now is that despite it being published in the default group policy for the domain, only the user that created the policy is seeing the package in add/remove programs.

I'm pretty new at this side of the world (we just upgraded to active directory in November), so I'm still looking at docs on this. But from what I see, the permissions are right, and *other* parts of the group policy are evident to other users.

[edit]
Okay, I now see that only users with Administrative rights can install a .ZAP file, so I'm back to trying to deploy messenger via a .msi. Argh.

hi there ....

.... i also tried to modify the orginal MSI package ... (with the AdvtExecuteSequence table also) ... but it didn't work ... so i made a capture of the installation .... and is worked .... i know that is it not "the proper way" to it ... but we had a to make it work .....

.... there is some cleaning up to do ..... especaily i had to remove two intries the reg in order to "bypass" dll registration ....
... sorry .... can't remenber witch .... but it about filer in the "Windows\WinSxS" folder .....


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