I recently visited a Specops Deploy customer that was migrating from Windows 7 to Windows 10. As a part of the preparations, they went through their Deploy App targets to make sure that the correct application would be rolled... Read More
Adobe Reader best practices with App Deploy
A customer recently asked me: What is the best way to handle all of the numerous Adobe updates? After the initial install, updates may be required quite frequently. How do you manage it? I turned to my colleague Johan... Read More
Deploy Greenshot (open source application) with Specops Deploy / App
Greenshot is an open source screenshot tool, similar to the Windows Snipping Tool, but with more functionalities – and it’s free. In this blog, I will demonstrate how to install an open source application such as Greenshot with Specops... Read More
Bug report: Windows 10 fails to read Group Policy Objects
Update – this issue has been resolved. __ There is a bug caused by patches MS15-011 and MS15-014 to secure Windows 10 machines. This causes the client to fail to read Group Policy Objects. This is because clients are... Read More
How to deploy Java 8
We get a lot of questions from customers wondering how to deploy Java 8 to their client computers. Most people just want to add the Java support and get rid of the automatic update feature so that the clients... Read More
How to: become the LOCAL SYSTEM account with PsExec
If you are an administrator using Specops Deploy, you may have had the following experience: an application can be deployed without any problems when you are trying it on your local machine but when you try to deploy it... Read More
Application deployment without repackaging
IT administrators working in a complex environment usually have to manage a large portfolio of applications. A lot of times you have to repackage applications to simplify deployment, especially when you update images, customize installations and work with legacy applications that... Read More