Flash Player updates for non-admins

[woreilly]

This is probably an old question that's been asked many times before so I apologise in advance. I also apologise if there's a better section to have posted this in. Is there a way I can allow Adobe Flash Player updates to install either in the background like Chrome does or allow non-admin users to install it without giving those users local admin rights?

 

Previously, I have always suppressed any update notifications by editing the relevant property within the MSI. Is there a property I can edit to allow non-admins to install the update so I don't have to keep manually putting a new MSI in every time Adobe release an update?

[mrwoberts]

Task Scheduler (elevated) ? You could include, as part of the task sequence, the fetch instructions to check and download the latest msi before installing it.

 

Edit: By the way, the standard .exe accepts the /install switch which makes it silent!

Edited October 20, 2015 by mrwoberts

[Michael]

For your reference (just so you're aware) Windows 10 includes Flash Player by default and gets its updates either from WSUS or Microsoft Update.

 

If you need to continue using Windows 7, then you can download MSIs to a network share and deploy to your network as required via Group Policy.

[CyberNerd]

or use chrome which also includes flash updates.

[free780]

You can use the background updater to use a local web server.

[woreilly]

If you need to continue using Windows 7, then you can download MSIs to a network share and deploy to your network as required via Group Policy.

 

I already do this, but as I travel between around 12 first/primary/middle schools, I'm not always there to load the very latest MSI all the time. Pretty much all of our schools that we support are running Windows 7 so for now we have to stick with deploying an MSI via group policy.

 

or use chrome which also includes flash updates.

 

A lot of my schools use Chrome already due to having the built in flash player. However, there are a small amount who, by habit, still use IE and a lot of the educational sites they use are still flash based so it often doesn't work for them due to Flash not being updated.

[Michael]

To be honest, I really wouldn't worry about deploying every single new build released by Adobe. So long as it's relatively up-to-date, you'll be absolutely fine.

[CyberNerd]

A lot of my schools use Chrome already due to having the built in flash player. However, there are a small amount who, by habit, still use IE and a lot of the educational sites they use are still flash based so it often doesn't work for them due to Flash not being updated.

 

They tend to change their behaviour when you give them a workaround; ie to use chrome.