Desktop Central Build Version:10-0-232 - Software Depl./ Packages/ automatic update?
Hello! Does anyone know of a way to update custom packages - for example Adobe Air - any other then the standard way? (click on template -> create package... modify existing package and select new)? Is there an auto-update service that can be used? Is there a way to teach desktop central to check automatically for newer versions of exsisting templates? Thanks in advance! best regards, Niko
Failure notification for automatic patch deployment
We have an automatic patch deployment task that failed for 1 PC and succeeded for the rest. We were able to manually install the patches. But in DesktopCentral when I look at the Current Status for this ADP task that partially failed, DesktopCentral continues to report 1 failure from the PC that we needed to manually install the patches on. We've been getting notifications about the failure, and when I look at the details now it says "No data available". Is there a way to refresh the status of the
Listling all devices with software along wither version of software
How can I get a list of devices with say SQL Server installed along with what version number of SQL is installed?
API documentation for custom groups
Hi, where can i find documentation about the API to use to populate static and dynamics custom groups ? Thank you
Updates not applicable
Hi, Desktop central lists a pc as having for example 15 patches required, when deploying those patches it installs for example 7 and set 8 as not applicable, but then after scanning for patches it lists the 8 not applicable patches as required, this is happening with many pcs. Why?
CVE-2018-8653 | Severe Security Vulnerability has been discovered:
The Research team of Microsoft has released Cumulative updates #CVE-2018-8653, which needs to be deployed immediately. Generally, on Patch Tuesday, they release Cumulative and Delta Updates. Apart from the Cumulative and Delta updates released in this month's Patch Tuesday, again they've released Cumulative updates this week. This is very critical. If this Cumulative update #CVE-2018-8653 is not patched, then when Delta updates are released next month you won't be able to patch them. Thus, it is
OS Deployment
How do i use an existing Ghost image or ISO to create an image file for Desktop Central's OS deployment? I have a ghost image file which is a sysprep'd SOE image that I have created, but its at the point where when i image the file, it starts the sysprep process for Windows. I want to use that file as part of the OS Deployment tool in Desktop Central, but i can't find instructions on how to do that.
Hardware and Software details according to resource id
Is any api available in desktop central that can give hardware and software details according to filter resource id. As if we want to take all computer details then it become difficult to fetch all details. api/1.0/inventory/scancomputers - It list all computer and its resource id api/1.0/inventory/hardware- gives list of all hardware (without resource id) api/1.0/inventory/computers?hwid={hardware_id} - this api gives list of computer according to hardware id. It list all computer with resource
Pulling the description field from Active Directory
I would like to pull the description field from my Active Directory to populate in Desktop Central.
Client scanning
When I run the scan all I only get about 16 of my 132 machines to show a good scan on. Most give me errors now saying path not found. Which is really annoying. I am running 10.0.236 for the software and just put the latest hotfix onto the server.
manage engine agent
how can i get manage engine agent version 10.0.311.w, so that i can manually install it, because i think a network is blocking my installations and ports on a remote site Or the best way to prove that i am being blocked, I have other means of getting onto the DS servers are there logs that i can check and which are the best logs to look at in respect of the agent please.
USB Audit File
Hi All, i have a question about USB Audit reports. Can i know how type of file are transferred between Computer and Device USB? The Report say me only when an usb is connected/disconnected. Thank you.
dcmsghandler.exe is executing over and over
dcmsghandler.exe is executing over and over. +200 instances found running on machines.
Domain for Apple updates not connectable
Hi, since today our DC notifies me that it can't connect to the domain for Apple updates. When I navigate to https://secure-appldnld.apple.com:443 with my browser I get an "access denied" message.
Win10 Standard Start Screen
Is there a way to push a default Windows 10 start menu to all our on net windows10 computers by using Desktop central. We are trying to stay away from creating another GPO to update a users startup menu. Has anyone had any instance to do this and was it successful?
