Win7 x64 - apps not deploying at startup but install manually

[Leozack]

I've had my fill of problems at a site where someone had tightered NTFS permissions at sharelevel causing 1325 not a valid filename errors. It only showed itself when using win7 64bit, XP 32bit was fine. Having finally fixed that I come to my other problem.

I have certain software set to deploy via GPO running MSIs or startup scripts.

One of those via script is java. For these 64bit machine I run a 64bit startup install script AND a 32bit-on-64bit startup install script - both from the same GPO. The 64bit one usually rolls out after a reboot or 2 but even after many reboots the 32bit-on-64bit one doesn't appear. If I run the script manually, it installs. But it can't be a lack of policy because the other script in the same policy runs fine! (I guess I could try combining them both into 1 script ...). Any ideas?

another using a startup script is silverlight x64. This doesn't seem to deploy yet if I run the script myself it does install - allbeit taking a long time for no apparent reason.

One of those via MSI is google earth 6.2. I had to do the usual dances to get at the MSI for it and set it up to deploy, but it doesn't seem to deploy like it did to XP (whether it's win7 or 64bit making the difference I dunno, same as the other stuff like java). Yet if I run it manually it installs (though I've a feeling I've broken it so it doesn't even do that now!)

Does anyone know of any reason why 64bit win7 would not be able to install something at startup via MSI or script which it can when run directly as admin? It shouldn't relate to permissions as it's going in under machine privilages before any user logs on. I'm stumped and really don't want ot deploy 100+ of these machines with software that I will have ot update manually cos startup scripts/msi's won't work :/

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Leozack

MakeUniverse($infinity,1,42);

 

[smah]

I would check event viewer for clues why it wouldn't install. I don't use the others, but Java should deploy to both architectures via 1 msi; for that one you shouldn't need separate scripts.

 

[Leozack]

If you deploy the flash 64bit you get 32bit included. But if you deploy the java 64bit you don't seem to get 32bit support included - pretty sure I tested by install java 64bit and running 32bit browser. Unless someone can confirm that's not the case? I can try testing again too.

Unfortunately event viewer doesn't give any clues (as usual then)

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Leozack

MakeUniverse($infinity,1,42);