Systems Management

I suspect the MSI has an Install Condition built into it. Open it up with Orca (a (free?) MSI viewer/editor) and look at the LAUNCH CONDITION table, you might see something there.

Also, you should use a tool like Macrovision's AdminStudio application, "Tuner", or Wise's competing product (unsure of name) to create a transform (MST) for Autodesk's Voloview MSI - you shouldn't directly edit their MSI. In your transform you can get rid of the LAUNCHCONDITION and/or make any other changes you might want, like adding a serial number. Then you can add the MSI and MST together to the GPO (you can only do this when you first add the MSI to the GPO - you wont be able to add the MST to the MSI you already have attached to that GPO.)

re: software for creating and editing MSIs. I recommend Macrovision's AdminStudio which includes 3 key tools: InstallShield Editor, Tuner and Repackager. However, Macrovision's major competitor is Wise, and while I haven't used their tools I suspect they're just as good or better because it seems to me about half of the packaging community uses their products.
I also recommend Orca for it's ability to very quickly open up an MSI and make changes.

Check if there is any of the sql merge module included, if I recall there is one with a bug not reporting correct version of IE.

I would like to thank both fosteky and angelid for your response. I will look into both and reply back with what I found.

Thanks again!