Can I replace a shortcut on every workstation based on current shortcut?
Hi All, I have a little problem I am attempting to work through. I have about 400 workstations which all have printer mapping script shortcuts in the folder. C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\StartUp\ These shortcuts point to a network shared location which is about to change. We have about 40 different scripts in that location and depending on what printers you get that determines which script you point to. Ideally I would be able to push out some job that looks at the target
Install software to new PC on group
Hello. I configured a template to install software on group of PCs (PC1, PC2, PC3). Template was successfully installed on this group of PCs (PC1, PC2, PC3). But if I'm trying to add a PC4 in this group then a template doesn't install to this PC4. A template needs to be restarted for software to be installed. How to install this template dynamically for ALL PC on this group in condition where this group is changing dynamically?
Desktop Central Web console doesn't open on port 8020.
Hi, Since I have updated Manage Engine Desktop Central to 10.0.275.I cannot open web console on port 8020. I tried installing Windows Server 2012 patches, but the issue is still there. Any solution for this issue. I can open web console on port 8383 but I cannot communicate with any of my workstations on the network. Any solution for this issue as well. Thanks You, Regards Muzz Ahmed System Engineer Zakiant LLC.
Remote WOL without Agent Computer
Hi, I read here that when trying to use WOL to a remote site with no agent, the magic packet will get sent as Unicast. Are you talking about a Unicast packet to the actual physical host IP we are trying to "wake up" or a directed broadcast to the remote subnets broadcast address? Being treated as a unicast routing? Thanks
Inventory of custom Hardware
Is there a way to get a report for hardware that is not currently saved in the Database? I'm looking for computers with "Smart Card Reader".
Unapproved patches with dc in auto-approve mode?
Hi, today I got a strange phenomen: Patches for firefox (32 and 64 bit) are unapproved but testing mode is automatic so all patches should be automaticly approved. How can I approve these 2 patches?
SQLite "Magellan" bug affects Chrome: Update Chrome to version 71.0.3578.80
A highly critical remote code execution vulnerability has been discovered in SQLite, an underlying database engine embedded into the Chrome browser. This vulnerability has not yet received a CVE identification number. As of now, the SQLite vulnerability has been widely referred by the codename "Magellan". Google acknowledged the bug in its browser's underlying database and has issued a fix in it's latest versions for Chrome starting from Chrome 71.0.3578.80, generally referred as Chrome 71. This
ADP Scheduling Irritation
Is everyone having to create Duplicate APD and Deployment Policies for Updates to deploy the last week of this month (August 27th - 31)? Since that week has Fourth and Last included in it?
Downloading patch FileZilla_3.36.0_win64-setup.exe
Getting the following error. 1 >> Downloading patch FileZilla_3.36.0_win64-setup.exe . Please wait... 2 >> FileZilla_3.36.0_win64-setup.exePatch status : Download blocked by firewall/antivirus.Enable firewall configuration or exclude antivirus to allow downloads from https://dl3.cdn.filezilla-project.org. I have checked the firewall logs and the download is not being blocked by the firewall. The URL seems to have changed to the following https://dl4.cdn.filezilla-project.org/client/FileZilla_3.36.0_win64-setup.exe
Sofware Catalogue - users should be able to install everything
Hi, could be very nooby question, but is it possible to set up a software catalogue with software, that users should be allowed to install but not forced to, even if this software requires Administrator privileges? For example Adobe Reader requires Administrator Password for installation. Currently I have Adobe Reader in the Self-Service Portal and can see it on a client machine. But clicking install, I need to enter an account with Admin privileges. So is it correct, that I need to create a deployment
Update Rollup 24 For Exchange 2010 SP3 (KB4458321)
I do not see this one listed in patch management. You are also not detecting the KB4458321 as being installed. But you do list the superseded Update Rollup 23 For Exchange 2010 SP3 (KB4340733) and indicated that it is a missing patch. When in fact i have superseded RU23 and went straight to RU24. I am a large deployment on build 10.0.279. Last Successful Vulnerability DB Update : Oct 5, 2018 05:23 PM
Unknown Error. Code : -2145124329 installing patches.
