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Winclone, Windows 7, Bad Sectors

Hi all, Has anyone successfully deployed a dual-boot 10.6.4 - Windows 7 configuration? I'm working on getting an ENORMUS image created and I'm running into "bad sector" errors, even though I've run scandisk multiple times with 0 bad sectors reported....  View more

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Adding the hostname at the end of admin pw

I wonder anyone had to do this? Due to company policy we need to reset local admin pw every few months (pain) or workaround; add the hostname at the end of the local admin pw (this way every mac will have unique ladmin pw). Any scripting gods out the...  View more

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OS9

I know... it's really old and I don't want it in my environment either.... However I have a group that needs access to it for some legacy software and files. Currently the group has access to a PPC mac with the classic environment. Has anyone ever us...  View more

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MDM and the Casper Suite

Hey guys, We don’t normally talk about software before its time, but are making an exception as we continue working on version 8. The press release drops tomorrow, but thought you all would appreciate an early heads up. http://jamfsoftware.com/soluti...  View more

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CS5 Deployment

Hello All, our packaging area packaged CS5 Des Standard following theinstructions from Jamf, however when I push the package to an I7 MacBookPro it's not all there. It tested fine one a few other Macbooks we have.Any idea if the build could be machin...  View more

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Citrix Dazzle

Has anyone created a package for Citrix Dazzle (Citrix Online Plug-in.pkg)that includes the address of their server? If so, and were successful, canyou share it? I don't seem to be able to move thecom.Citrix.Citrix_Dazzle.plist to the machine (with t...  View more

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Copying new signatures to Entourage

[Changing to a more meaningful subject and snipping generously]On 8/30/10 3:47 AM, "Emmanuel Affran" wrote: I'm going to say this probably cannot be done programmatically. Entourage stores its signatures in its Database file and that file canonly be...  View more

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bind by smart configuration [ feature request ]

I have been looking for a feature, but I do not see it in Casper anywhere. So, I did some creative scripting instead. However, I can see how this would benefit many different organizations. We have about 6,000 Macbooks in my environment and when we f...  View more

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Child domain authentication

Not sure if any of you guys have seen this before.. but... Our master jss is located in the parent domain: weu.mycompany.global We have replicated distribution point in the child domain: child.weu.mycompany.global We are using the casperadmin & caspe...  View more

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unlock energy saver non admins?

I know you can set schedules in MCX, but does anyone know a way to allow non admin users to customize energy saver settings? I didn't see anything in resource kit or in the archives. Thanks!  View more

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Mailto links in Self Service?

Hi- Anyone get a mailto link working in Self Service? I'm trying to have a dummy policy that sends a ticket off to our help desk but it looks like mailto isn't working for me. It's crafted properly, but when you click on it, it doesn't do anything. T...  View more

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XML/CSV for iPhone inventory

I have requested a feature request for XML/CSV view option when viewing iPhone inventory. Funny though every item in inventory tab has this option apart from iPhone!! Work around is pasting into Excel but requires bit of cleaning up.Cem  View more

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Adobe Reader deployment

So I got this text book, actually a series of text books that are digital. They require the CD but I was able to chop them up and with a little sym link magic make it all a self contained application. However, it requires Adobe reader to read the tex...  View more

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Errors in Workgroup Manager / Unable to change user passwords

Guys - This is off-topic to casper specifically, but I wanted to reach out to some of the experts out there. We are starting to see at several different school locations this problem popping up. Workgroup Manager erring with "Error of type eDSAuthFai...  View more

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Casper List Posting Guidelines

Hello everyone, Please take a moment to review the short "Casper List Posting Guidelines"section linked below. This was recently added to the general listinformation page. We would like to ensure you have the same benefit andinformation as those sign...  View more

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freezing @ username/password prompt

We ordered ~1000 new Macbooks in one order (built in battery). We created our Netinstall image and base image with a laptop from this order. When imaging, on about 20% of machines from that order, technicians are unable to type their username/passwor...  View more

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Self Service with AD groups

We have a bunch of color laser printers that teachers install through self service. We are trying to keep students from using these printers, so we scoped the policy to an Active Directory group. Now those printers never show up in Self Service. If I...  View more

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Why InstaDMG over Composer (was New Mac Mini)

Well, for me there are a couple reasons. First, it's just old habit. IOn Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 3:30 PM, Weber, Jason wrote:used ID at my last location when I was using NetRestore to image machines. Second, I like that I can drop a DVD into a machine, ...  View more

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Automated Software Testing for the User Interface

Any one using EggPlant?? My packaging workflow using Composersnapshot => install => test it => test it again => test it again => buildpackage and test the package deployment; try to deploy to few different Macs aspossible (different OSs, different ha...  View more

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Make a new QuickAdd

How can I make a new Quickadd with the updated Jamf binary? I tried just modifying the file, but when I plug into instaDMG it returns errors saying to contact the vendor… Working on folder 14 QuickAdd07_30_2010 (10:05:24) Installing QuickAdd07_30_201...  View more

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Upgrading OpenSSL

Has anyone had to do this? There are a few vulnerabilities with my server pointing to OpenSSL: * OpenSSL ASN1_STRING_print_ex Function Denial of Service Vulnerability * OpenSSL EVP_VerifyFinal Security Bypass Vulterability I'm currently running v 0.9...  View more

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One client stuck at 7.1 [w/ feature request]

Apple Script is great for interacting with the end user. I am starting to use it myself, however, to be honest most users ignore it anyway. Really, what I want, and yes this is a feature request, is to create a scope off an advanced inventory search....  View more

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New Mac mini

For those that have imaged the new Mac Mini, what method are you using? For my regular image I started using InstaDMG, but that wont work on this machine since it's a 10.6.4 build that is different from everything else. Just sits at a spinning pinwhe...  View more

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Off-topic Scripting Question

First, sorry for the off-topic post. Is there a way to script the Login Option in the Accounts pane in System Preferences to "Allow network users to log in at login window" and set it to "Only these network users:" followed by a network user or two? ...  View more

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Default Printer Presets

Hello everyone, I need to create a print policy, that when a user logs into their machine they have a defaults preset of Black and White double sided printing. They still need to have the ability to change to colour, or modify/create additional prese...  View more

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Windows 7 deployment with Casper

We just wrapped up a nice little project to create a deployment strategy and I wanted to share my adoration of the Casper Suite.Casper's out of the box support for Win-Clone images is just amazing! used WinClone to capture a Sys-prepped Win7 install ...  View more

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