Group policy software installation Upgrade vs Replace

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Published on 2010-03-10T14:14:11Z Indexed on 2010/04/03 16:33 UTC
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windows-server-2008-r2

I select upgrade in gpo software install to upgrade an existing package. I am not replacing the package.

Will the old package and the upgrade package be installed on new computers joining the domain?

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