SCCM 2007 Advertisements Do Not Show In Run Advertised Programs

OK now maybe I missed something in the manual (wait I skipped the whole thing) but for the last couple hours I've been creating packages and advertisements and they do not show up in the control panel under run advertised programs..

I came across a post that said ''By default, mandatory programs don't appear in Run Advertised Programs.''

HAH that was it. I was setting mine all to mandatory so they would install and I could read the logs to see if it worked.. Silly me

SCCM 2007 Deploying Packages

Hmm now this is really starting to bug me. I've basically setup packages and advertisements just about every which way I can think of plus various ways from various sites. The packages never report to SCCM that it was a success. When logging into clients I'd get the New Programs Installed and the software does indeed work. On the clients in windows\system32\ccm\logs opening execmgr.log I see several messages. What I do notice is that my clients report with a status code of 0 and it states success.

So if your also having this issue make sure to check your logs on the client cause it actually may be installed. The programs I'm talking about mostly are Adobe flash, reader, shockwave, java. They all install successful but sccm reports program errors or failures.

Anyone that got successful returns in SCCM feel free to comment.