Is there a way when making a group policy object to install an MSI that you can have this install run as administrator on the computers?
Trying to run a fix that needs to be run as administrator to install.
Thank you.
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You have setup a **Computer policy** right? You aren't trying to deploy with a **User Policy**? – Zoredache Oct 17 '12 at 20:03
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I have it under computer configuration, policies, software settings, software installation – netadmin2008 Oct 17 '12 at 20:26
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No. It runs as SYSTEM and this behavior cannot be changed. In almost all cases, this is plenty to install any piece of software.
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Any suggestions to push something out then that needs to be installed on roughly 500 machines... – netadmin2008 Oct 17 '12 at 19:52
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First of all, are you sure that running it as `SYSTEM` won't do what you need it to do? – MDMarra Oct 17 '12 at 19:58
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I'm fairly new to this, and this is my first time setting up an MSI for installation for I'm not sure if I am running it as SYSTEM. How do I go about checking that? – netadmin2008 Oct 17 '12 at 20:28
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You can test this by downloading a copy of psexec from the sysinternal tools and running `psexec -s msiexec /i c:\path\to\your\file.msi`. If it installs correctly this way, you can use GPO Software Deployment. – MDMarra Oct 17 '12 at 21:55