Vulscan shows LANDesk UI, but not exe UI?
I have a custom vulnerability that executes a in-house packaged exe. The exe is supposed to pop up dialog boxes warning the user of the install with instructions to close open apps. When I run the...
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Error: "8004005" when patching Microsoft Office installs.
Problem: When trying to patch office updates the patches fail to update. When looking at the Vulscan.log file you see a 8004005 return code. Cause: Microsoft Office is trying to access the network...
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When converting to Patch Management, what to do with WU settings?
I'm converting us from WSUS to LDMS Patch Management. I've read all about best practices and we've been patching for a few months now but I want to get more aggressive with the move to PM. How have you...
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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 ArticleRepair as policy in Patch manager
Hi, Does anyone know the recommended usage of "repair as policy" when creating a patch repair task?Per my understanding, we can set a patch repair task to "repair as policy", instead of scheduled task,...
View ArticleLenovo driver updates
I've installed a test core with 9.6 to test out some of the new features and was trying out the Lenovo driver updates through Patch. We currently do not have a subscription to Patch, but I was able to...
View ArticleLandesk 9.5 missing Patch and Compliance patch files
In patch and compliance, AdobeReaderv11.0.08_Upgrade_Enu I right click and properties, it showes three files, the 11.0 EXE and .07 and .08 msp. amd it shows all three downloaded. But when I go to the...
View ArticlePatch downloading to Core 9.5 spk 2 causes the directory browsing to stop on...
Is there and article like this HTTP repository for SWD/Preferred Server in IIS 7.5 for setting up for downloading patches. When the patches get downloaded they overwirte the web.config file and this...
View ArticleMaintenance Window Behavior
LD 9.6 Question: If you have a maintenance window set for a strict time frame (12 hour window on one day of the month only). What happens if a machine is offline that whole day and checks back in the...
View ArticleCustom Query to see the last successful patch installation date (clean/repair)?
Hello all, Trying to create a custom query to see the last successful patch installation date. What I mean by this is if you go to a machine and go to "Security and Patch Information" then go to...
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Java 8 Patch-In-Place updates
Hi I am having problems with the Patch-in-place setting on the Java 8 definition updates in Patch Manager. The setting is not working and appears to be installing the Java 8 updates in Static mode I am...
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Patch and Complaiance Repair Task and Multicast in LDMS 9.5
When I go into Create repair Task in Patch and Compliance, there is a "Repair as policy" check box in the middle of the page. If I select this, does it mean it ONLY does it via policy, or does it...
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"Patch-only settings" inside "Distribution and Patch Settings" for LDMS 9.6
IntroductionThis document covers the Patch-only settings in Distribution and Patch settings which are new or moved in LDMS 9.6.Previously in LDMS 9.5 most of these settings were in "Scan and Repair"....
View ArticleHow do I exclude XP from patch download?
As we are eradicating the remainikng XP workstations from our enviroment I want to remove the unessisary definitions in the patch repository.
View ArticlePatch manager no longer has windows updates or Microsoft updates
I'm licensed for Security and Patch manager but I no longer see the Windows or Microsoft updates available I only see antivirus updates and a couple others like landesk and Intel. I activated the core...
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Question about scripting and custom definitions
I have been running into an issue with a custom definition. I have attempted to create a msi upgrade patch for a custom application. I have not had any trouble with the detection logic, but for some...
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Download Updates shows 'Do Not Remove. Required to Make Scrolling Work Right'.
Environment: LDMS 9.6Review Date: 9/15/2014Error Message: From "C:\Program Files\LANDesk\ManagementSuite\log\Console.exe.log" Main Thread RollingLog : ERROR: Unable to find DefTime in LdBasesInfo.xml...
View ArticleVulscan Keeps failing Exiting with return code 0x8db301d4 (468)
Alright, I've been beating my head against the wall on this one and about to drive myself bonkers. I know I'm missing something really stupid here, but I have machines that keep failing to...
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Input String was not in a correct format when updating definitions
I continue to get the following error: "Input string was not in a correct format" when updating my definitions. It doesn't appear to be holding anything up, but I'm curious as to why this has shown up?...
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