Puppet users - Apr 2013 - Windows Agent - Reinstall a Software Package

My basic question is Is the Windows Agent suppose to reinstall software 
when that package is set to "ensure => installed" ?

I have the puppetmaster running on a Debian Squeeze (current stable).  I 
have a number of Linux nodes all working perfectly.  (the master and all 
the clients are running version 2.7)

Now I am testing the idea of using Puppet on our Windows workstations.  I 
have been successful in getting a MSI of Firefox installed ( grabbed from 
http://www.frontmotion.com/Firefox/ ).  But if Firefox is then manually 
uninstalled on the workstation, it does not reinstall automatically for me, 
like it does on the Linux clients.  In fact it seems to really mess 
up/confuse Puppet when a local use uninstalls an application that was 
installed originally via Puppet.

   - Puppet does not automatically reinstall on next run - Puppet still 
   thinks it is installed
   - Changing the rule to "absent" results in error (Puppet tries to 
   uninstall it, but MSI errors out since it is no longer installed)


Here is the pertinent section of my Firefox manifest:
    ''windows'': {
        package { ''Mozilla Firefox (en-US)'':
          ensure => absent,
          # ensure => installed,
          provider => msi,
          source => ''R:\\Firefox-19.0.2-en-US.msi'',
        }
    }


Is the Windows Agent suppose to re-install the application?  If so, what am 
I missing?  

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