Deploy itunes using group policy

I've found a few links out there and I feel like I'm really close, but I can't get iTunes to work via MS Group Policy Deployment. I've followed this article: http://techierambles.blogspot.com/2011/01/deploy-itunes-or-quicktime-msi-files.h tml but I'm not sure if things have just changed too much since 10.1 or what.
My main issue, I believe, is that I can't get the Apple Application Support MSI to deploy. I've tried assigning it and publishing it, but no joy. However, without that MSI the iTunes MSI won't install properly. Anyone ever run into this?
Windows Server 2008, Windows 7 clients, iTunes 10.5.2 64-bit, no QuickTime (not a requirement in the newest version of iTunes).
Thanks,
Lauren

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This link have a description of resolution:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc725938.aspx
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Open the GPO where the printer connections are deployed, and navigate to Computer Configuration, Policies, Administrative Templates, Control
Panel, and thenPrinters.
Note
The Point and Print Restrictions setting can also be found under User Configuration\Policies\Administrative Templates\Control Panel\Printers.
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Hi,
Based on your description, we can refer to the following threads for help.
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http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/lync/en-US/69e32128-4581-4be5-9a44-b5d133e1f480/slient-unninstall-of-lync-2010-on-client-machines-script-required
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For this issue is more related to Lync, in order to get better help, we can ask the question in the following TechNet dedicated Lync forum.
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http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/lync/en-US/home?forum=ocsclients&filter=alltypes&sort=lastpostdesc
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Best regards,
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Deploying Files with Group Policy - Help Needed

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The copy is on a file server share. presumably if I just give everybody read access to the share that would suffice?
No it won't.
"Sharing" requires several actions:
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This means that the computer can access the share but the user cannot access the share. Because the computer account is an identity/principal of it's own accord.
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Uninstalling older versions of reader using Group Policy

I am using Group Policy to deploy Acrobat reader version 8.1.2 - however this does not do an upgrade to older versions or delete older versions. is there a way to do uninstalls or upgrades to the latest version using group policy?
Thanks.

Adobe Reader usually updates fine from one version to the subsequent next (e.g. from 9 to 10).
However, this does not always work well when skipping some versions (e.g. from 7 to 10). In this case I always recommend to uninstall the previous version first.

Deploying software through group policy with certain requirements

here is the question:
I have an existing Active Directory environment, consisting of 300 computers. we need to install the latest version of ADOBE ACROBAT READER to all computers with the following requirements:
. The application is not supported on windows XP
. We need to have automatic updates turned off within the application
. We need a silent, automatic installation.
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Hi,
Before going further, I agree with Zanderol24.
>>
The application is not supported on windows XP
We can use a WMI filter to exclude Windows XP clients from applying the software installation policy.
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WMI filtering using GPMC
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc779036(v=ws.10).aspx
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>>We need to have automatic updates turned off within the application
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>>We need a silent, automatic installation.
We can choose to assign a program distribution to users or computers.
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>>The Engineer Department needs to be excluded, as they use Proprietary PDF app.
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Deploying Reader through Group Policy

Hi,
I have applied for and been granted a deployment license, and am trying to follow the instructions to deploy reader through group policy to computers on my network.
The document adobe gives you says to put the computer name under security filtering in the OU GP that was created. I have done this but it's clear the policy isn't getting applied.
When I run group policy result, it's not even showing so I must have something wrong. The document that adobe gives has several of the pictures out of place and is covering some text (at least when I display it - and yes I am using most current version of reader).
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Unless I'm misunderstanding your last reply, the GPO is working as intended, when you change it back.
GPO = Applied to one specific OU
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The PC you're applying the security filtering to must exist in the Active Directory OU you created for the GPO.
E.G. I create a GPO called acc_sw for my Accounting dept called accounting. 3 PCs in accounting are called:
Ed_PC
Karen_PC
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In the security filtering for the GPO I created, I have:
Ed_PC
Karen_PC
Thomas_PC
Now, in Active Directory Users & Computers, in the accounting OU I have 0 computers.
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Ed_PC
Karen_PC
Thomas_PC
They must exist in the target OU, or a suboordinate OU of the target OU, for the GPO to work.

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English is not my mother language so i'll hope you'll understand me.
I have a school project. Deploying office through group policy worked. But now my teacher has given me a command to give all OU's a different OFFICE packet when they logged in. So.. it will change the current installation when a different user from a different
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Apply theme group policy does not work. Known issue.
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On Error Resume Next
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Just wanted to share this for anyone needing to change the Windows 7 default font DPI size en mass using Group Policy. We can thank Microsoft for not giving us a ADMX template for this issue!!!!
Drumgod
me

User Configuration \ Policies \ Administrative Templates \ Control Panel \ Personalization \ Prohibit selection of visual
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This policy setting states that it is supported on Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000 operating
systems only.
The description on this setting says that it disables the "Font size" drop-down list on the Appearance tab in Display Properties. This does not exist in Windows 7. I don't think the DPI setting you are talking about is the equivalent.
The other setting is good to have enough. Thanks for the tip!

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