The Decoder Wheel

Create one folder, “ver_9″ (or anything else you like)

That folder contains the following files, each of which will be described in more detail in immediately afterward:

1. Firefox Setup 9.0.1.exe
2. install_Firefox.bat
3. local-settings.js
4. mozilla.cfg
5. override.ini

“Firefox Setup 9.0.1.exe”- this is the installation file downloaded from firefox.com
“install_Firefox.bat” -this file contains the text below and will be used to uninstall previous versions of Firefox before installing the new one.

“C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\uninstall\helper.exe” /s

“C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\uninstall\helper.exe” /s

“\\yourservername\yourdeploymentshare\Applications\Firefox\ver_9\Firefox Setup 9.0.1.exe” -ms

copy “\\yourservername\yourdeploymentshare\Applications\Firefox\ver_9\override.ini” “C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox” /Y

copy “\\yourservername\yourdeploymentshare\Applications\Firefox\ver_9\mozilla.cfg” “C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox” /Y

copy “\\yourservername\yourdeploymentshare\Applications\Firefox\ver_9\local-settings.js” “C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\Defaults\Pref” /Y

copy “\\yourservername\yourdeploymentshare\Applications\Firefox\ver_9\override.ini” “C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox” /Y

copy “\\yourservername\yourdeploymentshare\Applications\Firefox\ver_9\mozilla.cfg” “C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox” /Y

copy “\\yourservername\yourdeploymentshare\Applications\Firefox\ver_9\local-settings.js” “C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\Defaults\Pref” /Y

“local-settings.js” – contains the following text, not all of which is necessary but I’m unmotivated to clean it up as I document this.   This file gets copied from your server to the installation directory.

pref(“general.config.obscure_value”, 0);

pref(“general.config.filename”, “mozilla.cfg”);

toolkit.telemetry.enabled=false

toolkit.telemetry.prompted=True

user_pref(“extensions.update.enabled”, false);

user_pref(“toolkit.telemetry.prompted”, true);

extensions.shownSelectionUI=false

mozilla.cfg – this file gets copied from your server to the installation directory.  Modify as you see fit

//Firefox Default Settings

pref(“browser.startup.homepage”,”http://www.furman.edu”);

//disable default browser check

pref(“browser.shell.checkDefaultBrowser”, false);

// disable application updates

pref(“app.update.enabled”, false);

//use classic downloader

pref(“browser.download.useDownloadDir”, false);

// Do not redirect user to the homepage override URL

lockPref(“browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone”, “ignore”);

// The URL to use as a homepage when the browser starts after an upgrade

lockPref(“startup.homepage_override_url”, “”);

// The URL to display upon loading Firefox with a new profile for the first time

lockPref(“startup.homepage_welcome_url”, “”);

// Disables ‘Know your rights’ message on first launch

lockPref(“browser.rights.3.shown”, true);

// Disables popup-blocker, enabling pop-ups.

lockPref(“dom.disable_open_during_load”, false);

// Disables remembering passwords

lockPref(“signon.rememberSignons”, false);

// Disables “I am about to enter an encrypted page” warning

lockPref(“security.warn_entering_secure”, false);

// Automatically Check For Updates to: Installed Add-ons

lockPref(“extensions.update.enabled”, false);

// May disable the “Would you like to help improve Firefox?” on startup message

pref(“toolkit.telemetry.prompted”, false);

override.ini – will prevent being asked about bookmark imports, etc.

[XRE]

EnableProfileMigrator=false

I use MDT2010 for deployment … you do it however you wish.  If you double click the batch file it will uninstall the older version(s) and install the latest.  

Captured from this site – I can confirm this works:

http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/topic/106189-gimagex-fails-to-mount-wim/

1. Make sure GImageX is closed. Open Regedit.

2. Navigate to “HKLM\Software\WIMMount\Mounted Images”

3. You should see a subkey with a long name like “374cf018-f245-442d-9544-d6a2092607e0″. Delete this key. (Note: you can export it first if you’re concerned about modifying the registry)

*Updated* 4. Close Windows Explorer and reopen it. Delete the folder you used as your mount point (eg. “C:\WORK\WIM”), then re-create it.

5. Restart GImageX and the image should open correctly again.

Four Winds Interactive

When deploying this template to the sign — the areas circled in red stopped showing up.  The top grey area is a live RSS feed.  The area below it is a Live Data CSV file.  They showed up and worked fine for a few days…. and then suddenly stopped and only a blank area would show up.

The resolution involved adjusting the performance of the ticker at the bottom.

1.  The ticker needs to be running as a separate process — dictated by the region settings shown below.  After doing so, the two regions came back immediately.  As a result, however, the ticker at the bottom stopped showing up altogether.

2. The speed and performance of the ticker need to be adjusted and fine tuned until the ticker starts to show up again.  This is done in the player properties:

3. Finally, if the ticker is still not showing up correctly — enable “Use default desktop” on the player itself.  Shutdown the player software and fire it up again.  The ticker should now be playing correctly.

