Deploying MSI via Active Directory GPO does not create Printer Object

2006-08-04 17:33:53 by anonymous

I am deploying PDFCreator-0_9_0_AFPLGhostscript_32bit.msi via AD GPO on computers and it is SO not working right.

The application installs, and works 100% but no printer is setup. This would not be too bad an issue, but the users require the printer since the application they are needing to use it with will ONLY output to a printer.

Any ideas would be EXTREMELY appreciated.

2006-08-08 08:23:17 by thesmilyface

Check the setup log file: SetupLog.txt

2007-03-30 11:18:23 by elias12

[quote=Anonymous]I am deploying PDFCreator-0_9_0_AFPLGhostscript_32bit.msi via AD GPO on computers and it is SO not working right.

The application installs, and works 100% but no printer is setup. This would not be too bad an issue, but the users require the printer since the application they are needing to use it with will ONLY output to a printer.

Any ideas would be EXTREMELY appreciated.[/quote]

Hi i have the same problem (created a modified MSI) and deploy it with our third party SW Tool... Everthing works fine, but no printer is created

i tried also the source code and the special MSI Package (without Toolbar) but this doesn't help

@Developers any ideas?

is there maybe a inf File available which i can include within the MSI (Adminstudio can do this modification to the MSI Pacakge very easely)

2007-03-30 22:44:07 by thesmilyface

Please check the SetupLog.txt
Have you deployed it with admin rights!!

2007-04-11 15:11:00 by elias12

[quote=thesmilyface]Please check the SetupLog.txt
Have you deployed it with admin rights!![/quote]

@all

Now i found a solution

first of all install the package on an master client, then export the following registry hive

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Printers\NameofPDFPrinter (Name you choose while setup process)

then while deploying do a registry import of the key above
(not shure if can be done within Active Directory GPO)

and last but not least net stop spooler and net start spooler

now i'm shure you will say "WOW" cause it works

for this case it woud be much easier to do a repackaging (p.a. with Wininstall LE or another Tool) cause normally with this 3rd Party Tools you have the possibilty to add Custom Actions which do the things above automatically while setup the pdfcreator

hope this works