Deployment of ExamView, Treasures and other poorly written software - SEMTEC The SE MN preK-12 Technology Coordinators2024-03-28T17:50:41Zhttp://semteck12.ning.com/forum/topics/deployment-of-examview-treasures-and-other-poorly-written?feed=yes&xn_auth=noI got the installation DVD fo…tag:semteck12.ning.com,2012-12-14:2578996:Comment:233772012-12-14T17:39:31.251ZMike Plasshttp://semteck12.ning.com/profile/MikePlass
<p>I got the installation DVD for the Emulator from one of our math teachers. It actually had a URL on it.....education.ti.com</p>
<p>I went there and called the support #. Apparently, you have to purchase the TI SMARTView software separately, unless you've purchase enough calculators to have enough points, then you get the software for free. It sounds like there is a bit of a process to find out how many points we have. But I'm going to start this process.</p>
<p>But, there is a 90 day…</p>
<p>I got the installation DVD for the Emulator from one of our math teachers. It actually had a URL on it.....education.ti.com</p>
<p>I went there and called the support #. Apparently, you have to purchase the TI SMARTView software separately, unless you've purchase enough calculators to have enough points, then you get the software for free. It sounds like there is a bit of a process to find out how many points we have. But I'm going to start this process.</p>
<p>But, there is a 90 day trial period on the emulator. So I plan on pushing this out using your script. Wish me luck, but it shouldn't be a problem, as I've done this many times with GPOs. In the mean time, I'm going to work on finding if we have enough points.</p>
<p>Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. Apparently, what has been told to me by the math teachers has been either inaccurate or incomplete information.</p>
<p>Mike</p> In this instance, the math te…tag:semteck12.ning.com,2012-12-14:2578996:Comment:233762012-12-14T17:18:41.109ZBrian Moskalikhttp://semteck12.ning.com/profile/BrianMoskalik
<p>In this instance, the math teachers had made a purchase and obtained physical media which I copied to my network install point. With what you have, you may wish to try running the software on 64bit and XP, and then create a batch xcopy to where the files need to be, and place shortcuts as appropriate. Unfortunately my installer only has the exe and a DMG file in the installer folder.<br></br> <br></br> <cite>Mike Plass said:…</cite></p>
<p>In this instance, the math teachers had made a purchase and obtained physical media which I copied to my network install point. With what you have, you may wish to try running the software on 64bit and XP, and then create a batch xcopy to where the files need to be, and place shortcuts as appropriate. Unfortunately my installer only has the exe and a DMG file in the installer folder.<br/> <br/> <cite>Mike Plass said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://semteck12.ning.com/forum/topics/deployment-of-examview-treasures-and-other-poorly-written?commentId=2578996%3AComment%3A23178&xg_source=msg_com_forum#2578996Comment23178"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Where did you get the .exe software for this? All I have is what I was given by the math teachers, which is a directory of skins and roms, 1 .bin file, and vti.exe, rom8x.exe, and skin.exe files.</p>
<p>And yes, we are legit on our software and roms. We have heavily invested in in TI-83+ calculators, having over 100 of them. Having over 100 of the physical calculators entitles us to install the software on over 100 computers. Done my research on that one of course. But for the life of me, I can't find where to go to download the actual installs.</p>
<p>Mike<br/> <br/> <cite>Brian Moskalik said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://semteck12.ning.com/forum/topics/deployment-of-examview-treasures-and-other-poorly-written?commentId=2578996%3AComment%3A23177&xg_source=msg_com_forum#2578996Comment23176"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>I deployed the TI-84 software through SCCM with this batch command line:</p>
<p>"\\server\path\TI84\TI-SmartView_TI-84.exe" /quiet</p>
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<p>Unfortunately, almost all my systems are Win 7 32bit. We don't run 64bit yet, and our XP systems are largely gone minus select office systems so I haven't had to deploy much to them via GPO or SCCM lately.</p>
