Hi guys,
Got something very weird going on with my GP software deployment.
First, the environment: One Windows Server 2012 DC, a few member servers and Windows 7 clients. I'm in the process of building this network to replace an old one, hence the single DC. All the servers and Win 7 clients I've been testing on are virtual - running on ESXi 5.1.
When I assign software via GP, it installs perfectly. However, when I remove it (right-click > 'All Tasks' > 'Remove'), the following happensregardless of whether I choose 'Immediately remove the software...' or 'Allow users to continue to use the software...'.
- If I have ticked 'Remove this item when it falls out of the scope of management' on the item concerned,all items deployed via the GPO in question are uninstalled at next reboot.
- If I have not ticked 'Remove this item...', no items are uninstalled, not even the one I removed.
The weirder thing, is that when I check the Event Log after removal, I see 'The removal of the assignment of application FOO from policy BAR succeeded' forall software items in the GPO.
So, it seems that when I remove a single item, all items are unassigned! Why they don't uninstall when 'Remove this item when it falls out of scope...' isn't ticked is a separate bit of madness.
Please tell me you can help, I've spent all day troubleshooting this and am about ready to scream!
Thanks,
Richard