Microsoft pulls back a couple of MS Office patches after it's found to cause app crashes on start-up
Microsoft has rolled back two of its non-security Office patches- KB 4461522 and KB 2863821 that triggers entry point crashes in various Office 2010 products. These non-security updates were released earlier this month to comply with the changes coming in the Japanese calendar next month. In an update on the KB pages, Microsoft acknowledged that the updates were pulled due to the crashes in some applications and has also given a workaround. "After you install this update, you may experience
Positioning client pop-up window
When patch deployment is initiated, there is a pop-up window displayed on client machine (in right bottom corner). Is there a way to change position of this window (e.g. to upper right corner)?
Why is a 20 day old patch for Win 10 v1709 just appearing today in Desktop Central?
This morning - I logged into DC and was surprised to see the appearance of this patch: https://support.microsoft.com/en-ca/help/4462932 Why is a patch that was released by Microsoft on Oct 18 - just made available via Desktop Central today - some 20 days later? B
Update KB4343900 is reported as missing but Windows Update says its installed
Hi, today morning I logged into dc and *all* our windows 7 machines were categorized as "highly vunerable" because dc reports windows update KB4343900 is missing. i've checked this on a few machines and it came out that the update in installed on that machines.
Patches labelled 'Preview of' and 'Description of preview of' ?
I see a number of missing patches on our systems labelled 'Preview of ...' and 'Description of ...' or 'Description of preview of ...'. Are these actual patches or just information about patches. ? I can't decide which.
Microsoft Patch Tuesday November 2018: Everything you need to know
Microsoft has announced its Patch Tuesday updates for November, which contains patches for 64 vulnerabilities, 12 of which are rated critical. it also has patched ALPC along with a couple of publicly disclosed vulnerabilities. Here are the complete details: New Security Bulletins : 2018-11 Security Update for Adobe Flash Player for Windows (KB4467694) 2018-11 Security Only Quality Update for Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 (KB4467703) 2018-11 Security Only Quality Update for Windows Server
Server 2016 not reporting missing updates in Desktop Central
We have several (~30) Server 2016 machines at this point and it seems Desktop Central is not reporting the updates correctly. I can see some updates for 2016 under available patches, but none show up under applicable and none show up as missing on any of my servers in the software. However if i log into the servers and check for updates there are updates that it downloads and installs. I have updated the patch database, rescanned for patches on the servers but none of the updates show as available
Why is a 4 year old ASP (IIS?) patch suddenly showing up today in Desktop Central?
Doing some maintenance today - and saw this patch being referenced for 4 of my Windows 10 machines: https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/patch-management/Microsoft-ASP.NET-MVC-2/AspNetMVC2.html This patch was issued well before the existence of Windows 10 and appears to be for IIS? I will stand down as I do not believe this is actually a thing - but please check it out ASAP. See attachment for what I am seeing inside of Desktop Central Thanks, B
Managing patch deployment via API
Would it be possible to extend REST API, so it would be possible to initiate patch deployment with it?
Patch detection logic issue - MS14-059: Security update for ASP.NET MVC 2.0
Hi everyone Just a heads-up for everyone who uses Desktop Central as the main source for Windows Updates. The following 4 year old security patch is not detected by Desktop Central's patch detection logic: MS14-059: Description of the security update for ASP.NET MVC 2.0: October 14, 2014 https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2993939/ms14-059-description-of-the-security-update-for-asp-net-mvc-2-0-octobe Patch ID 16314 The patch is definitely needed according to Microsoft Update and WSUS. I have
Google Chrome switched from 64-bit to 32-bit?
Hi everyone All our 64-bit Windows 10 PCs where 64-bit Google Chrome was installed somehow switched to 32-bit Google Chrome when the September patch (Google Chrome 69.0.3497.92) was deployed by Desktop Central. I only noticed it today when I wanted to approve the most recent Chrome update. I was confused that all our PCs were asking for the 32-bit patch instead of the 64-bit patch. I have opened a ticket but wanted to ask the community if anybody else is seeing this? Thank you. Regards Stefan
Top five enhancements of the Windows 10 October 2018 update
If you're a tech enthusiast or just a Microsoft fan, you're probably aware that Microsoft releases two major software updates a year for Windows. Windows 10 version 1809 was just released and is the second update of 2018. This comes as an incremental update, bringing a number of small improvements to various features like the Snipping Tool, Clipboard, and SwiftKey. Of all the changes Microsoft has brought in to Windows 10 version 1809, here's a list of the top five enhancements that make it worth
Windows Server 2003 is not supported by Mozilla anymore.
