I have been trying to deploy the Office 2007 Compatibility Pack via
group policy,
I have extracted the files from the download package and have created
a policy for it in the usual way.

The resultant set of policy shows that the policy applied successfully
but the converter pack is not installed?

I deploy a great deal of software via GPO and have never had any
trouble before. Am I doing something wrong? does this require some
special settings?


Thanks.

Hi Jbg,

Were you able to resolve your issue? I am having similar problems - GPresult
shows it as being applied, but event viewer on desktops have errors saying it
was not installed. I have the .cab files and the .msi for assignment. Are
there any other files needed? Thanks,

Abhi

"Jbg" wrote:

> I have been trying to deploy the Office 2007 Compatibility Pack via
> group policy,
> I have extracted the files from the download package and have created
> a policy for it in the usual way.
>
> The resultant set of policy shows that the policy applied successfully
> but the converter pack is not installed?
>
> I deploy a great deal of software via GPO and have never had any
> trouble before. Am I doing something wrong? does this require some
> special settings?
>
>
> Thanks.
>
>

Hey this worked for me. I changed the source to SYSVOL for the Compatibility
pack and it has started installing on different OU's. Make sure you extract
all the files to the source folder for distribution.

Abhi

"Abhi" wrote:

> Hi Jbg,
>
> Were you able to resolve your issue? I am having similar problems - GPresult
> shows it as being applied, but event viewer on desktops have errors saying it
> was not installed. I have the .cab files and the .msi for assignment. Are
> there any other files needed? Thanks,
>
> Abhi
>
> "Jbg" wrote:
>
> > I have been trying to deploy the Office 2007 Compatibility Pack via
> > group policy,
> > I have extracted the files from the download package and have created
> > a policy for it in the usual way.
> >
> > The resultant set of policy shows that the policy applied successfully
> > but the converter pack is not installed?
> >
> > I deploy a great deal of software via GPO and have never had any
> > trouble before. Am I doing something wrong? does this require some
> > special settings?
> >
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> >

No I havent resolved this issue, When you say you changed the source
to sysvol, did you mean thats where you put the install files??

I usually dont put them in there, I have them on a different file
share.

Also not sure if it matters with this but I have it installing as a
computer policy, NOT a user policy..

Pulling my hair out with this!


Abhi wrote:
> Hey this worked for me. I changed the source to SYSVOL for the Compatibility
> pack and it has started installing on different OU's. Make sure you extract
> all the files to the source folder for distribution.
>
> Abhi
>
> "Abhi" wrote:
>
> > Hi Jbg,
> >
> > Were you able to resolve your issue? I am having similar problems - GPresult
> > shows it as being applied, but event viewer on desktops have errors saying it
> > was not installed. I have the .cab files and the .msi for assignment. Are
> > there any other files needed? Thanks,
> >
> > Abhi
> >
> > "Jbg" wrote:
> >
> > > I have been trying to deploy the Office 2007 Compatibility Pack via
> > > group policy,
> > > I have extracted the files from the download package and have created
> > > a policy for it in the usual way.
> > >
> > > The resultant set of policy shows that the policy applied successfully
> > > but the converter pack is not installed?
> > >
> > > I deploy a great deal of software via GPO and have never had any
> > > trouble before. Am I doing something wrong? does this require some
> > > special settings?
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> > >

On Apr 26, 4:40 am, Jbg <jbog...******.com> wrote:
> No I havent resolved this issue, When you say you changed the source
> to sysvol, did you mean thats where you put theinstallfiles??
>
> I usually dont put them in there, I have them on a different file
> share.
>
> Also not sure if it matters with this but I have it installing as a
> computerpolicy, NOT a userpolicy..
>
> Pulling my hair out with this!
>
> Abhi wrote:
> > Hey this worked for me. I changed the source to SYSVOL for theCompatibility
> >packand it has started installing on different OU's. Make sure you extract
> > all the files to the source folder for distribution.
>
> > Abhi
>
> > "Abhi" wrote:
>
> > > Hi Jbg,
>
> > > Were you able to resolve your issue? I am having similar problems - GPresult
> > > shows it as being applied, but event viewer on desktops have errors saying it
> > > was not installed. I have the .cab files and the .msi for assignment. Are
> > > there any other files needed? Thanks,
>
> > > Abhi
>
> > > "Jbg" wrote:
>
> > > > I have been trying to deploy theOffice2007CompatibilityPackvia
> > > >grouppolicy,
> > > > I have extracted the files from the download package and have created
> > > > apolicyfor it in the usual way.
>
> > > > The resultant set ofpolicyshows that thepolicyapplied successfully
> > > > but the converterpackis not installed?
>
> > > > I deploy a great deal of software via GPO and have never had any
> > > > trouble before. Am I doing something wrong? does this require some
> > > > special settings?
>
> > > > Thanks.

I am having the same issue. If anyone has come up with a solution, I
would love to hear it. More and more of these files are coming into
my business.

The suggestion that Abhi made works for me.

Extract the files in the exe to the SYSVOL, create a share and go from there.