Category Archives: Software

Posts about software and software distribution at Williams College

Training – Penn State Mac Admins Conference 2012 Videos

Posted on May 31, 2012 by

The annual Penn State Mac Administrators conference is geered toward high-end enterprise wide mac administration. Many useful videos of conference sessions are at: http://www.youtube.com/user/psumacconf/videos

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KACE – Software installs from alternative download

Posted on May 30, 2012 by

Using the KACE 1000 server to install software from the “Alternative” download share … (This preserves disk space on the server for the patch feed.) 1) Create zip file of install files. (Be sure to just zip the files and … Continue reading →

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Software – Adobe Installation and Licensing Blog and Forum

Posted on May 22, 2012 by

A useful link to Adobe insider’s Installation and Licensing blog … http://blogs.adobe.com/oobe/ Also – Adobe has a forum for posting questions at: http://forums.adobe.com/community/download_install_setup/creative_suite_enterprise_deployment

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Java Install

Posted on May 1, 2012 by

Manually installing Java instructions … http://www.java.com/en/download/help/windows_manual_download.xml

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Mac – Final Cut Studio deployment

Posted on April 17, 2012 by

One approach to Final Cut Studio deployment using Deploy Studio is available at: http://osxdeployment.com/wiki/Final_Cut_Studio_3_Installer_for_Deploy_Studio

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Windows 8 – First Impressions …

Posted on April 5, 2012 by

Windows 8 is an interesting new windows version. Microsoft says this is “a whole new way to use Windows” and they aren’t kidding! For long-time windows users it is quite disorienting at first glance. Just getting logged in presents a … Continue reading →

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Protected: Software – ExpertGPS

Posted on March 28, 2012 by

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Software – Cindex

Posted on March 26, 2012 by

Notes about deploying Cindex … http://www.levtechinc.com/publishing-indexing-products/cindex-software/deployment.asp

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Software – Flash Version

Posted on March 20, 2012 by

A great web site to test if Flash player is properly installed and to determine what version is running … http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/find-version-flash-player.html

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Software – WinRats 8 silent install on windows

Posted on March 14, 2012 by

To install WinRats 8.x from Estima silently on windows systems use: msiexec /i “WinRATSStd800.msi” /qn /norestart ALLUSERS=2 PIDKEY=”???###” AGREETOLICENSE=2 ORGANIZATION=”Your company name” For more information see: http://www.appdeploy.com/packages/detail.asp?id=2248

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