[wpkg-users] How do you handle 'plugins' e.g. Flash etc?

[Justin Brinegar]

Most, albeit not all, packages can be locked down in some manner.

At my site, I lock down pretty much every application.  This includes 
things like iTunes and Flash (the version of which I have pushed right 
now doesn't require as much configuration as the newest version).

For iTunes lockdown ideas, you can get started by looking at the work 
published here (http://www.appdeploy.com/messageboards/tm.asp?m=48088). 
  Apple lists that same information here 
(http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2102).

If you'd like a specific example of how to stop iTunes from 
self-updating and/or prompting the user, let me know.

This of course will not solve the issue you have with wpkg, but it can 
help mitigate the applications from getting updated by end users.

Justin

Chris Wilcox wrote:
> Hi all,
>  
> I rolled out WPKG across 16 sites during the past 8 months.  It's 
> working really well but occasionally I hit a problem with some plugins 
> (e.g. Flash Player) whereby the user will initiate an update themselves, 
> meaning that when WPKG next runs it detects that the version in the 
> package xml file is not installed, initiates an installation but can 
> then hang because a hidden screen is not shown with a relevant message 
> about newer version already being installed, that type of thing.
>  
> With the frequent amount of updates for things like Flash, Shockwave, 
> Quicktime, Sun Java etc, how do you all handle these?
>  
> Chris
> 
> 
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