Deploying Mechanical 2008 using GPO's

[noozybkk]

Hi all,

Been away for a while. Finally crossed over to the dark side and got my MCSE.

Anyway, here's my dilema. I've got to deploy AutoCAD 2008 Mechanical & Vault to about 50 users on the network, so a GPO push is the way to go.

I have created my installation sharepoint on the server containing the deployment image and set the persmissions.

In Active Directory, I have created a security group containing all the computers onto which I wish to deploy.

I have created a Software Installation Group Policy in GPMC, set it to Assign and pointed it to the ...\adminimage\ACADM\acad.msi and ...\adminimage\ACADM\\acad-ACAD2008.mst files.

Now whenever I re-boot any of the machines in the security group, I get the "Installing Managed Software AutoCAD Mechanical 2008" message in the pre-authentication environment. This is exactly what I would expect.

However, once the machine boots and I log in, AutoCAD is not installed. In fact, nothing has happened. There are no AutoCAD directories anywhere on the machine.

Even if I go to Add/Remove Programs, and look in the Add section, the AutoCAD category exists but the list is empty.

Any suggestions on what to do gratefully received.

Thanks