Install AVG Free using GPO (EXE file to MSI?)

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Published on 2010-04-19T09:38:35Z Indexed on 2010/04/19 9:43 UTC
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I'm trying to deploy AVG free edition via our group policy. When I download it, it's a .exe - and my GPO is expecting an MSI

Is there a way I can do this?

Do I need to create an MSI from the exe - if so, how?

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Install AVG Free using GPO (EXE file to MSI?)

msi

avg

group-policy

gpo

deployment

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