Reinstall ME Central with clean DB
Is it possible to reinstall fresh copy of ME, will the agent from the old server register to the new installation automatically or do we need to reinstall them? I would like to start with fresh configuration and history
Best Practice to Prevent user installing apps on Windows / Mac
i've tried following these We can try the below registry keys via registry settings configuration and update us on the status.
*HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\Msi.Package\DefaultIcon*
Value: 0 to a 1 to disable Windows Installer. but this case
Unable to import thrid party certificate
Hi. We use th DesktopCentral build 11.2.2325.17 The current certificate (issued by our internal enterprise CA) expires on December 1, 2023 It is not possible to renew a certificate issued by our internal enterprise CA. (attached screenshot import-certificate.png)
How to deply a file to computers?
Hi, I need to deploy a certain file to a certain path to a group of linux computers. How do I achieve that?
Uninstalling Endpoint Central
I have endpoint central installed on several servers. The Endpoint server is crashed and no longer a working system. I cannot uninstall the agent from the old server and because of that cannot install the agent from the new server I am using. I downloaded
Execution Summary Refresh
Perhaps it is just my instance but it appears that in order to see an update from the Execution Summary of deployment be-it a script or a software package you have to manually refresh it. That just seems counter intuitive to me, am I coming out of left
The patch storage location is not available for download from the server.
Hello, I repeatedly encounter this error, "The patch storage location is not available for download from the server." When I try to manually download this patch it does it without problems, but when applied with an automatic patch policy it does not,
dcconfig.exe issue
Hi, I recently pushed updates out to a lot of client machines and even though the updates have now installed, I noticed that dcconfig.exe was still taking up a lot of CPU on a number of clients. For example on my laptop, it is taking up as much as 25% and the fan on my laptop is going crazy. Is this a known issue?
Curl for Windows vulnerabilities all of the sudden
yesterday there was a Curl for Windows vulnerability published. and most of my PCs have this? We use FortiEDR and maybe one of its tools is Curl? (edit; doesn't seem to be related to our EDR) is there a way to show exactly why the vulnerability is detected
Only one DS per Remote Office? how do others split their datacenters?
It just occurred to me that a site can only have 1 distribution server. Since a distribution server is recommended to handle fewer than 1000 clients, big offices/datacenters can quickly surpass that. We are in that situation, and unless I miss something,
Doubts about Custom script config
Hi there, I want to distribute files to many macs and I found a script template in the repo called "CopyFromWebUrl.sh" but I was confused about the entries in the config page: the detail of the sh file: # Destination path of the file destinationPath="/Users/Shared/FileMaker/FileMaker
Best Practice: Software Inventory Scan Frequency
I'm having trouble finding any information regarding how often it is recommended to run inventory scans. Ideally we would like them to happen as often as possible. We have 1900 servers in our environment, with 1 Central Server, and 2 distribution servers.
Pre-Deployment Activity "Check for software"
It is my impression that checking for software as a pre deployment activity, doesn't actually check for currently installed software. But it seems like it checks the last software inventory? Can you confirm that this behavior is true? If so, it seems
software deployment screen issue
Endpoint central cloud, Under software deployment, there is a looping message onscreen Creating package for 'Microsoft Visual Studio Code (x64) (1.84.1) It keep refreshing, so the screen is unusable Anyone know if this is intended like background package
Migrate Endpoint Central from cloud version to onprem
Hi everyone, In my organization we was using Endpoint Central cloud version and we wanna migrate to onprem, is there any way to export all or some configs? We have computers with agents, inventory, some policies, ect. Thanks regards.
[Zero-day] Microsoft release updates for 5 zero-days on November 2023's Patch Tuesday
Hello everyone! Microsoft has published updates for a total of 63 vulnerabilities in this Patch Tuesday. Of the total, 5 of these have been classified as zero-days. Here are the details of the zero days: CVE ID Description CVE-2023-36025 Windows SmartScreen
Extend function of Test and Approve
There is a 1-to-1 mapping between the Test and Approve item, and a custom group. Cannot select a dynamic group. Can I please have Ability to select a custom dynamic group for testing Ability to use the same group for several test policies. Eg test critical
Patch Tuesday updates - November 2023
Good day, everyone! Here's a list of the updates released in this month's Patch Tuesday, New Security Bulletins : KB5032341, 2023-11 Security and Quality Rollup for .NET Framework 4.6.2 for Windows Server 2008 SP2 (KB5031987) (ESU) KB5032341, 2023-11
Endpoint Central Porat self service
New Idea: Integrate Endpoint Central Self service Portal with Sericedesk plus Self service Portal. In my opinion, it would be much better if SDP self-service portal had a widget containing all the software of Endpoint Centra self-service portal. Because
Can System Manager Shells be improved to support tab completion and command history with up arrow?
Currently, the System Manager features are a nice enhancement, but the Command and Powershell shells are lacking tab command completion and command history (up arrow) functionality, which make them far inferior to the actual shells, bordering on unusable
Add Wildcard SSL endpointcentral
We bought a Wildcard SSL , with *.our-domain.com do we still need to go through the three steps of the following guide? ] adding the SSL in the third step isnot enough? https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/help/configuring_desktop_central/importing_ssl_certificates.html
is refreshcycle not "random" per client?
