Patching with Deep Freeze PCs
Using LANDesk 9 SP3. I am running into an issue with systems that use Deep Freeze so I am trying to figuire out the best way of doing it whereas I just exclude all the PCs for now that have the...
View ArticleWindows Server Hardening
Are there any groups tasked with creating custom hardening? My current task is utilizing LANDesk to impliment IIS 7.0 WEB SERVER STIG...
View ArticleError Failed: Another instance of the agent is running when run...
Hi,Got error Failed: Another instance of the agent is running when manually run Security/compliance scan from console.LDMS version 9.0 SP2
View ArticleShutdown after WoL Security Scan
Hey everbody, we are currently a little irritated about WoL with LDMS 9.5 SP1 My experience from the last years with LANDesk was, that if you schedule a task, in my case a Security Scan Task, with the...
View ArticleHow to repair a hotfix with an .msu file
We've been noticing a Windows 7 bug documented in this KBase article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2486635The hotfix only comes in MSU form though, and I'm not aware of a way to add this in using...
View ArticleBuilding custom definition to register dll using regsvr32.exe
Hi All, We are on LANDesk 9.5 SP1 and this script only needs to run on Windows 7 (x64) and 2008 R2 (x64) systems. I need to create a custom definition that unzips a dll and several rll files to...
View ArticleCustom definition, ReadRegValue won't read from HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\
Hello. I'm trying to create a custom definition in LD 9.5 SP1 to detect if a certain registry key is set to a certain value. Since the "Registry Settings" function is hardcoded to only support...
View ArticleAdobe Updates - What's the Difference?
Hi all, There are two updates listed in Patch Manager for Adobe Reader 11.0.06. ADOBEREADERv11.0.06_UPGRADE_ENU > Adobe Reader XI Upgrade 8.x, 9.x, and 10.x (11.0.6-ENU)ADOBEREADERv11.0.06 >...
View ArticlePatch and Compliance through Software Deployment Portal
Hi Everyone,I am looking for a way to run the patch and compliance scan through the software deployment portal. Is there any way to create repair policy, which be available for users from SDP? We're...
View ArticleSDMcache Cleanup ...
Hello, I am pretty new with LANDesk, and I was wondering how and why the SDMcache folder (C:\Program Files\LANDesk\LDClient\sdmcache\) is not cleaned after the security and patch management. I've now...
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Localsch Command Interpreter reporting error.
Hi All. Im having an issue with the LocalSch command interpreter reporting false results after repairing a custom definition. The command line executes just fine manually and successfully configures...
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Reboot needed prompt in Landesk
Hello Folks, I am very much confused due to Landesk behaviour of Action under clean and repair history as reboot needed. Can someone explain me why its changing so frequently even no patching task is...
View ArticleBest Way for replacing WSUS with LanDesk Patch Manager
Hello there, up so far we were using WSUS for patching our machines. As I liked the way it works I am trying to mimic WSUS logic inside LanDesk. As I'm not a LanDesk expert I hope some of you have some...
View ArticleHave you tried to patch Google Chrome msi with the standard Patch process ?
Hie everybody, Since Landesk has published that Google Chrome can now be upgraded following the classical patchng process (except the manual download), i'm trying to update my computer using that...
View ArticleLANdesk patch manager - flash player and active X patch for firefox
Hello, Does anyone know if LANDesk is offering patch for Firefox's flashplayer and active X plugin? I can see there are Flash player security updates/patches for Internet Explorer listed but I can't...
View ArticleThe previous system shutdown was unexpected
Hello All, I am having a problem with a big percentage of our servers being patched with Landesk. When the Landesk client issues a reboot (if required for patching), when the server comes back up, we...
View ArticlePeer downloads not working on some clients when patching
I have clients on a remote location that download patches from the core server instead of downloading from peer. Attached are two vulscan logs, both on the same subnet. Vulcan.2.log shows that the...
View ArticleManually Downloaded HP Update
We have an issue wheer we need to update a HP graphics driver on all our new PC's. I have looked through the downloaded patch directory on our Core and can see that this update has not been downloaded...
View ArticleExport report problem
I'm trying to export a report to an excel file so that I can perhaps import it into a database to graph and track over time, but when I try to export it I get an error, which when clicked on for...
View ArticleError "Cannot Find Agent "
We are getting the error "Cannot Find Agent" when we tried to deploy patches on to several clients remotely. Close to 500 clients had resluted in the same error. The status is showing OFF to all the...
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