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PDQ11 simple command line to Windows 7 VM

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Sam

Hi. First time posting here.

I am running Vmware Worstation with 2 VMs. First is Win2012R2 with PDQ deploy 11 installed. Second is Win7 Pro.

 

I am trying to run a simple command line such as GPUPDATE, but I keep getting Condition was not met. No steps were taken.

 

Both machine network are NAT with the same IP range and same subnet.

Any idea? I never use PDQ deploy before.

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    Stephen Valdinger

    Save this as gpupdate.xml on your Deploy server.  Then in PDQ Deploy go to File > Import or hit Ctrl+I from within Deploy to import the xml document, which will create the package for you.

     

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    <AdminArsenal.Export Code="PDQDeploy" Name="PDQ Deploy" Version="11.2.0.0" MinimumVersion="3.1">
     <Package>
     <PackageDefinition name="Definition">
     <CopyMode>Default</CopyMode>
     <InventoryScanProfileId value="null" />
     <RunAs value="null" />
     <ScanAfterDeployment value="null" />
     <Steps type="list">
     <CommandStep>
     <Command>echo n | gpupdate /force</Command>
     <Files></Files>
     <SuccessCodes>0</SuccessCodes>
     <RunAs>LoggedOnUser</RunAs>
     <Conditions type="list">
     <PackageStepCondition>
     <Architecture>Both</Architecture>
     <Version>All</Version>
     <TypeName>OperatingSystem</TypeName>
     </PackageStepCondition>
     <PackageStepCondition>
     <IsUserLoggedOn>AlwaysRun</IsUserLoggedOn>
     <TypeName>LoggedOnUser</TypeName>
     </PackageStepCondition>
     </Conditions>
     <ErrorMode>StopDeploymentFail</ErrorMode>
     <IsEnabled value="true" />
     <Title>Run GPUpdate</Title>
     <TypeName>Command</TypeName>
     </CommandStep>
     </Steps>
     <Timeout value="60" />
     <UseCustomTimeout value="false" />
     </PackageDefinition>
     <Description>Simple package to execute gpupdate /force on client machine, and bypass logoff prompt for user side settings.</Description>
     <FolderId value="3" />
     <Name>GPUpdate</Name>
     <Path>Powershell Scripts\GPUpdate</Path>
     <Version></Version>
     <PackageDisplaySettings name="DisplaySettings">
     <DisplayType>Normal</DisplayType>
     <IconKey></IconKey>
     <SortOrder value="42" />
     </PackageDisplaySettings>
     </Package>
    </AdminArsenal.Export>
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    Sam

    It still failed. I'm thinking there is something else causing the problem. Why would it says condition not met??

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    Stephen Valdinger

    Can you post some screen shots? Of the package and of the failed deployment?

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    Sam

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    Sam

    I am able to run install just fine (with deploy user credential), but when I try to run CMD with logged on user... it keeps saying Conditions not met: No steps were able to run.

     

    Any idea?

     

     

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    Stephen Valdinger

    Are you deploying to a machine that actually has a user logged into it? 

     

    Also, why the trailing S in your command definition? Typo?

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    Sam
    (Edited )

    That is a typo.

     

    Yes... I am trying to run command as logged on user. PDQ inventory does not has the option for logged user... so I looked into PDQ deploy (which I rarely touch).

     

    If this does works.. I will be able to run command that normally cannot run through system cred or admin cred. For example... I can run echo %logon server%... or check network drives/printers.. etc.

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    Michael Bratcher

    I run the command through deploy with an echo command so it does not reboot like this:

    echo n | gpupdate /force

    The only other difference is that I Run As: Deploy User

    I have no issues running gpupdate this way, hope this helps!

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    Sam

    So after weeks of trying to figure out what went wrong... I found an installer for version 9.2. To my surprise... logged on CMD deploy works like charm. I guess version 10+ broke something in the conditioning... Can someone from Admin Arsenal looks into it?

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