See my post on ver. 27 — it’s identical for 29.

http://www.thedecoderwheel.com/?p=1369

Download the MSI files

http://www.adobe.com/special/products/flashplayer/fp_distribution3.html

Create a mms.cfg file using notepad – the contents only need to contain:

AutoUpdateDisable=1

Create this batch and run it (one for 32bit, one for 64bit)

32bit:

@echo off

echo Installing Flash…

msiexec.exe /i “\\yourservername\yourdeploymentshare\Applications\Flash\install_flash_player_11_active_x_32bit.msi” /qb msiexec.exe /i “\\yourservername\yourdeploymentshare\Applications\Flash\install_flash_player_11_plugin_32bit.msi” /qb

echo copying mms.cfg file to disable updating…

copy “\\yourservername\yourdeploymentshare\Applications\Flash\mms.cfg” “C:\WINDOWS\System32\Macromed\Flash” echo Done!

64bit:

@echo off echo Installing Flash…

msiexec.exe /i “\\yourservername\yourdeploymentshare\Applications\Flash\install_flash_player_11_active_x_64bit.msi” /qb msiexec.exe /i “\\yourservername\yourdeploymentshare\Applications\Flash\install_flash_player_11_plugin_64bit.msi” /qb

echo copying mms.cfg file to disable updating…

copy “\\yourservername\yourdeploymentshare\Applications\Flash\mms.cfg” “C:\WINDOWS\SysWOW64″ echo Done!

See my other Firefox posts for compiling the files that get copied in this script.  This script was written because I need to replace a custom install of Firefox with a completely different customization.  If I simply uninstalled Firefox and reinstalled the latest version, the customizations from the first install would linger.

This script runs the Firefox uninstaller and then purges the leftovers before installing the most current version.

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\uninstall\helper.exe" /s
"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\uninstall\helper.exe" /s
del "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\*.*" /F /S /Q
del "C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\*.*" /F /S /Q
RD "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox" /S /Q
RD "C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox" /S /Q

"\\yourservername\yourdeploymentshare\Custom\ScienceLibrary\Firefox\Firefox Setup 7.0.1.exe" -ms
copy "\\yourservername\yourdeploymentshare\Custom\ScienceLibrary\Firefox\override.ini" "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox" /Y
copy "\\yourservername\yourdeploymentshare\Custom\ScienceLibrary\Firefox\mozilla.cfg" "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox" /Y
copy "\\yourservername\yourdeploymentshare\Custom\ScienceLibrary\Firefox\local-settings.js" "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\Defaults\Pref" /Y

copy "\\yourservername\yourdeploymentshare\Custom\ScienceLibrary\Firefox\override.ini" "C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox" /Y
copy "\\yourservername\yourdeploymentshare\Custom\ScienceLibrary\Firefox\mozilla.cfg" "C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox" /Y
copy "\\yourservername\yourdeploymentshare\Custom\ScienceLibrary\Firefox\local-settings.js" "C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\Defaults\Pref" /Y

msiexec.exe /i "\\yourservername\yourdeploymentshare\applications\Adobe Flash - Firefox\install_flash_player_10_plugin.msi" /qb

I’m interested in finding a way to get an iPad or other device to play content based on proximity.

For example, as you approach a specific area, the iPad would play an audio / video file, that has been pre-loaded to the iPad, when you stand within 20 or 3o ft (Bluetooth?  RF?) of another device — say a mac mini that is possibly paired via bluetooth to the iPad.  One may walk around a facility holding the iPad and as they approach certain areas or objects, a video or audio file automatically plays.   That’s just an example.

I’m not hard set on an iPad or a mac mini — the solution could be opensource or commercial/pay for, it could be an Android based device, an iPod, use bluetooth, RF signal, anything…  ideally, however, it would be opensource or inexpensive and could be maintained in-house.  I know products exist that do this without an iPad — such as http://www.antennainternational.com/

Does any free or inexpensive product or combination of products come to mind?  If so, please email me or post a comment to this thread.

Thanks,

Joe

They finally updated this….

http://www.google.com/chrome/intl/en/business/download.html

See Firefox 6 install as it is identical:

http://www.thedecoderwheel.com/?p=1329

I don’t recall if, in the past, to install Windows on a mac you HAD to have Mac OS on one partition?  I had convinced myself of it, anyway…  Now I’m in a position where it is beneficial to load only Windows 7 on a mac mini for digital signage.  To do this efficiently, I wish to use MDT2010 so that I can create a “Role” tailored to digital signage media players.

I initially made repeated attempts to use DeployStudio to capture and deploy a dual boot system with Lion and Win7 — but too many failed attempts lead me down this path … of installing ONLY Windows 7.

This process is easy but you will lose all other partitions, including your recovery partition, so be aware!  If you’ve used MDT2010 to do any deployments, the process is identical for a mac mini running Windows 7 only vs. a PC running Windows 7.  The very first step, however, is different in that I run diskpart to destroy all partitions on the mac.  My commands after booting to a WinPE MDT2010 USB key are:

diskpart

select disk 0

clean

create part pri

active

format fs=ntfs quick

exit

Then boot to the key again and if you’ve configured a role as you do for a regular Windows box — you proceed as if you were using a normal Windows computer.