[Casper] CS3 Strategies

[Thomas Larkin]

I deployed about 200 installs of CS3 this last school year with little
problems.  However, I did not update the product, and I did not allow
the users to update it.  I didn't want to deal with that, haha, but if
it came down it and it had to be updated I just ran it manually. 
Thankfully, my users didn't seem to need any updates.  It was CS3
premium, but I think the bulk of them just use PS and Illustrator.  

Next year will be different though because I hear the classes are
changing.  So, I will have to wait until the design teacher emails me.

Thomas Larkin
TIS Department
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>>> Eric Anderson <eanderson at mitty.com> 06/13/08 10:56 AM >>>
This summer is my first attempt with CS3 as well.  I'm having the same  
issue as James; CS3 installs correctly, but the updates get stuck. I'd  
love to hear how someone got their installation working, too.

Eric Anderson
Director of Information Technology
Archbishop Mitty High School

On Jun 13, 2008, at 7:13 AM, James Nairn 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
>
> -- 
> James
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