The install script for Nvivo 8 has been modified. The installer was missing a command to install Crystal Reports for .NET Framework 2.0 (x86), a prerequisite for Nvivo. The missing install command was added to the startup script in the ccs-'08-'09-NVivo-8-software GPO.
Terry Miller
Campus Computing Sites
The link for the ccs-'08-'09-BIOS-pwd-change-script GPO to the SP2 OU has been disabled, and the links for the GPO to the SEB and Union OU’s have been deleted.
Terry Miller
Campus Computing Sites
SUDAAN 10 has been deployed to the Virtual Sites Advanced Stats systems. This change is implemented with the ccs-'08-'09-Sudaan-10-software GPO.
Terry Miller
Campus Computing Sites
The Google SketchUp Pro 6 installation on sites Vista systems has undergone modifications as follows. The existing installation that was deployed with the wrong serial number has been removed. A new installation with a new serial number has been deployed. The removal and installation are implemented with the ccs-'08-'09-Google-SketchUp-Pro-6-keyed-Software GPO. The original installation of Google SketchUp Pro was deployed with the ccs-'08-'09-Google-SketchUp-Pro-6-Software GPO. The link for that GPO is now disabled.
Terry Miller
Campus Computing Sites
The smax4pnp.exe program, a component of the SoundMax audio software, is configured to auto launch following logon on Sites Vista systems. The program is intended to detect connection of microphones, speakers, and headphones to the SoundMax audio hardware. On many systems, the smax4pnp.exe program crashes immediately after launch and generates an error message.
To suppress the crash and error message, auto launch of program has been suppressed by removal of a registry entry from the HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run key. The removal of the entry is implemented via the ccs-'08-'09-Disable-Smax-autolaunch GPO. The GPO is scoped to affect all Vista lab systems that have the SoundMax Integrated Digital Audio hardware.
Terry Miller
Campus Computing Sites
A powershell script to set BIOS passwords on Sites Systems was deployed to all Sites Vista systems. The script is implemented via the ccs-'08-'09-BIOS-pwd-change-script GPO.
Terry Miller
Campus Computing Sites
The SPSS installation on the Virtual Sites Stats (VSTATS) systems has been modified with the addition of the SPSS 16 Original Tables and SPSS 16 Custom Tables add-ons.
The TABLES add-ons are activated via a scheduled task which runs an activation script. The scheduled task and script are implemented via the ccs-'08-'09-VSTATS-SPSS-Addon-Module-TABLES Group Policy. This new GPO will activate Tables on currently deployed VSTATS Stats machines.
Also, changes were made to an existing GPO that installs previously requested add-ons on the VSTATS systems. The following changes were made to the ccs-'08-'09-VSTATS-SPSS-Addon-Modules:
1. Additional license codes were added to activate SPSS 16 Original Tables and SPSS 16 Custom Tables. (This will allow the ccs-'08-'09-VSTATS-SPSS-Addon-Modules GPO to activate all add-on modules for VSTATS systems loaded/reloaded after today).
2. The scheduled task which installs which activates add-on modules was configured to run at system startup in addition to the previous schedule of 2:30 PM each day.
The ccs-'08-'09-VSTATS-SPSS-Addon-Modules GPO will activate all SPSS Add-ons including Tables for newly reloaded VSTATS systems. The new GPO, ccs-'08-'09-VSTATS-SPSS-Addon-Module-TABLES, will be deactivated in several days after the TABLES add-on has been activated existing VSTATS.
Terry Miller
Sites PC Team
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Matthew R. Ranville
University of Michigan
LS&A class of '95
Campus Computing Sites, Windows Team
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A BIOS password change script was deployed to Sites Vista PC’s in SEB and the Union. The script is deployed via the ccs-'08-'09-BIOS-pwd-change-script GPO.
Terry Miller
Campus Computing Sites
The program curl.exe has been deployed to Sites Vista systems. The curl.exe program resides in C:\Windows\sites\bin\curl.exe. The program is used in some logon and startup scripts. The program is deployed via the GPO, “ccs-'08-'09-Sites-Tools-Deployment”.
This deployment is intended to correct an issue where it was found that numerous systems were missing the curl.exe program.
Terry Miller
Campus Computing Sites
A change to the PowerShell execution policy has been deployed to all Sites Vista systems. The new policy change permits PowerShell scripts to run (by default script execution is disabled) and permits script execution from \\adsroot.itcs.umich.edu\sites\scripts (by default execution from UNC paths is disabled).
Terry Miller
Campus Computing Sites
Firewall changes have been implemented to fix a licensing issue with Google SketchUp Pro. Previously, there was a firewall rule in place to permit inbound traffic to the program C:\program files\google\google sketchup 6\sketchup.exe. That rule has been changed to block inbound traffic. Also, a new rule to block outbound traffic from C:\program files\google\google sketchup 6\sketchup.exe. These firewall rules are implemented in the ccs-'08-'09-vista-settings GPO.
Terry Miller
Campus Computing Sites
The Medical School courseware application Neurologic which was previously deployed to the LRC as a Windows Installer MSI installation is now being deployed via SoftGrid. This change was required to fix a problem where the Neurologic 1 application would not launch on the Sites Vista loadset. Because the software is now deployed via SoftGrid, the application is available on all Sites Vista lab systems.
The program group and shortcuts for the MSI-based Neurologic installation have been deleted via a Group Policy Folder Preference in the ccs-’08-’09-Remove-Neurologic-Program-Group GPO. Also, the link for the ccs-'08-'09-Neurologic-software GPO, which was used for the MSI-based Neurologic installation has been disabled.
Terry Miller
Campus Computing Sites
The application Zattoo 3.3.0 Beta has been deployed to all Sites Vista systems. The application is available in the Audio & Video program group. The application is deployed via Group Policy Software Installation in the ccs-'08-'09-Zattoo_3.3.0b-Software GPO. In addition firewall exceptions were added via the ccs-'08-'09-vista-settings GPO for the zattoo.exe and zattood.exe programs.
Terry Miller
Campus Computing Sites
I am pushing out the changed file using GPO Preferences, so it will go
into the local Mozilla default profile on each machine on the next
refresh of the machine's group policies. The only users who will not see
the changes will be those who already have an existing Mozilla profile
on the machine they are on.
A change was made in the “ccs-'08-'09-vista-settings” to grant the BUILTIN\INTERACTIVE user the shutdown system privilege. The change will enable the use of logoff scripts to initiate restarts of systems that were not successfully restarted during overnight maintenance window.
Terry Miller
Campus Computing Sites
Changes have been made to the Virtual Sites Advanced Statistics systems to place shortcuts for the following applications in a new program group called Advanced Statistics:
HLM 6.06
LISREL 8.5
Minitab 15
MPLUS 5
nQuery Advisor 7.0
SUDAAN 9.0.3
WordSmith 5.0
Also, the installers for these applications were modified so that shortcuts are placed in the new Advanced Statistics program group instead of previous locations in the case that the Virtual Sites machines are reloaded.
Terry Miller
Sites PC Team
