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Noah Clark
Asked: 2009-09-16 09:05:16 +0800 CST

The system administrator has set policies to prevent this installation

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I have set up a domain and added a workstation to it. I'm trying to install VMware server and it says, "The system administrator has set policies to prevent this installation". I tried running the setup as Administrator on the local machine, but this didn't work.

I think I need to all my username to install software using something like GPO or something of sort. I don't know how to even begin this process. Any tutorials or instructions? Is this really what is wrong?

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2 Answers

  1. It sounds like you have some kind of software restriction policy either on the domain or in the local computer's security policy.

    To check the domain policy, you may want to run rsop.exe at a command prompt on the client PC to see what is being controlled by a GPO and which GPO is the one in question. Look in the software restriction policy node of GPO (shown in the link to follow...). From there you can check your domain policies and make the appropriate changes.

    If it's a local policy (like for instance some weird MLGPO that someone set up if you have Vista or 7) I'd just browse to the software restriction policy node using run >> gpedit.msc and see for yourself. Computer Settings >> Windows Settings >> Security Settings >> Software Restriction Policies.

    Of course, this is assuming that you're the SysAdmin and are allowed to do these things. =)

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  2. Best Answer

    I believe this problem is due to the size of the MSI of VMware server.

    I'd recommend following this solution

    http://communities.vmware.com/message/1122261;jsessionid=533FF552AAFC0F3162338C9EE1957331

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