MD2012 workstation Patch 09 being distributed to MD7 workstations

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After successful testing with the various test groups we have released MD2012 workstation Patch 09, which is the fifth patch for MD2012.
This is the second patch in a series of three for updating MD2012 workstations to MD2013.
The 3rd updated mentioned to make MD2012 workstations MD2013 is Java 1.6 JRE Update 45 which is currently being distributed to SHU workstations.

This update needs to be applied to workstations whilst it is at the ctrl-alt-del screen.
The patch takes a few minutes to run and ideally requires a reboot to occur in order the complete the updates, so initially we have set the update to only run at night and then automatically start any workstations that are switched off allowing them to install the updates, reboot and then switch off at the end of the process.
This means of course that the update will only apply to MD2012 workstations that are not left logged in overnight.

Any laptops will need to be using the wired network as WOL doesn’t work on wireless.

Any machine that doesn’t install the patch using this method will get the update in the future when we revert to the standard rollout method. This is just being done now to try and minimise disruption and cause less issues with the update, such as users rebooting the machine whilst software is being installed.

The update is being distributed in a phased roll out so it will take a few days to be applied to all MD2012 workstations, starting with the remaining MD2012 Lab machines to try and ensure all Lab machines are MD2013 before teaching commences.

Obviously this patch will not be applied to any machine that is using the MD2013 image that was released in July.

Patch-09 includes the following:

  • RealPlayer Enterprise 2.1.10
  • QuickTime 7.7.4
  • vWorkspace client 7.6
  • Windows Management Framework 3.0 (Inc. PowerShell 3.0)
  • Sassafras K2 Keyserver Client 7.0
  • Re-run file association reg files to re-association correct associations
  • Set _PATCH = 9
  • Set _VERSION = MD2013
  • Set _MENVER = MD2013

Once the update has completed the workstation will be an MD2013 workstation.