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Chrome is a web browser from Google. You can download the current stable version in an MSI installer, Chrome for Business, from http://www.google.com/chrome/eula.html?msi=true&platform=win or http://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/business/browser/.
== Google Chrome 21 ==
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== Note for Remote Desktop Services ==
Windows Server 2008 R2 has a new feature called Windows Installer RDS Compatibility. This feature is enabled by default when using Remote Desktop Services and will cause some MSI installers to hang. When run through WPKG the install process will appear to never finish. When run with the same parameters from a command-line you'll see a Windows Installer dialog that asks you to wait and a progress bar that repeatedly completes and restarts. To successfully install Chrome on an RDS server you need to configure it using either:
=== Windows Registry ===
Create a [http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd560667%28WS.10%29.aspx#BKMK_3|registry key to disable this feature]:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Terminal Services\TSAppSrv\TSMSI\Enable=DWORD:0
The keys TSAppSrv and TSMSI probably won't exist and need to be created.
=== Windows GUI ===
Start → control panel → install application on remote desktop → Browse to the MSI file listed above.
Start → Run → MMC.exe addin → Group Policy ObjectEditor \Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Remote Desktop Services\Remote Desktop Session Host\Application Compatibility – Turn off Windows Installer RDS Compatibility
Turn back on after you're done.
It is possible for this not to work if you changed the policy while it was installing saying "please wait..."; also, make sure users didn't install Chrome into their Windows profile (you can only see their Chrome in their own Add/Remove Programs).
== Automated Updates of Chrome's WPKG Files ==