<p><br/> <br/> <cite>Mike Plass said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://semteck12.ning.com/forum/topics/deployment-of-examview-treasures-and-other-poorly-written#2578996Comment23082"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>TI Calc.....has anyone gotten this to work being pushed out via GPO? We have invested a lot of money in to TI-83+ calculators. Each of these come with a license to install the "virtual" edition on a computer. I have had success to push out the software on to Windows 7 32 bit, but not XP Pro or Win 7 64 bit. </p>
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</blockquote> Where did you get the .exe so…tag:semteck12.ning.com,2012-12-14:2578996:Comment:231782012-12-14T17:13:24.316ZMike Plasshttp://semteck12.ning.com/profile/MikePlass
<p>Where did you get the .exe software for this? All I have is what I was given by the math teachers, which is a directory of skins and roms, 1 .bin file, and vti.exe, rom8x.exe, and skin.exe files.</p>
<p>And yes, we are legit on our software and roms. We have heavily invested in in TI-83+ calculators, having over 100 of them. Having over 100 of the physical calculators entitles us to install the software on over 100 computers. Done my research on that one of course. But for the life of…</p>
<p>Where did you get the .exe software for this? All I have is what I was given by the math teachers, which is a directory of skins and roms, 1 .bin file, and vti.exe, rom8x.exe, and skin.exe files.</p>
<p>And yes, we are legit on our software and roms. We have heavily invested in in TI-83+ calculators, having over 100 of them. Having over 100 of the physical calculators entitles us to install the software on over 100 computers. Done my research on that one of course. But for the life of me, I can't find where to go to download the actual installs.</p>
<p>Mike<br/> <br/> <cite>Brian Moskalik said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://semteck12.ning.com/forum/topics/deployment-of-examview-treasures-and-other-poorly-written?commentId=2578996%3AComment%3A23177&xg_source=msg_com_forum#2578996Comment23176"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>I deployed the TI-84 software through SCCM with this batch command line:</p>
<p>"\\server\path\TI84\TI-SmartView_TI-84.exe" /quiet</p>
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<p>Unfortunately, almost all my systems are Win 7 32bit. We don't run 64bit yet, and our XP systems are largely gone minus select office systems so I haven't had to deploy much to them via GPO or SCCM lately.</p>
<p><br/> <br/> <cite>Mike Plass said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://semteck12.ning.com/forum/topics/deployment-of-examview-treasures-and-other-poorly-written#2578996Comment23082"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>TI Calc.....has anyone gotten this to work being pushed out via GPO? We have invested a lot of money in to TI-83+ calculators. Each of these come with a license to install the "virtual" edition on a computer. I have had success to push out the software on to Windows 7 32 bit, but not XP Pro or Win 7 64 bit. </p>
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</blockquote> We're adding the designation…tag:semteck12.ning.com,2012-12-14:2578996:Comment:232792012-12-14T17:12:59.460ZBrian Moskalikhttp://semteck12.ning.com/profile/BrianMoskalik
<p>We're adding the designation of 'z' for our teacher computers. Then I can easily run a SCCM query and deploy software just to teachers rather than blanketing all the systems. We haven't gotten very far in our renaming yet, but I'd guess we might make some progress over the upcoming breaks.<br></br> <br></br> <cite>Mike Plass said:…</cite></p>
<p>We're adding the designation of 'z' for our teacher computers. Then I can easily run a SCCM query and deploy software just to teachers rather than blanketing all the systems. We haven't gotten very far in our renaming yet, but I'd guess we might make some progress over the upcoming breaks.<br/> <br/> <cite>Mike Plass said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://semteck12.ning.com/forum/topics/deployment-of-examview-treasures-and-other-poorly-written?commentId=2578996%3AComment%3A23375&xg_source=msg_com_forum#2578996Comment23375"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Awesome. Same here. I have a specific naming convention. SCPSHS103TE001 - Which means: St. Charle Public Schools - High School building - Rm 103 - TE for teacher machine - 001 - sequential number for the machine. </p>
