Tim Lentine's questions

This is my first attempt at creating a Group Policy to install a software product for computers on our domain. When I attempt to add a package I receive the following error:

Add operation failed. Unable to extract deployment information from the package. Run validation on the package to ensure that the package is correct.

Here are the steps I have taken to get to this point:

1. Within Active Directory, right-click on the Domain and choose Properties
2. Click on the New button to create a New Group Policy Object
3. Named the object
4. Selected the new Group Policy Object and clicked on the Edit button
5. On the Group Policy Editor dialog, under Computer | Software Settings | Software Installation node, right-click and choose the New Package command.
6. The path to the MSI file is a valid UNC path (the share where the MSI file resides has been shared to users within our Domain - full control).
7. Click "Open" to select the MSI file
8. Under the Deploy Software dialog, select "Assigned" and click OK
9. After a few moments (10 - 15 seconds) the error message described above is displayed

Troubleshooting Steps I've tried to Date:

1. Made sure that the software is not installed on the server already
2. Used the MSI file to install the software on another machine to make sure the MSI works.
3. Verified that the Windows Volume on the server has adequate free disk space (100+GB).