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How do I log Installer activity per profile?

Hi, I'm kind of new to packaging but...

I've got a pretty standard locked down environment (AD). I've created an MST for a vendor issued MSI (Autodesk's DWG Viewer 2007), and have made a computer assigned GPO for this package. So when the PC does its foreground GPO check at boot it installs the package no problem. If I then log in with an admin account, Installer does an additional bit of configuration for the profile - no problem - works fine. But if I log into the PC with a basic user account then I get (6) insufficient priveleges errors. App Event Log cites the same exact error message for all 6 - but is very vague.

What I want to know is, how can I log what Installer is choking on in this extra bit of configuration? I guess I'm looking for something similar to FILEMON and REGMON so I can look for Access Denied messages - but how do I do this at logon?

I've done a multi-step Snapshot with Repackager on just the basic user logon - but it captured so much stuff I don't know what the problem is.

Or maybe more pertinent - is there a way I can look at the MSI to see what happens on a per profile basis?

And lastly, by what means does Windows know to do additional configuration for the package - I mean, what triggers that per-profile stuff?

Any kind of help - or just being pointed to a good resource - would be very appreciated...

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Posted by: AngelD 18 years ago
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Monitoring Registry Activity During the Boot Process. Have in mind this will give you the BIG regmon.LOG file.

But by reviewing the event log you should find which component/resource that triggers the repair and investigate further why the permission prevents the healing from occur.
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