Server is uninstalling Office

[staboogie]

Hello all.

I have MS Office 2003 across the domain. i created a group policy to install office to machines. This has been working properly for roughly a year now. For some reason, it is now uninstalling office for users that are still in this group. It tends to uninstall users 3 at a time. So if have one problem, I know 2 more are coming up. Has anyone seen this and why it happens?

 

[ITPangaeaArchitect]

it sounds to me like the app was added to the software installation node of gpo with the option to remove the selected application when it falls out of the scope of management. That could result in what you are seeing as policy applies (at logon, in the background, whatever the case may be) if the Office install was removed from the policy OR if the ACL on the policy was changed recently. More restrictive permissions always win, therefore, if you changed the ACL to where a problem user is a member of a group who has the read and apply rights on the policy AND a member of a group who is denied the read and/or apply group policy rights, this user would effectively be out of the scope of management, and therefore uninstall MS Office.

hope this helps...

-Brandon Wilson
MCSE00/03, MCSA:Messaging00, MCSA03, A+