We have reported this issue to support, but wondering if anyone else has seen the problem where an "Unknown Error. Code : -2145124329 installing patches.". It is happening on a number of machines for several patches including :- 2018-11 Update for Windows Server 2016 for x64-based Systems (KB4465659) 2018-11 Cumulative Update for Windows Server 2016 for x64-based Systems (KB4467684) 2018-11 Cumulative Update for Windows Server 2016 for x64-based Systems (KB4467691) Update for Windows 8.1 for x64-based
Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates for December 2018
Good day. Quick update on the December 2018 Patch Tuesday. New Security Bulletins : 2018-12 Security Update for Adobe Flash Player for Windows (KB4471331) 2018-12 Security Only Quality Update for Windows Server 2008 (KB4471319) 2018-12 Security Only Quality Update for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 (KB4471328) 2018-12 Security Only Quality Update for Windows 8.1 (KB4471322) 2018-12 Security Only Quality Update for Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2 (KB4471326) 2018-12 Delta Update
Migrate from MSSQL to PgSQL
Hi Team there is a manual for db migration from MSSQL to PgSQL? Thanks in advice Regards
how to create report for software
I have a project to sort of software to accept software list and not accept software list and technician cant install not accept software i want to create a report for who install not accept software and I need information (hostname for pc, date, username ) ? and I want to create a new local group ( for technician ) with some privilege of an administrator like they can install software, driver and join and disjoin domain?
Monitor client event logs?
Does ME DC have any built in ability to monitor Windows Client event logs and alert on certain events? Or an integration with a product that does?
Third Party patches not downloading
Hi I've created an automated deployment that patches MS and third party patches. I've got several third party patches approved but they're not installing. I just realized they are 'awaiting download'. Do I need to do something special to download third party patches? Thanks, Robert
Redhat PC adding and Patch management
Hi! I have to configure patch deployment to a REDHAT OS. i have tested them on other Linux Os but in red hat it seems different. i have installed the Linux agent on the redhat pc but it didn't communicate with the server. can anyone please help me to resolve this?
Help with deploying software
Hi all, I have recently been experimenting with software deployment across a number of remote sites using Desktop Central and I was wondering if anyone has had success using it and could answer some questions for me? For now I would like to focus on just one domain/network just to keep things simple so here goes... 1. I am trying to deploy a basic configuration made up of various pieces of software (packages) which should be installed automatically to all machines inside of an OU if they do not have
i want give them permission
Good Day I have one case I have technician team I want to Make the group for them and i want to give them some permission, for example, I want to let them install and remove app and driver and they can join and disjoint to the domain any advise thank you
Windows 10 - change default mail client to Outlook via DC
Hello, Is it possible to send out a change via Desktop Central to set Outlook as the default mail client rather than Windows Mail? Thanks
Issues with Deploying Outlook & Excel Add-in
I am having difficulty deploying SAP's Outlook and Excel Add-on. They are both .exe files and when I try to click Install through the self service portal I get the following error: "This installation package could not be opened. Verify that the package exists and that you can access it, or contact the application vendor to verify that this is a valid Windows Install package." I am able to install these .exe files locally on my computer. I also don't have any issues with deploying other .exe files.
ECC
Hello everyone, does anyone knows if ECC is supported by ME Desktop Central?
DC says OneDrive is installed on machine but its not listed as installed on machine
Hello, due to it-policy I wanted to remove MS OneDrive from all workstations. On some workstations DC reports the uninstall failed but when I look at the list of installed software in the control center of windows OneDrive is not listed as installed. How do I remove these false entries from DC? All workstations are fully patched Windows 7 machines.
How to restor the default server certificate?
Just installed a third party certificate, but its invalid. Id like to restore the previus certificate, or generate a new one.
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