I'm not a group policy guy. Can group policy preferences set a reg key in the HKCU hive once and then leave it alone?
I guess a logon script would work that checks if it was run previously before setting the keys. On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 2:55 PM, Daniel Ratliff <[email protected]> wrote: > My counter-argument, our app packaging team started trying to use this, > so I reached out to Microsoft. > > > > http://helgeklein.com/blog/2012/03/get-rid-of-active-setup/ > > *ActiveSetup is undocumented because it is not meant to be used, it was > originally used internally within Microsoft for IE4 to IE5/6 upgrades. See > the note below from Aaron Margosis. * > > > > http://blogs.msdn.com/b/aruns_blog/archive/2011/11/02/10176957.aspx > > *It must be pointed out that the "Active Setup" mechanism has never been > publicly documented and Microsoft will not necessarily support any use of > Active Setup by any component that doesn't ship within the Windows product. > There are lots of undocumented mechanisms. In general, people representing > Microsoft should not recommend their use -- at least not without plenty of > caveats. My $0.02.* > > > > Straight from the mouth of Aaron Margosis last year: > > *this is undocumented and unsupported from a Microsoft standpoint and > should not be used. It is recommended you use the recommended alternatives > such as Group Policy Preferences.* > > > > > > *Daniel Ratliff* > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Ryan > *Sent:* Wednesday, June 10, 2015 3:40 PM > > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [mssms] RE: Office 365 CTR Installer > > > > Here is some information on it. > > > > > http://blogs.msdn.com/b/aruns_blog/archive/2011/06/20/active-setup-registry-key-what-it-is-and-how-to-create-in-the-package-using-admin-studio-install-shield.aspx > > > > It runs once on user logon (doesn't have to be first logon, it just runs > once) and will run whatever command line you specify. This will be run as > the current user so you can use it to run a script and change the office > preferences to whatever you want in HKCU. > > > > Make sure there are no prompts and that it runs quickly as the logon > process will wait for this to finish. Changing registry keys should be fine > with this method. > > > > On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 2:17 PM, Marcum, John <[email protected]> wrote: > > Can you please give me more info? I’m not familiar with that so I don’t > know how it may be able to help me. > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Ryan > *Sent:* Wednesday, June 10, 2015 1:27 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [mssms] RE: Office 365 CTR Installer > > > > Active setup? > > > > On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 12:41 PM, Marcum, John <[email protected]> wrote: > > The problem with that, as you know Jason, is that I cannot force > settings upon anyone. I work for an organization that has 400 owners. We > default everything the way we think it should be but different people like > things different ways so we allow them to change settings as they see fit. > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Jason Sandys > *Sent:* Wednesday, June 10, 2015 11:51 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [mssms] RE: Office 365 CTR Installer > > > > Group Policy FTW > > > > J > > > > *From:* [email protected] [ > mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On > Behalf Of *Marcum, John > *Sent:* Wednesday, June 10, 2015 11:26 AM > *To:* SMS List ([email protected]) > *Subject:* [mssms] Office 365 CTR Installer > > > > I’m curious how others are deploying office using CTR technology. In the > legal industry we heavily customize office to fit our needs. Word is > probably the most important application to our business. I’ve learned that > there is no customization tool for CTR like there is with the old thick > installer for office. My MS rep tells me I have no choice but to use the > CTR installer because that’s what we are licensed for. He went to the > Office product team and they let him know in no uncertain terms that they > have no intention of giving the same customization ability to ctr that > exists in thick installer versions of office. I’m being told that I’ll have > to modify reg keys to customize office. Frankly that stinks! > > > * ------------------------------ * > > * John Marcum* > > MCITP, MCTS, MCSA > * Desktop Architect* > > * Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP* > * ------------------------------ * > > > > [image: H_Logo] > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail is from a law firm and may be > protected by the attorney-client or work product privileges. 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