I for one would like to see the batch. We're building a GPO to install the MSIs inside the install.
-----Original Message----- From: Ben Scott [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 1:51 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Allowing or not Allowing iTunes on corporate computers???? On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 2:16 PM, Micheal Espinola Jr <[email protected]> wrote: > ... Apple products - especially when related to iTunes ... > ... Their update process can break easily, more often on 64bit ... > ... They cache all of their installation files ... In order to support an iPad binge by some VIP PHBs, I had to get into the business of supporting iTunes on our corporate PCs. We've supposedly got things down to a science, where a batch file does the install and/or update, installing only the components we want, disabling unwanted features. If updates are cached locally, it's in "Local Settings" or some other temporary location that we're not backing up anyway. I can share the batch file, if anyone is interested. We've still got the backup bloat of iDevice backups, though. iTunes apparently stores backups of the iDevices into the user's roaming profiles. From the size of the folders, it includes all software, and maybe even media (music/video), all with opaque ID names, in a big-ball-of-mud directory tree. So it's not possible to, say, exclude (easily reinstallable) apps while preserving the user's iDevice data. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
