DLU / app, windows updates / local standard user

Question

We're having issues with our users not being able to update apps (patches, etc.) due to being regular user for the local profile. Our config is as follows:
- Zen11 SP1
- eDir auth
- Windows XP/Win7 PCs
- Novell client
- Most users are set to 'user' for local profile
- Most users have their own machine
Is there a way to get these updates (Acrobat, Windows, Java, etc.) installed without the user entering in an 'admin' password?

Answer 1

Flash Player can update silently since version 11.2. It is working ok. Quarterly Updates will install after 30 days. Critical Fixes will be faster: There was the issue with Flash Player and Mozilla in June and i have seen the 11.3.300.262 update installing around 21 of june for the Plugin and not ActiveX.
Mozilla announced Silent updates. But its still not working for standard Users. Currently it only prevents the UAC Prompt for Admin Users.
So we still have to update Adobe Reader, JRE, Mozilla
Originally Posted by craig_wilson
As well as tweak the install of the apps or use a post install action or
some other type of bundle to disable the auto-update the apps themselves
put out.
How that is done is unique to each app.
They often put some type of app in on of the Run Keys or Startup folder
than needs to be removed so they stop trying to do it themselves, which
is bad because generally they can't for a number of reasons ranging from
lack of user rights to proxy/internet access issues from a corporate site.
On 7/18/2012 1:38 AM, Shaun Pond wrote:
> Bertschj,
>
> Easiest is to use Patch Management (but obviously there's a
> subscription cost). You could try Home | ITNinja and go look for
> each version of each app and see if someone's found out what the quiet
> switches are. For Adobe apps you generally have to get their
> redistributable versions, which involves signing up to an agreement.
>
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