Re: auto-updater

So how would you go about updating a client that has 200+ users with on-going
application development that requires frequent updates? It doesn't seem
reasonable to expect the IT dept to update each computer. By the time they
finish, another version would be ready. ;)

I have a client that has had me in that exact situation for the last 7+ years.
The only way to solve it was to use a service that had sufficient rights to
install the updates. This course of action was approved by the IT dept before
implementation.

If the service is written correctly, it shouldn't break any policies.

-Steve-

"Antti Kurenniemi" <antti@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Strong advice: *don't* try to be clever here. There may well be a very good
reason why some users are running with privilege levels that disallow them
from updating anything in their computer. Respect that. Show the user an error
message saying that their rights do not allow the update, and also inform them
what to do to make it happen.

A service that runs *all the time*, so that it can *break my company's user
rights policies*? That's reason enough to never buy anything from that company
ever again. You don't want to be in that bunch of morons, trust me.


Antti Kurenniemi


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