Computing System Roadmap
Software profile compatibility; installation and configuration details
completing this information for each application gives us enough information to know if it will work in a roaming environment with Restricted users; what we have to do to get the applciation working and how to automate that
| application | size (MB) | preferences chosen | where profile / prefs saved and file format | if has user configurable temp, does it default to %TEMP%? | requires elevated priviliges to use? | will it roam? | how to enable auto profile pre-configuration to take place on master workstation | any per-user configuration after installation | any additional per-application configuration / tidy-up of each installed copy | where icons are created and when | installation directory | installer options | ready? |
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(plain text/binary) |
(can it be pre-configured using
environment variables in pref file? will it create a new directory if it doesn't exist?) |
use 'Run As' |
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- can be configured to create
user profile to our own pre-configured spec - application profile doesn't reference username so can be left in each machine's Default User profile; or batch file used to pre-configure; or stored in template Windows profile - none, no significant preferences worth making |
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%USERPROFILE%\Desktop;
%USERPROFILE%\Start Menu; %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch; %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Desktop; %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Start Menu; Default User\Desktop; Default User\Start Menu; Default User\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch when installed; when creates new user profile |
use generic name for icon portability and scripting |
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| Windows 2000 (master workstation) | 700+ | see configuration documents here |
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TWEAK then saved on server |
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most with TWEAK; some manual |
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| Windows 2000 (general workstation) | 700+ | see configuration documents here | registry (HKCU) | yes | no | yes | dealt with on server | some automated; some dealt with by login script; some manual | most with TWEAK; some manual | TWEAK | c:\winnt |
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| OpenOffice | 110 | OOo in general and Writer, nothing else; Writer menus and toolbars menus mimicking MS Word 97's [time: 3 hours] | plain text files in %APPDATA%\openoffice | yes | no | yes | haven't managed to learn how to do this | create profile directory using TWEAK; manually configure prefs; load pre-configured toolbar and menu configs | install en_uk dictionary using TWEAK |
%USERPROFILE%\Start
Menu\Programs\OpenOffice.org 1.0.3.lnk; %USERPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\OpenOffice.org 1.0.3.lnk |
d:\programs\OpenOffice | install everything bar US locale | yes, but manually |
| Acrobat Distiller |
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%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Acrobat Distiller 5.0.lnk | d:\programs\acrobat |
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| IrfanView | 1.5 | see tge doc | plain text file in %APPDATA% | n/a | no | yes | TWEAK (app) puts config file in Default User | no | TWEAK (app) to puts prefs in program dir; install plug-ins |
%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\IrfanView.lnk; %USERPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\IrfanView; |
d:\programs\IrfanView | 'images only' | yes |
| Pegasus Mail |
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see tge doc | plain text PMAIL.INI in mailbox | n/a | no | yes |
install on mail server? (?mins + 15mins) |
use PRestore | none | %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Pegasus Mail | d:\programs\pmail |
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| Mozilla | 24 | see tge doc | plain text file in %APPDATA% | no, Mozilla profile directory. but creates chosen dir when it doesn't exist | no | yes | TWEAK then run once | copy USER.JS and set its cache (can be done with Perl if don't have SLT?). close sidebar | TWEAK - replace splash screen; install spell checker; disasociate JPG, GIF, PNG and MNG images from loading in Mozilla |
%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\Quick Launch\Mozilla.lnk; %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Desktop\Mozilla.lnk; %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Mozilla; |
d:\programs\Mozilla |
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| Acrobat Reader | 26 | see tge doc | HKCU | n/a | no | yes | none | TWEAK (app) (does it do EULA?) | none? |
%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Desktop\Acrobat
Reader 5.1.lnk; %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Acrobat Reader 5.1.lnk |
d:\programs\acrobat | yes | |
| 7-Zip | 5 | none. (may decide it needs file association) | HKCU | yes | no | yes | n/a | none | none | %USERPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\7-Zip | d:\programs\7-ZIP | none | yes |
| Flash |
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n/a | n/a | n/a | no | n/a | n/a |
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no | n/a |
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n/a | yes |
| F-Prot | 8 | see tge doc | HKLM | n/a | no (but yes to configure) | yes | n/a | none | TWEAK (app) and slacken off registry permissions so anyone can use updater |
%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Desktop\F-Prot
Antivirus.lnk; %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\F-Prot Antivirus; |
d:\programs\F-Prot | custom - which is all bar Integrity Checker | yes |
| NoteTab Light | 3 |
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%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\NoteTab
Light.lnk; %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\NoteTab Light.lnk %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\NoteTab Light |
d:\programs\notetab |
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| Java Runtime Environment | 40 | just cache? | %USERPROFILE%\.java\properties141_02 (plain text); HKCU (nothing significant) |
no, %USERPROFILE%\.jpi_cache creates it automatically if doesn't exist; doesn't understand env vars; javaplugin.cache.directory= E\:\\'username'\\java |
no | yes | none | TWEAK (app) | no |
%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\Java Web
Start.lnk; %USERPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Java Web Start |
d:\programs\Java |
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| Nero | 33 | see tge doc | registry. HKCU\Software\Ahead\Nero - Burning Rom\Cache Path REG_SZ |
not really, Local Settings\Temp. doesn't understand env vars |
yes. covered by NBR | yes | doesn't seem to base prefs on its values in HKLM and .DEFAULT | TWEAK (app) | Nero BurnRights /silent /burnrights:all /path=d:\programs\ NeroBurnRights | %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Ahead Nero; | d:\programs\nero |
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| QuickBooks | 107 | n/a | registry +? |
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remove 'QuickBooks Delivery Agent' from %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\QuickBooks 2002 Delivery Agent.lnk and presumably same for 2001 |
%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Desktop\QuickBooks
Pro.lnk %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\QuickBooks Pro; |
d:\programs\QuickBooks |
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| Access |
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n/a | registry |
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no | n/a | n/a |
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d:\programs\microsoft office |
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GTK+; The GIMP; LZW support |
26 | n/a |
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%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\GIMP.lnk; %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\GIMP.lnk; %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\GIMP; |
d:\programs\GIMP (GTK+ in default) |
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| Zinf | 3.5 | see tge doc | registry (HKCU) | n/a | no | yes | Default User(?) or per-user using TWEAK | no? | no? |
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d:\programs\Zinf |
where to dld files to enable EMUsic package downloads - no |
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| ? Exact Audio Copy ? |
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see tge doc | anywhere you choose, except local CDDB in program directory |
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create profiles for each CD-RW |
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no |