I deployed a configuration to a large collection 30 minutes ago. I would have expected a third of them to be applied by now, since the refresh cycle is 90 minutes. But it dawns on me that I haven't actually seem anywhere, that the refresh cycle is a random
OS Deployer Issues since Enpoint Central 11.2.2325.13 update
Hey Guys We have noticed issues with deployment since doing the 11.2.2325.13 update for Endpoint Central. Before the update, we could PXE boot from the Dell WD19 dock's. After the update, we now get an error with Local IP and Local MAC showing not connected
Desktop Central Agent Deployment via Intune for current version
HI All, I am looking for a guide to deploy endpoint central client via intune. The old version was a MSI and this tutorial (https://pitstop.manageengine.com/portal/en/community/topic/desktop-central-agent-deployment-via-intune) worked for deployment.
Desktop Central MDM UDID
In the MDM for Desktop Central a UDID is pulled for each device even though UDID is unique to iOS devices. So for Windows/Android phones & tablets what does this field correspond to for those devices? For Android phones and tablets it is pulling a 16
Looking for docs regarding "first time" configuration of the UEMS server
Hi, We are setting up Endpoint Central and has stumbled upon to issues not explained by any docs I've been able to find. 1. Can the Endpoint Central Server be run as a service account? 1.1. If yes what minimal rights does the service account need on the
About kiosk mode
Hello, We are very pleased to have kiosk mode and we are waiting new features about kiosk mode excitedly. My question is, How can i add an favorite url or built in apps to Kiosk mode main page ? Regards,
Remote Control - Issues/Agent Connectivity
Hi We have Desktop Central 9 setup and we have our primary server IP as the LAN Address and the secondary as the external IP. We find that when we go to carry out remote control sessions, the users computer is showing as online, but when we try to connect the agent immediately shows as offline. Many of our users are remote and off our domain so i need to ensure that remote control is working (where possible as we cannot control 3rd party firewalls) The agent then comes back online after a few minutes.
This version is not applicable for this target (Feature Update via Windows 11, version 23H2 Enablement Package (22H2 - 23H2) (x64)
Hi! I have some issues to run Feature Update via Windows 11, version 23H2 Enablement Package (22H2 - 23H2) (x64), we recevie "This version is not applicable for this target" on our Windows 11 22H2 machines. But when we download Windows11.0-kb5027397-x64.msu
Running the Agent Service with lower privilige?
Hello, Currently, The UEMS Agent is installed and automatically executes in Local System account. We have a bunch of "Critical infrastructure" servers, which we maintain manually, were would like to get inventory etc from, but were the Agent should have
Desktop central server is off
Hello guys, I'm using Desktop Central version is 10.0.689. My Desktop Central have two servers, one is the application server and the other is the database server. But yesterday both application and database servers is off because disks is broken and
Deployment of WAN Agents to a group of Computers
Hi, we are planning the initial installation of Endpoint Central (cloud based) and i didnt find informations for the followin question: is it possible to deploy the WAN Agent in a remote office to a specific AD Group or a OU within the AD ? Or maybe to
Consent for remote session
Hi, I can't believe that there isn't a way to ask for consent when taking remote control, with a timeout where if the user hasn't replied, for example because they're not there, then we enter. Refusing connection makes no sense to us. At least give us
What OS is everyone using these days to host Endpoint Central - thinking about some changes
All Just wondering what OS everyone is using these days for their primary EPC server? I have a very small office environment using the Free version that has served us very well but I am thinking about redoing the environment towards year end and wanted
Root CA being issued by Desktop Central
Has anyone noticed a Root CA cert being installed by DesktopCentral on agents? It looks like they issue two certs directly from the DesktopCentral server to the agent endpoints and put them in the cert store. Any way to issue this from a trusted CA?
Dcconfig.exe high disk usage on newly built pc
This pc is so new it literally got run up 3 weeks ago. Periodically dcconfig.exe is running, hammering the hard disk such that it goes to 100% utilization, then the fan on the pc goes nuts, then the user reports incredible slowness on their pc. Is there
API access for custom computer fields
We've created a custom field for computers and I need to be able to update the fields via API calls. I can't see any documentation for this in https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/api/cloud_index.html Is this currently possible?
server reboot process
I'm troubleshooting some issues on servers that only happen after patching from EndPoint Central. When we set a post deployment reboot in a policy how does the agent actually make the server reboot, does it call the shutdown.exe command, or some other
Continuously Deploy Software
I have a question inspired by the post here: Use Dynamic Groups for Software Deployment / Configuration (manageengine.com) If I have a piece of software that needs to be installed on all servers in a group, and automatically reinstalled if someone uninstalls
Asset Scanning is Locked
This morning I open Desktop Central and I see there are 133 machine failed scans. I open the section and every machine in the list is displaying "Asset Scanning Is Locked". I have been fixing machines with this problem and there is no way I am fixing all these machines manually anymore. Has anyone else had this problem and been able to fix it? I haven't had time to research this problem much but I hope to later today or over the weekend. Ed
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