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Re: Macromed Flash probs on W2K deploy with user rights

 
 
Gerry Hickman
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      30th Jun 2003
Hi Brendon,

Let me know how you get on; I'm out of ideas on this one. I thought the
whole point of "plug-ins" was they they could be installed in the user
context - hence the "certificate" screen. It seems Flash creates a
folder called "Macromed" under System32, and obviously won't have user
rights to be written to (but that's only part of the problem to my
knowledge). I find it odd this isn't an FAQ; I mean how many SysAdmins
must have rolled out Windows/IE6 and not have users complain about Flash
not working? If I had my way, Flash would be banned, but that's an other
story

Brendon Rogers wrote:
> I am going to work on this next week because I will need to rollout Flash
> with IE6SP1 via GPO. If you have any success please posy back here and I
> will do the same.
>
> "Gerry Hickman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>>Tony wrote:
>>
>>>Funnily enough, just come across the same problem and
>>>found te answer today. Believe it or not trying to install
>>>Flash via IESK 6 onto a base machine will not work unless
>>>Internet Explorer 4 has previously been installed !! This
>>>is, apparently, by design of Microsoft. Their workaround
>>>is to install IE4 first and then IE6. Fantastic. This can
>>>be found on Knowledge Base article 194793.

>>
>>This sounds totally absurd! I'm currently having to log in as Admin and
>>install the damn thing
>>
>>There's no way I'm putting IE4 on any of my machines.
>>
>>--
>>Gerry Hickman (London UK)
>>

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Brendon Rogers
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      1st Jul 2003
I found you can download an MSI version of Flash from Macromedia; you need
to complete a licensing agreement and they will send you a link. Make sure
you choose Flash Player only for Intranet distribution, this will result in
a link for an MSI being sent to you.

Then use GPO to distribute the package.

http://www.macromedia.com/support/sh...ing/faq.html#5


"Gerry Hickman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hi Brendon,
>
> Let me know how you get on; I'm out of ideas on this one. I thought the
> whole point of "plug-ins" was they they could be installed in the user
> context - hence the "certificate" screen. It seems Flash creates a
> folder called "Macromed" under System32, and obviously won't have user
> rights to be written to (but that's only part of the problem to my
> knowledge). I find it odd this isn't an FAQ; I mean how many SysAdmins
> must have rolled out Windows/IE6 and not have users complain about Flash
> not working? If I had my way, Flash would be banned, but that's an other
> story
>
> Brendon Rogers wrote:
> > I am going to work on this next week because I will need to rollout

Flash
> > with IE6SP1 via GPO. If you have any success please posy back here and I
> > will do the same.
> >
> > "Gerry Hickman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> >
> >>Tony wrote:
> >>
> >>>Funnily enough, just come across the same problem and
> >>>found te answer today. Believe it or not trying to install
> >>>Flash via IESK 6 onto a base machine will not work unless
> >>>Internet Explorer 4 has previously been installed !! This
> >>>is, apparently, by design of Microsoft. Their workaround
> >>>is to install IE4 first and then IE6. Fantastic. This can
> >>>be found on Knowledge Base article 194793.
> >>
> >>This sounds totally absurd! I'm currently having to log in as Admin and
> >>install the damn thing
> >>
> >>There's no way I'm putting IE4 on any of my machines.
> >>
> >>--
> >>Gerry Hickman (London UK)
> >>

> >
> >
> >

>
>
> --
> Gerry Hickman (London UK)
>



 
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Gerry Hickman
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      2nd Jul 2003
Brendon Rogers wrote:
> I found you can download an MSI version of Flash from Macromedia;


Thanks! I'll have a look...

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