Group Policy - deploy IE plugins (RSClientPrint)

Hi Folks,
I have a need to be able to deploy the RSClientPrint Internet Explorer plugin (to enable in-browser report printing) across a range of machines. We use different versions of the reporting services/visual studio applications and have quite a few
different versions of this plugin.
I am just wondering how people have managed to resolve deploying this software without granting the user the ability to access the internet. Preferably I would like to try and avoid having to package every single version that comes out.

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Hi there,
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> but I can not get it to display the installer screen so that users know
> it is installing. It does display the screen when running the setup.exe
> manually. I have a setting in the OCT that creates the registry setting
> and that is working correctly. My group policy is set to run the
> below bat file at startup in the Computer Configuration.
Check http://gpsearch.azurewebsites.net/#2308 - if this is enabled, you
will not be able to show "anything" in startup scripts...
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> Magnolia_Schools.exe
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Uppercase matters (:
A bissle "Experience", a bissle GMV... Wenn meine Antwort hilfreich war, freue ich mich über eine Bewertung! If my answer was helpful, I'm glad about a rating!
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drives while they are at their home high school.
Since I have moved to the career center, and apparently I have more knowledge about group policy than most of the techs in the district, the district system engineers want me to remove all of the generic accounts from the career center OU, and have students
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Just curious about this.
Thanks!

Don't link it to the root.... apply the drive mapping as a policy at the OU or you could apply the drive mapping using Group Policy Preferences using security group targeting... .I would also strongly recommend you check out my articles
Best Practice: Active Directory Structure Guidelines
– Part 1
Best Practice: Group Policy Design Guidelines – Part 2
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The purpose of this thread is to identify EASIEST way to create/obtain an MSI file of the LATEST VERSION of Acrobat Reader (currently 10.1.3 as of 7/19/2012) to be deployed via GPO. I am not concerned with customizations of Reader settings as I have accomplished this already using Group Policy.
It sounds so easy, but I have found it to be quite frustrating and extremely time consuming to figure this out.
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http://www.adobe.com/products/reader/rdr_distribution1.html
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To try another route:
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First there isn't a single MSI file that will install Adobe Reader 10.1.3 available. There are two ways in which you can create an installer package that will install Adobe Reader 10.1.3.
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The process is documented in the Enterprise Administration Guide: http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/837/cpsid_83709/attachments/Acrobat_Enterprise_Administration.pdf #page=77
Here is a reference video on the process: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zYTUyOIcNk
2. AIP (Administrative Installation Point)
- AIP uses the Windows Installer to create a decompressed updated full MSI based installer. The process is documented in the Enterprise Administration Guide: http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/837/cpsid_83709/attachments/Acrobat_Enterprise_Administration.pdf #page=70
Here is a reference video on the process: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05XOKX0150w&feature=relmfu
* Please note, that each installation method has it's advantages and disadvantages. Those aspects of each installation type need to be seriously considered for your specific environment and what will and will not work for the IT group and user groups within your enterprise before you decide upon one of them.
Regards,
Steve

PDF icon changed after deploying Reader 9.4.0 though Group Policy

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I did the same as you.
// Open the field to allow user entries
NumericField1.access = "open";
// Allow override, means you will not get an error message when the calculated value is changed
NumericField1.calculate.override = "disabled";
NumericField1.value.float.value = "0";
Restore original state of the field.
NumericField1.access = "readOnly"
NumericField1.calculate.override = "error"
NumericField1.rawValue = null
NumericField1.execCalculate()
But you're right, the restore does not work.
I tested execEvent("calculate") and execCalculate() with no avail.
Very odd!

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When attempting to deploy files via Group Policy Preferences, there is a well-known issue wherein you may receive an error to the effect of: 0x80070003
The system cannot find the path specified. This is due to the local system being the security context used to deploy the file. If the local system does not have rights to the location, as is true with mapped drives, access is denied and the path cannot
be found. The workaround for this is to enable the common option "Run under the logged in user's security context"
However, I have done this and still receive the same error. I have verified the logged-in user can reach both the source and destination. Specifically, the source is a file server and the destination is the user's HOMEPATH,
which resides on another fileserver in this case. More to the point, it's their redirected Documents folder, and it otherwise works fine; I cannot imagine this being a permissions or connectivity issue, especially because I receive the error even if I execute
a gpupdate
/force /target:user while logged in.
I've also installed the hotfix from Microsoft pertaining to this issue: "Error
code 0x80070003 when a Group Policy preference is applied to Windows 7 clients", but this did not change anything. (I only installed it onto the desktop; that seems to be where it belongs for my case.)
I'm at a loss as to why this happens. The domain controllers agree the common option is set, and a gpupdate does otherwise succeed. Also, if I change the target to a location on a local drive of the computer, it works fine. I do not see the common option reflected
in the output of gpresult,
but I'm not sure if I should.

Hi Ron,
Before going further, how did we input the source file path and the destination file path? Did we input the paths as follows (t1.txt as an example):
Action: Create
Source file path: \\servername\sharename\username\documents\t1.txt
Destination file path:\\servername\sharename\t1.txt
Best regards,
Frank Shen

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