[cisco-voip] CDP driver for IPC is unsigned, causes install problems.

[Robert Kulagowski]

> Robert Kulagowski wrote:
>> Our Windows folks have been pulling their hair out because of all the 
>> files that make up IP Communicator, the CDP driver is apparently 
>> unsigned, and that makes it very, very difficult to use SMS to package 
>> it up and deploy it transparently to the users.
>>
>> CSCsh23655 has this as the workaround:
>>
>> "Click on Allow to proceed with the installation."
>>
>> Um, no.
>>
>> TAC case 608257927.  The recommended solution from TAC is for the user 
>> to login as admin.  Our users don't have admin rights.  And if you 
>> don't go through the admin route, then you get popups when you start IPC.
>>
>> First found in 2.1(1), we're on 2.1(3) now.  Cisco, please pick the 
>> low-hanging fruit on this one...

Wes Sisk wrote:
 > Unfortunately classified as a feature request (severity 6).  If the
 > driver is signed for XP then we can make a stronger case that this is a
 > regression issue that must be addressed.  Does instlal work on XP
 > without manual intervention?

As far as I know, no, it doesn't.  But I believe that in XP the SMS 
packager/admin can force it to install even though it's unsigned.  Vista 
doesn't.