Can't get GPO to push down MSI

Hey I've been playing with pushing down MSI files through the GPO in my lab but can never get my XP PC to take the update. I have a Windows 2003 server with XP using VMWare and I'm using the Default GPO and assigning the MSI to computers and not the users. I've been messing with this for ever and just can't figure out what I'm missing. Any suggestions, I did notice a message saying that the path for the file was not a network UNC path when I tried to push the update if that helps.

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astorrs

Did you add the MSI file through a UNC path?

e.g., Browse to "\\Server1\Packages\App1.msi" vs "C:\Packages\App1.msi"

stlsmoore

Probably what it is...I just edited my post lol which mentioned that lol thanks!

snadam

stlsmoore wrote:

Probably what it is...I just edited my post lol which mentioned that lol thanks!

yep, it needs to be a UNC path that the client can see. If I remember correctly, the folder that the MSI package is located has to be shared also.

stlsmoore

Yup that was it...been wondering the issue was with that for a while, I shoulda just used my head and posted in on here ages ago...thanks again!

astorrs

Glad you've got it working now.