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Brett G
Asked: 2015-05-09 11:03:06 +0800 CST

WMI Processor Filtering Preventing GPO Software Installation?

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I've been battling this issue for a few days. I've been trying to deploy Symantec Endpoint Protection for a few days. I created a GPO and linked it to a WMI Filter so that it would only target the 64 bit desktops. When I check with Group Policy Modeling, it appears that it will work with this WMI filter. However, it only ever installs once I remove the WMI filter. Any idea why this would be happening?

This is the WMI Filter:

Namespace: root\CIMv2
Query: Select AddressWidth from Win32_Processor where (AddressWidth=”64″)

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2 Answers

  1. Your WMI query has invalid quote characters. 

    Select AddressWidth from Win32_Processor where (AddressWidth=”64″)

    Should be: 

    Select AddressWidth from Win32_Processor where (AddressWidth="64")

    Or: 

    Select AddressWidth from Win32_Processor where (AddressWidth='64')
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  2. I am Chetan Savade from Symantec Technical Support Team.

    Just in case looking for Symantec best practice articles, here are they:

    Creating a GPO software distribution http://www.symantec.com/docs/HOWTO81180

    Installing Windows client software using third-party tools http://www.symantec.com/docs/HOWTO81045

    Best Regards, Chetan

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