Does logging in twice initiate the software install, or not? On 13 October 2010 15:39, John Hornbuckle <[email protected]>wrote:
> There’s “Always wait for the network at computer startup and logon,” but > I’ve already got that enabled. > > > > > > > > > > John > > > > > > > > > > *From:* James Rankin [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Wednesday, October 13, 2010 10:37 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Group Policy Problems Over Wireless > > > > isn't there a "wait for the network to initialize" GPO setting that you can > put down so that it won't try to install software until the network is fully > operational? > > I can't get into GPMC at the moment to confirm - keeps crashing cos of the > Wyse Device Manager snap-in. Grrr > > On 13 October 2010 15:25, John Hornbuckle < > [email protected]> wrote: > > Short version: > > *Is there a trick to improving group policy processing when accessing the > network wirelessly?* > > > > > > Long version: > > We have a lab with machines that have Broadcom wireless NICs in them. Vista > OS, connecting to Server 2008 R2 DC. > > > > I’m trying to deploy a piece of software to these machines via Group > Policy. I have things setup so that if the machine is a member of a certain > group, the software is deployed. Unfortunately, it only worked correctly on > one of the machines—on all the rest, the software isn’t being deployed. > > > > So I connect to any of the machines that didn’t get the software, and run > gpresult. It doesn’t show me that those machines are members of the group > that gets the software. But I know they are; I’ve confirmed in ADUC on the > DC. They’re just not picking up group membership. > > > > Looking at the event log for events that happen around startup, I see > things that make me think group policy processing is trying to happen prior > to the wireless network being initialized. Things like: > > > > Event ID 5719 (There are currently no logon servers available to service > the logon request.) > > Event ID 129 (NtpClient was unable to set a domain peer to use as a time > source because of discovery error.) > > Event ID 1129 (The processing of Group Policy failed because of lack of > network connectivity to a domain controller.) > > > > Connectivity to the DC is fine once you get the [Ctrl] + [Alt] + [Del] > window. You can log in (including as someone who has never logged into the > machine before), ping the DC, browse to \\domain\syvol, and so on. It’s > just that at that point, group policy processing seems to have given up. My > machines aren’t figuring out that they’ve been added to a new group. > > > > > > > > John Hornbuckle > > MIS Department > > Taylor County School District > > www.taylor.k12.fl.us > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > NOTICE: Florida has a broad public records law. Most written communications > to or from this entity are public records that will be disclosed to the > public and the media upon request. E-mail communications may be subject to > public disclosure. > > > > > -- > "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into > the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able > rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such > a question." > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > NOTICE: Florida has a broad public records law. Most written communications > to or from this entity are public records that will be disclosed to the > public and the media upon request. E-mail communications may be subject to > public disclosure. > > -- "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
