GPMC installation requires .NET 1.1 installed, as opposed to bundled with higher versions. This just means their installer is badly written. You can either install the 1.1 redistributable or edit the msi-file and remove the call to the version-checking custom action from the sequence tables.
-Anders On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 4:53 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > Greetings! > > My office desktop, always flakey (it never ran IE correctly), finally > reached the point where it was time to wipe the system partition and rebuild > it. > > I am now trying to re-build my various management tools, etc. I once had > the Group Policy Management Console running on my system. It let me create, > edit, link, etc GPOs throughout my domain. Looking in my downloads, I found > "gpmc.msi" from October, 2005. It won't install... > > As a part of the build process, I ran MS Update numerous times. Ultimately > .NET Framework 2.0 and 3.0, SP2 for both, installed. (This was necessary > for my VoIP client and management tools to work anyway.) > > However, when I tried to run the "gpmc.msi" (and was logged in as an > administrator), the message I received said that it would not install > because .NET Framework was not installed. SO... > > I spent an absurd amount of time at MS Update downloading the 250 Mb .NET > Framework 3.5 SP1 and installing it. > > After the re-boot, I get the same message... > > Might the GPMC be a strange on which absolutely requires .NET Framework > 1.0? I thought .NET 3.5 kind-of put all versions of .NET onto a system. > > Alternatively, is there a newer GPMC which will work with a Windows 2003 > Native domain, all systems Windows XP? > > Thanks! > -- > Richard D. McClary > Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group > > *ASPCA®* > 1717 S. Philo Rd, Ste 36 > Urbana, IL 61802 > > [email protected] > > P: 217-337-9761 > C: 217-417-1182 > F: 217-337-9761 > *www.aspca.org* <http://www.aspca.org/> > > > The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is > from The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals® (ASPCA > ®) and is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may > contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not > the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any > dissemination, distribution, copying or use of the contents of this e-mail, > and any attachments hereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received > this e-mail in error, please immediately notify me by reply email and > permanently delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout > thereof. > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
