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   Evan Karp
   Virtual Computer

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   [Admin Note: This is an archived thread from the old Virtual Computer Forums.]

   Hello All,

   While creating a NxTop image today I realized I need a better mix of 'real-world' applications installed. I was in IT for a number of years in our older images we included Office, AV (w/ spyware plugin), and email client. What additional apps do you include on your global images? What type of apps do you include on a one-off basis?

   Thanks,
   Kevin Amorin
   Product Management Team
   Virtual Computer

   [Admin Note: Originally posted by kevin]

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   Evan Karp
   Virtual Computer

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   Kevin,

   Adobe Acrobat Reader
   Adobe Flash Player
   Citrix ICA Client

   We have a wide variety of healthcare apps that get loaded however many of those have become web based with nothing more than .NET or ActiveX controls.

   Hope that helps a bit.

   [Admin Note: Originally posted by randyf25]

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   Evan Karp
   Virtual Computer

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   We install remote managemnet tools along with:
   Winzip
   password safe (trying to install security into users!)
   Bounceback (for local user backup)
   Utimaco (disk/email encryption)
   iPASS (remote connectivity)
   PowerDVD

   [Admin Note: Originally posted by grahams]

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   Evan Karp
   Virtual Computer

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   We're using Office 2K7 with all the features, Visio, Project, some small java apps, av/as, ftp client, im client, etc. Our enterprise stuff is terminal server based.

   Our faculty and student images are a bit more bloated. Along w/ the above we add:
   Quickbooks
   some custom textbook software (big image bloat, low cpu/memory use)
   windows lockdown tools
   steadily growing list of browser pluging (think Netflix)
   classroom control software (SoftLink)

   [Admin Note: Originally posted by tficarra]

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   Evan Karp
   Virtual Computer

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   Hello,

   As an educational instituition we have approx 130-150 applications. However, in a base image we would primarily include just MS Office 2007, Symantec A/V. All (ok most) of our applications are then virtualized (using VMWare ThinApp - Formerly Thinstall) and installable from our portal environment. This makes base image creation and management much simpler for us.

   I would be happy to provide the list of the software we use if desired...From AutoCAD and Adobe products to smaller apps like Terraview and Simply Accounting :-)

   [Admin Note: Originally posted by gerrity]

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   louise071
   Member

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   We are Using Microsoft Office 2007. Trend micro for anti virus

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