[Casper] CS4 Install

[David Lundgren]

I've used this method successfully to install CS4 Design Premium on more than 100 computers over the past month. I cached it first then modified the policy to "install all cached software" once the computers in the specific policy cached it.

The only problem I've noticed with the installation was that CS3 Design Premium licensing stopped working, and I haven't really investigated if I accidentally installed something else before installing CS4, so it's possible something else broke the licensing for CS3. This was done with all the options turned on in Casper Admin, so it was a silent install with the dock icon being suppressed and so on.

The work around was to install CS3 DP after the CS4 DP on a broken computer and then copying the Adobe PCD, caps, and FLEXnet Publisher folders and contents into each computer that exhibits this problem. Both CS3 and CS4 work properly now.

Dave

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-----Original Message-----
From: casper-bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com [mailto:casper-bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com] On Behalf Of Ernst, Craig S.
Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 9:35 AM
To: Casper List
Subject: Re: [Casper] CS4 Install

Installing Adobe CS4 Products with Casper Suite 6.01
http://www.jamfsoftware.com/kb/article.php?id=196

As well as:

Combining Multi-Disc Adobe CS4 Installs
http://www.jamfsoftware.com/kb/article.php?id=195

Sweet...it's not the world, but it's a start. =)

Craig E

On 3/17/09 9:10 AM, "Ted August" <taugust04.lists at gmail.com> wrote:



	On Mar 14, 2009, at 11:27 AM, Michael Curtis wrote:
	
	> Hi,
	>
	> I have a bit of a weird one. I am trying to make my own CS4 install
	> packages. I install Master Collection and then removed all the
	> applications from the package, leaving a "core" install. I then
	> dragged the applications from the suite to Composer v7 making
	> individual dmg packages for each application. That worked fine except
	> Encore doesn't remember it was in the Applications Folder. When I push
	> the package back out it puts in on the root of the boot drive. Also,
	> if I look for the diff files in Composer their aren't any. All the
	> other application do. Anyone else seen this?
	>
	
	I hate answering questions with questions - but this is very close to 
	the topic at hand so I thought I would keep it in the same thread.
	
	Has anyone here on the Casper list actually created a successful Adobe 
	Creative Suite 4 (any version) package with Composer?  I've been 
	googling the last couple of days, and checking a few of my other 
	mailing lists, and it doesn't sound like there has been success yet.  
	I know it was mentioned in January that someone used the Adobe 
	Deployment Toolkit, but I find that piece of software unacceptable 
	(and I've let Adobe know!).
	
	Does anyone have a workflow they can share for installing Adobe CS4 
	with success using Casper/Composer that doesn't involve the deployment 
	toolkit?
	
	Thanks,
	
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	Ted August
	Salve Regina University
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