[Casper] CS3 Strategies

[Paul Austin]

I have read back in the archives of this list and found the instructions for
doing a setup capture on CS3. Has anyone had better luck with that method?

Paul


On 6/13/08 10:13 AM, "James Nairn" <jwrn3 at cam.ac.uk> wrote:

> 
> 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