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KEY: No software is forced-installed (new to the computer) on Windows except the following under specific circumstances:
| Software forced-installed | Circumstance | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| CM Client | Added when system added to CU AD | Non-issue, right? |
| Flexera CSI (Secunia) | Added when system added to (CIT?) Central Patching | If only gets installed if a system is added to CIT Central Patching, non-issue, right? |
| No other software is forced-installed! | (Not Forced-installed should not to be confused with patching, action taken on pre-installed software). |
| (1A) CU AD | (1B) CM client | CIT Central Patching | A&S Central Patching | Chemistry Central Patching | A la carte patching (CM) | A la carte patching: (GP) | A la carte installs (CM) | A la carte installs (GP) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| What service gets you or does: | Gets you CM client automatically (forced install) | Enables all other CM services, and depends on CU AD. | Patching ONLY if application already on system. | Patching ONLY if application already on system. | Patching ONLY if application already on system. | Patching ONLY if application already on system. | ||||
| Pros of service: | Usernames are NetID and NetID passwords. Enables all other Chemistry IT management tools, including CM-related ones. | Enables other things, by default is None: passive. | ||||||||
| Cons of service: | Enforced password strength. | Reports some hardware (none)(none?) Can it report out, even in "passive" mode? OK anyway, right?applications?) data to CIT's servers (viewable by?) | ||||||||
| How used in Chemistry It uses in supporting Research: | All supported Windows able to get on AD get this. | Thus, supported Windows able to get on AD get this. | Java patching | Java intalls. |
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