[THIN] Re: cannot get mcafee installed!!

...thanks Rick. You are the man.  I will give that a shot and let you
know how it goes.

On 12/29/07, Rick Mack <ulrich.mack@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Jon,
>
> The local admin account, and the system default account can actually pick up
> a dpomain admins folder redirection. This goes for loopback policy folder
> redirection as well under some circumstances. Then there's the regional
> locale setting where you tick apply to default user and I'm half certain the
> shadow key can be a culprit here.
>
> As Jeremy advised, the installer error you're seeing is almost always due to
> the user's personal folder being redirected to a network drive.
>
> As to how to fix it, check under
> HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell
> Folders, which sets the user folder redirection template, and also under
> HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders, which
> is the operational redirection. Check the personal value in particular.
> Change the value under User Shell
> Folders back to %userprofile%\My Documents and the value under Shell Folders
> back to c:\documents and settings\administrator\My Documents (match to other
> entries).
>
> regards,
>
> Rick
>
> --
> Ulrich Mack
> www.commander.com
>
>
>
> >
> > >
> > >  From:       "Jon Luchette" <jon.e.luchette@xxxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > >  To:         thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >
> > >  Date:       29/12/2007 11:03 AM
> > >
> > >  Subject:    [THIN] cannot get mcafee installed!!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > hello.  I am trying to install mcafee virus scan enterprise v8.0i on
> > > my presentation servers. (windows 2003 & ps 4.5) they happen to be
> > > vm's on ESX 3.0.2. in AD we are mapping our home drives to H: (not ts
> > > home drives just regular home drives)
> > >
> > > when I logon to the console of these vms as the local admin (no H:
> > > drive) and try to install mcafee I get an error message saying invalid
> > > drive H: 1327.  if I do a subst H: c: then try the install I get past
> > > that part but then the install fails and says that the path is too
> > > long (H: program files)
> > >
> > > if I logon as a domain user with admin rights to the console of the
> > > server I get much further in the install process but then it fails and
> > > says that it can't start the service???
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
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