MSI deployment and GPO

Did you check the Ghost documentation ?

I did read it and it doesnt say anything about using gpos or the msi, but my event viewer says that the msi needs to be install via the setup file. I was hoping to do this without going to all the computers but it doesnt look like it.

is the package published or assigned?
please check and let us know
see -
http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/library/e5233f0b-4f55-4b1f-9733-e8799287c7d31033.mspx?mfr=true

It is both, in the computer configuration it is assigned, i tried that first prior to writing this question, now I have it still assigned ( you cant publish in hardware, or atleast my machine has it grayed out) under the user configuration it is published.

is the user you are trying is member of administrators on local machine? pleast try adding him to local administrators group

I am testing on the administrators account, I feel this msi requires the setup.exe file, it doesnt make sense that a company would supply you with an msi, but then require you to use the setup.exe

You can use a zap file for exe however zap files can only be installed by User not by Computer.  It sounds like, the MSI is InstallShield based, please correct me if I'm wrong, if it is InstallShield based download and install Orca or another MSI editor, check the property for ISSETUPDRIVEN and change the value to 1 than it won't require the Setup.exe file. more info on that here http://support.installshield.com/kb/view.asp?articleid=q108166

Hope that helps.

Cheers

Best way to do this is to assign to the computer.
To make it work check the file permissions of the share where you have the MSI located.
Make sure the computers have read the share. That is the everyone group must have read to the share and the files.
Cheers
Stu