Here's what you need to do to deploy Starry Night (or any msi installer) to client computers via GPO.
1. Get the MSI package
- Extract starrynightcollege7.exe using 7z or WinRAR
2. Create a distribution point
- Log on to the server as an Administrator user
- Create a shared network folder (this folder will contain the MSI package)
- Set permissions on this folder in order to allow access to the distribution package
- Copy everything that was extracted in Step 1 to the shared folder
3. Create a Group Policy Object
- Click on the Start button, go to Programs, select Administrative Tools and then select Active Directory Users and Computers
- Right-click your domain name in the console tree and select the Properties context menu
- Select the Group Policy tab and click New
- Set the name of the policy (for example StarryNightCollege)
- Click Properties and select the Security tab
- Check the Apply Group Policy checkbox only for the groups to which the policy will be applied
- Click on the OK button
4. Assign an MSI package
- Click on the Start button, go to Programs, select Administrative Tools and then select Active Directory Users and Computers
- Right-click your domain name in the console tree and select the Properties context menu
- Go to the Group Policy tab, select the object you want and click Edit
- Expand Software Settings under Computer Configuration
- Right-click Software Installation, select the New context menu and then click on Package
- In the Open dialog type the full UNC path of the shared package you want to assign
- Click on the Open button
- Click on Assigned and then click OK (the package will be added to the right pane of the "Group Policy" window)
- Close the Group Policy snap-in, click OK and exit the Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in
- When the client computers start, the assigned package will be installed automatically
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