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Please also note that the College of Arts and Sciences has stopped allowing for Windows 7 deployments via OSD, which does require Chemistry IT to do that work already. CIT still is providing updated Windows 7 OS images for now - with no guarantee on when that will stop.
Software/Config | College of A&S | Chemistry/Physics | Reasoning | Discussion | |||
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Local admin account disabled | Y | N - Local administrator account renamed as-admin, pw set | Local admin necessary for department needs | ||||
Set organization name | User/Cornell University | Department of Chemistry/Cornell University | Purely departmental preference | ||||
Join CUAD | Y | Y but not technically required | Freedom to choose what is appropriate | ||||
Identity Finder | Y | N | Freedom to choose what is appropriate | ||||
Firefox ESR | Y | Y | Acceptable minimum | ||||
Adobe Flash for Firefox | Y | N | Freedom to choose what is appropriate - we don't give admin staff flash | ||||
VLC | Y | N | Freedom to choose what is appropriate | ||||
Zoom | Y | N | Freedom to choose what is appropriate | ||||
Google Chrome | Y | N | Freedom to choose what is appropriate | ||||
Acrobat Reader DC | Y | N | Freedom to choose what is appropriate | ||||
Disable Firefox for Flash updates | Y | N | Don't install Firefox for Flash, so can't disable updating it - if installed, we want it to update automatically | ||||
BGInfo | Y | N | Freedom to choose what is appropriate | ||||
Remove base HD write rights | Y | N | Freedom to choose what is appropriate | ||||
Install Dell drivers | Y | Y | Same - See separate list of supported models | ||||
Encryption via CM setup | Y | N | Don't trust CM keeping keys or encrypting correctly |