<p>TE - Teacher PC</p>
<p>ST - Student PC</p>
<p>SW - switches</p>
<p>RT - routers</p>
<p>PR - printers</p>
<p>CP - copiers</p>
<p>AD - administrative machines</p>
<p>MA - maintenance machines</p>
<p>you get the point</p>
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</blockquote> Awesome. Same here. I have…tag:semteck12.ning.com,2012-12-14:2578996:Comment:233752012-12-14T17:09:53.985ZMike Plasshttp://semteck12.ning.com/profile/MikePlass
<p>Awesome. Same here. I have a specific naming convention. SCPSHS103TE001 - Which means: St. Charle Public Schools - High School building - Rm 103 - TE for teacher machine - 001 - sequential number for the machine. </p>
<p>TE - Teacher PC</p>
<p>ST - Student PC</p>
<p>SW - switches</p>
<p>RT - routers</p>
<p>PR - printers</p>
<p>CP - copiers</p>
<p>AD - administrative machines</p>
<p>MA - maintenance machines</p>
<p>you get the point</p>
<p>Awesome. Same here. I have a specific naming convention. SCPSHS103TE001 - Which means: St. Charle Public Schools - High School building - Rm 103 - TE for teacher machine - 001 - sequential number for the machine. </p>
<p>TE - Teacher PC</p>
<p>ST - Student PC</p>
<p>SW - switches</p>
<p>RT - routers</p>
<p>PR - printers</p>
<p>CP - copiers</p>
<p>AD - administrative machines</p>
<p>MA - maintenance machines</p>
<p>you get the point</p> We have a very specific namin…tag:semteck12.ning.com,2012-12-14:2578996:Comment:231772012-12-14T17:06:31.384ZBrian Moskalikhttp://semteck12.ning.com/profile/BrianMoskalik
<p>We have a very specific naming convention that works pretty well for our needs. </p>
<p>Two Digit year of model release, 3 letter building designation, 3 digit room number - computer iteration (-01, 02, 03 etc)</p>
<p>So an example of a new system we acquired this year for Lourdes, in room 200, and the 3rd system would be 12LHS200-03</p>
<p>I assign all computer names through FOG, which then names each system as it images them, and joins the domain with the assigned name.…<br></br> <br></br></p>
<p>We have a very specific naming convention that works pretty well for our needs. </p>
<p>Two Digit year of model release, 3 letter building designation, 3 digit room number - computer iteration (-01, 02, 03 etc)</p>
<p>So an example of a new system we acquired this year for Lourdes, in room 200, and the 3rd system would be 12LHS200-03</p>
<p>I assign all computer names through FOG, which then names each system as it images them, and joins the domain with the assigned name.<br/> <br/> <cite>Mike Plass said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://semteck12.ning.com/forum/topics/deployment-of-examview-treasures-and-other-poorly-written#2578996Comment23374"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>I can't wait to get that SCCM server up and running. Sounds like the way to go.</p>
<p>On thing with the FOG server. Are your machine names random? Is it possible to have a specific machine name go to a particular machine? Maybe set up to name it according to MAC address? </p>
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<p>I have a naming convention for every device on the network. I need to stick with it. And the PCs in the labs are in order, in case we have a machine that goes down, I have a map on the wall that a teacher can look at to see what the machine name is and then submit a trouble ticket on it.</p>
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</blockquote> I deployed the TI-84 software…tag:semteck12.ning.com,2012-12-14:2578996:Comment:231762012-12-14T17:01:50.588ZBrian Moskalikhttp://semteck12.ning.com/profile/BrianMoskalik
<p>I deployed the TI-84 software through SCCM with this batch command line:</p>
<p>"\\server\path\TI84\TI-SmartView_TI-84.exe" /quiet</p>
<p></p>
<p>Unfortunately, almost all my systems are Win 7 32bit. We don't run 64bit yet, and our XP systems are largely gone minus select office systems so I haven't had to deploy much to them via GPO or SCCM lately.</p>
<p><br></br> <br></br> <cite>Mike Plass said:…</cite></p>
<p>I deployed the TI-84 software through SCCM with this batch command line:</p>
<p>"\\server\path\TI84\TI-SmartView_TI-84.exe" /quiet</p>
<p></p>
<p>Unfortunately, almost all my systems are Win 7 32bit. We don't run 64bit yet, and our XP systems are largely gone minus select office systems so I haven't had to deploy much to them via GPO or SCCM lately.</p>
