Thanks Shane. So you had to do an administrative install to get it to work? That shouldn't have been necessary but if it took care of your issue then at least you're done with it. J From: gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Shane Williford Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 12:41 PM To: gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [gptalk] Re: Allowing FlashPlayer Hey Jamie (and all)...I got it to work. With your 2 suggestions below...I did some further digging and found this AMAZING step-by-step software deployment PDF from Adobe, believe it or not. It goes through detailed steps to succesfully deploy any Adobe software via GP...and probably any software in general for that matter. I was still able to use the original share I created instead of the sysvol. I went ahead and attached the PDF in case anyone would like a gander (forgive me if this wasn't appropriate). Thanks for all the assistance! J Shane M. Williford Systems Administrator MCSE, MCSA Sec, Sec+, Net+, A+ Mazuma Credit Union 9300 Troost Kansas City, MO 64131 shane.williford@xxxxxxxxxx 816-361-4194 x6012 From: Shane Williford Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 4:54 PM To: gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: [gptalk] Re: Allowing FlashPlayer Thanks Jamie...I added Dom Comp's to the share I wanted the install to pull from, but that didn't work (and I enabled the other setting within the same GPO...both without success). I'll try the sysvol solution and let you know. Thanks! ________________________________ From: gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Nelson, Jamie [Jamie.Nelson@xxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 3:09 PM To: gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [gptalk] Re: Allowing FlashPlayer We just had a weird question like this on the board a few weeks ago and the person fixed it by putting the MSI (in this case for the Office Compatibility Pack) in the sysvol share. Before you do that, try the following: 1. Make sure the "Domain Computers" group has explicit "Read" permissions to the share where you placed the MSI 2. Enable "always wait for the network at computer startup and logon" From: gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Shane Williford Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 2:48 PM To: gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [gptalk] Re: Allowing FlashPlayer I am assigning it via Comp Config. Shane M. Williford Systems Administrator MCSE, MCSA Sec, Sec+, Net+, A+ Mazuma Credit Union 9300 Troost Kansas City, MO 64131 shane.williford@xxxxxxxxxx 816-361-4194 x6012 From: gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Nelson, Jamie Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 2:32 PM To: gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [gptalk] Re: Allowing FlashPlayer That is only when you "advertise" software to users. Are you doing it that way or "assigning" it on the computer side (Computer Configuration) of the GPO? Regards, Jamie Nelson | Operations Consultant | BI&T Infrastructure-Intel | Devon Energy Corporation | Work: 405.552.8054 | http://www.dvn.com <http://www.dvn.com/> From: gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Shane Williford Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 1:29 PM To: gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [gptalk] Re: Allowing FlashPlayer OK...well, after testing this solution...it seems the application does indeed install, but is not fully "activated" for use. A local (or domain) admin needs to log onto the PC and still install the ActiveX component from a site using Flash Player. Once that's done, all other users are able to view flash-enabled programs or websites. Am I just missing something? When looking at software assigning at MS, this is what they said: The core application is not installed until the user activates the application on the computer by one of three ways: selecting the application from the Start menu, clicking s shortcut on the Desktop, or by activating a document of a file type that is associated with the application (article: http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/library/d3d52f5d-45ab-4be 9-a040-28ffe09bc8f81033.mspx?mfr=true) Shane M. Williford Systems Administrator MCSE, MCSA Sec, Sec+, Net+, A+ Mazuma Credit Union 9300 Troost Kansas City, MO 64131 shane.williford@xxxxxxxxxx 816-361-4194 x6012 From: gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Nelson, Jamie Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 10:40 AM To: gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [gptalk] Re: Allowing FlashPlayer Yeah, that's why you would do it as a machine-assigned software install...It will have admin rights because it is running at NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM. From: gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Shane Williford Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 10:37 AM To: gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [gptalk] Re: Allowing FlashPlayer Thank you Jamie...I got the msi download and will try it out. I'm not sure it'll work as I'm reading on the site that local admin rights are still needed, but we'll see... Shane M. Williford Systems Administrator MCSE, MCSA Sec, Sec+, Net+, A+ Mazuma Credit Union 9300 Troost Kansas City, MO 64131 shane.williford@xxxxxxxxxx 816-361-4194 x6012 From: gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Nelson, Jamie Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 8:57 AM To: gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [gptalk] Re: Allowing FlashPlayer There is a Flash Player ActiveX MSI package available through the Adobe Distribution program. It's free but you have to signup. Push that out through machine assigned software and you should be good to go. From: gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Shane Williford Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 8:53 AM To: gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [gptalk] Allowing FlashPlayer Hi All... I'm not sure if any of you experienced this in the past, but there was an Excel spreadsheet that was being passed around via email that had games inbedded into it using Flash (Ms. Pac Man, Galaga, and a couple others). As such, we used GP to not allow users to be able to use Flash. Since there hasn't been a problem with that lately, and the fact that more and more websites are using Flash we have come to the point to allow Flash again. We disallowed it by setting permissions on the Flash folder using GP. I have since changed the permissions accordingly, but am still having a 2nd 'ary problem. When going to a site with Flash, users are prompted to download Flash, by getting the ActiveX bar at the top of their IE window. 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