Tag Archives: Group Policy

Deploying Office 2007 with Group Policy Startup Scripts

In a previous post I discussed what you need to do to start deploying Office 2007. In that post I referenced a page that Microsoft linked to, but have not actually posted (Use Group Policy to Assign Startup Scripts for … Continue reading

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Group Policy Application Deployment Done Right

In this article I’ve outlined what I recommend for best utilising Group Policy to deploy applications. Deploying applications via Group Policy is a fairly straight-forward process, if a little limiting, however if you don’t do it right you could be … Continue reading

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Error with OUTLK12.ADM

The ADM/ADMX templates have been updated and include the fix for the Outlook template. See the download link below to update your templates. When adding the Outlook 2007 ADM template file, OUTLK12.ADM, to a Group Policy object, you may encounter … Continue reading

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Office 2007 Deployment via Group Policy

If you are looking at deploying Office 2007 via Group Policy you may have noticed that Microsoft have changed the game. Office 2007 is no longer deployed using transform files; it now uses Windows Installer patches (.MSP) or CONFIG.XML to … Continue reading

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Group Policy Scripts can fail due to UAC

If you are starting to deploy Windows Vista you may have noticed that any user who has administrative access to their workstation will not receive mapped drives or printers. This is due to the new privilege model introduced in Windows … Continue reading

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