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Posts about software and software distribution at Williams College

Windows 8 – Deleting windows.old and temp install files

When doing an upgrade to windows 8 the installer can leave behind a large amount of data in a few locations.  To remove these use Disk Cleanup with the option to clean-up system files. I have gained back more than 30 GB with this process.

Go to the Desktop and open Windows Explorer, then right-click on the system drive (usually C: or D:) and select Properties.  Then click on Disk Clean-up.  In that window click on “Clean Up System Files”.  This will add to the list of files that can be deleted.   In the new, expanded list be sure to select windows.old and the windows install files.  Then let the disk cleanup happen.

For another reference see:

http://www.jstawski.com/archive/2012/06/01/Deleting-the-Windows-old-directory-after-upgrading-to-Windows-8.aspx

 

 

Software – JMP 10 – Silent Installer

To create a silent installer for JMP …

First run setup.exe to collect the responses in a response file.  This will not actually install the software.

setup.exe -r -f1{response file name}

Then, to actually install with those responses from a script,  run the setup.exe file again giving it the named response file:

setup.exe -s -f1{response file name}

Note:  There is no space between the “F1” and the file name.

For more details see the web page at:

http://www.jmp.com/support/notes/8/135.html

Software – Endnote Deployment

Windows:

Like other software, you need to run a utility program supplied by the vendor “Admin.exe” to convert the installer to the deploy-able site-licensed version of the installer.  To get the Admin.zip folder see the web site at:

https://support.clarivate.com/Endnote/s/article/EndNote-Volume-License-Install-Steps?language=en_US

After adding the license data and creating a new installer, you can install this with the following command:

msiexec.exe /passive /i EN20Inst.msi INSTALLDIR=”C:\Program Files\EndNote” FFTUSEOPENURL=T FFTOPENURLRESOLVER=https://na02.alma.exlibrisgroup.com/view/uresolver/01_WIL_INST/openurl

This command installs EndNote With the correct Find Full text Url preset for all users.

Mac:

  1. Make sure Microsoft Word is already installed
  2. Install EndNote from vendor supplied, Williams’ licensed dmg
  3. Create a Preference file for the Find Full Text URL
    1. defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.ThomsonResearchSoft.EndNote.plist openURLPath https://na02.alma.exlibrisgroup.com/view/uresolver/01_WIL_INST/openurl
  4. Open EndNote – To Add EndNote menu to Microsoft Word
    1. Run “Customizer” and select CWYW then  install
  5. Using Jamf Composer or any other package tool, package:
    1. /Apllications/EndnNote 20
    2. /Library/Preferences/com.ThomsonResearchSoft.EndNote.plist
    3. /Library/Application Support/Microsoft/Office365/User Content.localized/Startup.localized/Word/EndNote CWYW Word 16.bundle

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Software – OIT installers web site

To update installers on the OIT Software web site …

1) Add the installers to:
\\wp-dev1
Installers are stored in the “Software Uploads” directory structure.

Note: This server is currently accessible from AD joined Lab computers because those have the NTLM security level lowered already by Group Policy. The AD account you use to log into a lab computer will also have to be authorized on this server.

For other computers,you may need to decrease your LAN Manager (NTLM) security level. This is done in your “local security policies” . Here is one of many web sites that explains how to set the NTLM security level: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj852207(v=ws.11).aspx

2) Login into WordPress at:
http://it.williams.edu/wp-login.php

3) Connect to the Software Admin page at:
http://oit.williams.edu/software-admin/