[Casper] CS3 Strategies

[James Nairn]

On 13 Jun 2008, at 14:11, Paul Austin wrote:

> Hoping to tap the vast wealth of knowledge that is in this group....
>
> My company has finally purchased CS3 and I am looking for the best  
> strategies for deployment as part of an initial configuration. I  
> have been testing for several days with mixed results. Using the CS3  
> methods in Casper admin to create a deployment package seems to only  
> function part of the time. I end up delivering CS3 that wants the  
> License key on first run. (Note: I am using Design Premium and an  
> open license). The time it takes to deliver is also too long for my  
> liking. I have also been experimenting with delivering CS3 in a  
> policy after the initial image delivery. Results are also mixed. I  
> know I am late to the CS3 game, but how are you guys doing your  
> deployments?

For this Academic Year we have used the special CS3 functionality of  
Casper and have had _extremely_ mixed results. Although CS3 installs  
correctly and is registered etc the Adobe updaters generally just stop  
working. Because the Adobe patchers never complete successfully we  
then have issues with the jamfHelper app refusing to allow logons.  
Even if jamfHelper does quit, a user logging in is confronted by the  
remnants of the failed installation such as unmountable disk images.  
In the JSS each package is set to have the Dock icon suppressed but  
that doesn't work either!

It would be nice to know if anyone has got CS3 installation working  
correctly...

I'm now off to file some bug reports!

James

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