[wpkg-users] Deploying Google Chrome - personal install not enterprise install?

[Paul McGrath]

Hi Pete,
  Hope you are keeping well.

I've both allowed users to have their own install into their profile where it constantly nags them to update AND also (when requested) deployed the enterprise version disabling auto updates so I control the updates.  I haven't changed the cache location for the enterprise version

It works perfectly fine both ways.  If profile size isn't an issue then perhaps I would tell them they should allow their staff to install it themselves.  If it is an issue then WPKG it.

Paul

-----Original Message-----
From: wpkg-users-bounces at lists.wpkg.org [mailto:wpkg-users-bounces at lists.wpkg.org] On Behalf Of Pete Boyd
Sent: 19 November 2013 12:10
To: wpkg-users at lists.wpkg.org
Subject: [wpkg-users] Deploying Google Chrome - personal install not enterprise install?

Hi. I'm investigating deploying Google Chrome in addition to Firefox which is already the defaul browser and would remain so. This is on Windows XP (next year being on Windows 7) with a Samba domain controller, roaming profiles, where users have a Limited user account rather than being a Power User or Administrator.

How do you people deploy it? Does it work OK in this kind of environment if you allow users to install it themselves into their Windows profile and then it update itself? Obviously the sane way to do this is an enterprise deployment, installing into %PROGRAMFILES% and managing updates myself.
But, being as only a few users need it, I'm wondering if I can save the organisation the expense of me managing the updates, by having per-person installs of just this one app.

I've done some research and can see how to do an enterprise deployment of Chrome. If I installed it this way I'd configure each user's cache location to a place outside of their Windows roaming profile (so it doesn't take up excessive space in the profile), and disable auto updates.
If this was going to work when installed by each user then I could manually change their cache location.

Thanks


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Pete Boyd

Open Plan IT - http://openplanit.co.uk
The Golden Ear - http://thegoldenear.org

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