Category Archives: Software

Posts about software and software distribution at Williams College

Linux – Install Linux on external disk

Note one –  To install the correct boot loaders and hardware drivers,  I recommend doing the actual Linux install on the type of computer you plan to run Linux on. Meaning that, I think, the installer will put boot loaders … Continue reading

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Mac – Burning ISO to USB disk – use Etcher

A great little tool to burn ISOs to external USB disks: Etcher Use Disk Utility to format the external as Fat 32 (may have to format as Mac OS first). If Etcher doesn’t see the drive at first, use the … Continue reading

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Stata – Creating an Installer

Creating an installer for the various versions of Stata: On Windows: 1) After installing and keying the correct version on a test PC, collect the keyed application and the “stata.lic” file (these are both different for each variant, IC, SE, … Continue reading

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JMP – Creating an Installer

Creating an installer to distribute JMP On MacOS: 1) Install application 2) License application (creates “jmp.per file” in /Users/labadmin/Library/Application Support/JMP/ ) 2) Key application 3) Package keyed application and the /Library/Application Support/JMP/ folder 4) Create a folder that contains: Packaged … Continue reading

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Windows 10 – Get Windows Update Log

Apparently windows 10 changed the windows 10 log format and you now need to run a power shell command to generate the log file as a text file that normal humans can read. Open Powershell with “Run as Administrator” give … Continue reading

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Windows 10 – Clean Boot

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/929135/how-to-perform-a-clean-boot-in-windows Use msconfig to disable all non-Microsoft “Services” and “Startup” from starting After booting clean, use msconfig to set your computer back to “Normal” boot.

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JAMF – DEP and VPP Certificate Renewal

For the JAMF server we have yearly renewing certificates that connect our JAMF server to Apple’s servers for our hardware (DEP) and software (VPP) purchases. Here is how I did this process in May 2017: 1) Log into our JAMF … Continue reading

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Mac – NoMAD – AD functionality to macs without binding

You can add AD functionality to a Mac without having to “Bind” it to the domain … See: See: https://www.nomad.menu/

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Mac – Microsoft Office 2016 – Disable First Run and Welcome screens

See the details at: https://derflounder.wordpress.com/2016/01/17/suppressing-office-2016s-first-run-dialog-windows/

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Mac – iWork – preinstalled on all new Macs

According to this link: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7708588?start=0&tstart=0 iWork does not come with Sierra but is preinstalled on all new Macs. Therefore, if deploying a Mac with a format and re-image process particularly with Casper imagine, one should decide wether or not to … Continue reading

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