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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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |