On Fri September 16 2005 17:41, Andy Lewis wrote:
> Bryce Stenberg wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I could put it on a share (no samba here - totally windows) so they can
> > access update.
> >
> > But then I have still have to go round and do the updates!
> > Most users don't have permission to install software, it needs admin
> > rights, or be an approved process that can elevate it's rights to do
> > install (like .msi files from server are allowed).
> >
> > So, is there an automatic detection and update process? (along lines of
> > windows update detecting that office needs an update and then doing it,
> > or like firefox's update process).
> >
> > If not, does anyone else see this as important? I won't be installing
> > any more OpenOffice if there is high overhead for admins to do updates.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Bryce Stenberg
>
> I think what CPH meant was installing Openoffice.org itself on a shared
> server, rather than on each individual machine. Then when you update
> Ooo, you only need to update one copy. Each user has their own profile
> (user settings) on their own machine but that's not affected by the
> upgrade. We have a network install like this on our (windows) network
> and it works fine - perhaps a bit slower starting up when a computer is
> first switched on, but after that there's no noticeable difference.
Thanks Andy, this is exactly what I mean. By the way, how much slower is it
compared to running it from the workstation ? And do your users use the quick
launcher to keep OOo in memory ?
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