<p><br/> <br/> <cite>Mike Plass said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://semteck12.ning.com/forum/topics/deployment-of-examview-treasures-and-other-poorly-written#2578996Comment23082"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>TI Calc.....has anyone gotten this to work being pushed out via GPO? We have invested a lot of money in to TI-83+ calculators. Each of these come with a license to install the "virtual" edition on a computer. I have had success to push out the software on to Windows 7 32 bit, but not XP Pro or Win 7 64 bit. </p>
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</blockquote> I have a naming convention fo…tag:semteck12.ning.com,2012-12-14:2578996:Comment:232782012-12-14T17:01:16.794ZMike Plasshttp://semteck12.ning.com/profile/MikePlass
<p>I have a naming convention for every device on the network. I need to stick with it. And the PCs in the labs are in order, in case we have a machine that goes down, I have a map on the wall that a teacher can look at to see what the machine name is and then submit a trouble ticket on it.</p>
<p>I have a naming convention for every device on the network. I need to stick with it. And the PCs in the labs are in order, in case we have a machine that goes down, I have a map on the wall that a teacher can look at to see what the machine name is and then submit a trouble ticket on it.</p> I can't wait to get that SCCM…tag:semteck12.ning.com,2012-12-14:2578996:Comment:233742012-12-14T16:59:41.126ZMike Plasshttp://semteck12.ning.com/profile/MikePlass
<p>I can't wait to get that SCCM server up and running. Sounds like the way to go.</p>
<p>On thing with the FOG server. Are your machine names random? Is it possible to have a specific machine name go to a particular machine? Maybe set up to name it according to MAC address? </p>
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<p>I can't wait to get that SCCM server up and running. Sounds like the way to go.</p>
<p>On thing with the FOG server. Are your machine names random? Is it possible to have a specific machine name go to a particular machine? Maybe set up to name it according to MAC address? </p>
<p></p> With Admin Stuido I now have…tag:semteck12.ning.com,2012-12-14:2578996:Comment:232772012-12-14T16:57:14.125ZBrian Moskalikhttp://semteck12.ning.com/profile/BrianMoskalik
<p>With Admin Stuido I now have 2 systems. One clean system that I use to build the packages on, which directly uses AdminStudio components to monitor and build. I then have a 2nd system that is a standard district install which I do my test deployments to. If / when I need to clean it, I simply reimage it with FOG, which automatically drops my default image on it, joins it to the domain, applies my GPOs and installs my packages through SCCM. I've reimaged 5 times in one day with this…</p>
<p>With Admin Stuido I now have 2 systems. One clean system that I use to build the packages on, which directly uses AdminStudio components to monitor and build. I then have a 2nd system that is a standard district install which I do my test deployments to. If / when I need to clean it, I simply reimage it with FOG, which automatically drops my default image on it, joins it to the domain, applies my GPOs and installs my packages through SCCM. I've reimaged 5 times in one day with this process. Quite effective. :)<br/> <br/> <cite>Mike Plass said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://semteck12.ning.com/forum/topics/deployment-of-examview-treasures-and-other-poorly-written#2578996Comment23083"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Oh, the other thing I was going to say is to get a test environment if you don't already have one. Grab a spare box with a half way decent processor in it. Install the free version of VMWare Vsphere on it. The latest version is 5.1 I believe. Install a few workstations on it. For example, on our network here in St. Charles, we have Windows XP Pro, Windows 7 32 bit and Windows 7 64 bit. Update them to the hilt from MS Updates.</p>
<p>Then, take a snapshot of each one of them. </p>
<p>After taking the snapshot, change the computer name and join to the domain. You now have your "clean" machine that you require. When testing all the software and successful deployment to it, revert back to the snapshot and disable and delete the machine from ADUC. You are back to square one with another base "clean" computer. </p>
<p>Works for me.</p>
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