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[chitech]

Full title: ActiveX Controls in Internet Explorer Using the Active Directory

Alo

I have followed this tutorial from microsoft http://support.micro...com/kb/q280579/ but it's not working properly.

My step.
- Created a msi package with my activex componment
- Publish the msi in Active Directory as policy group
- I can see the msi package in Add/Remove programs for any of the users

My page contains this:
<object id="sigSrvClnt" <
classid="CLSID:3374F746-02DB-44BE-7995-B92E46F452F1"
>
</object>

The same CLSID is used for COM Objects in Windows installer (Type libraries is not used)

The problem is then I access my page containing the controls the msi package is not called/installed. If I manuel install the control from Add/Remove programs the controls is available from the web-page.

Thx in advance

Edited by chitech, 27 February 2006 - 10:24.

[Zweitze]

You should "assign" the software installation GPO, not "publish". The latter merely adds the package to Add/Remove Programs, at Install from the network.

[chitech]

The same problem happen with "assign".

I don't think IE is activating the msi package at all.

How does IE use the clsid to find the right msi package when using Active Directory?

I am using windows 2000 with IE 6.0.

Thx in advance

Edited by chitech, 01 March 2006 - 11:33.

[VBScab]

Get yourself FileMon and RegMon from sysinternals.com - you can't really do this job without them, RegMon in particular.

These tools will show you what the machine is doing in terms of file and registry access so you will be able to see immediately what the installer is trying to do and where it's failing.

[Zweitze]