Hi, we've got some older Windows 2K3 servers which were recently added to Desktop Central. When looking through the list of missing patches for these servers I noticed that Firefox ESR 60 is suggested which is wrong because Mozilla stopped supporting older windows releases recently and the last installable Firefox ESR version for theses system ist Firefox ESR 52. So please update your patch db ASAP to fix this issue.
Workaround for Filezilla Client Download Failure
Problem: Downloading Filezilla patches fail due to download link containing Hash Keys. Resolution: Follow the steps below to download Filezilla Updates and upload them to the patch store: Download the Filezilla Patch from the vendor site. Rename the downloaded file in the following format : <Latest Patchid>-<Latest Patchname> Download the patch "FileZilla_3.36.0_win32-setup.exe" and rename as 307981-FileZilla_3.36.0_win32-setup.exe Download the patch "FileZilla_3.36.0_win64-setup.exe" and rename
Latest Adobe patches still not available
Hi everyone Adobe released various updates for e.g. Acrobat Reader DC a few days ago. The security advisory (https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb18-30.html) was posted on the 1st of October. Two days later and the updates are still not available in Desktop Central. Any ideas what the reason for this delay is? Regards Stefan
Microsoft's October 2018 Patch Tuesday: What to expect!
Microsoft has recently released a bevy of updates in the recent October 2018 Patch Tuesday. Here are the details: New Security Bulletins : 2018-10 Security Only Quality Update for Windows Server 2008 (KB4463104) 2018-10 Security Only Quality Update for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 (KB4462915) 2018-10 Security Only Quality Update for Windows Server 2012 (KB4462931) 2018-10 Security Only Quality Update for Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 (KB4462941) 2018-10 Cumulative Update for Windows
Linux patch management using ManageEngine - a child's play
Exciting news for Linux administrators! We now support most flavours of Linux - the latest extensions being Red Hat and CentOS, to go along with Debian and Ubuntu. Just cut the complexities involved in APT, YUM commands, and deploy patches hassle-free using ManageEngine Desktop Central! For a list of versions of Linux OS's supported, please refer here: https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/patch_management_supported_application.html To learn about configuring Red Hat settings in
Dependancies not being installed.
Good Afternoon, We have tried to install Windows KB4457144 (2018-9 Security Rollup for server 2008 R2) - ManageEngine patch ID: 25311 This patch has a dependency: KB3177467. If not installed installation can fail on 2008 R2 servers. This is not reflected in the patch database. Can that be corrected? This is a known issue in the patch release notes.
Latest Adobe Acrobat Reader DC patches are installed but still shown as missing
Hi everyone I have deployed the latest Adobe patches (e.g. patch ID 308097). All patches are successfully installed and I manually started a patch scan on the PCs, however, the patch is still shown under "Missing Patches". In the remarks it says "The operation completed successfully". The patch is definitely installed and the patch scan is current, yet it appears under missing patches on every single PC in our environment. Is anyone else seeing this? Thank you. Regards Stefan
Mac Sierra OS recent patches causes the machine to restart without prompting the end user.
Below updates causes the Mac OS machines running on Sierra to rebooted with out user notification. This issue even by passes the do not reboot option set in Desktop Central/Patch Manager Plus deployment policies. 601384 - MacOS High Sierra 10.13.2 Supplemental - Spectre 601395 - MacOS High Sierra 10.13.3 601396 - MacOS High Sierra 10.13.3 Combo Update As of now there no way to suppress the reboot required for installing those updates. This is due to actual update gets installed during the System
Adobe Flash Player
I am having issue downloading the patches for adobe Flash Player for IE (30.0.0.154) - APSB18-25 patch id 307927 and 307925 Adobe Flash Player NPAPI (30.0.0.154) - APSB18-25 when I try to go to the location of the patch http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/flashplayer/pdc/30.0.0.154/install_flash_player_ax.exe the page is displaying a 404 error The requested URL /pub/flashplayer/pdc/30.0.0.154/install_flash_player_ax.exe was not found on this server. This is the same for both patches. Is there
Critical Privilege Escalation Flaw: The Windows Task Scheduler Zero Day Vulnerability
About the vulnerability: A security researcher with his twitter handle named SandboxEscaper on August 27 released the source code for exploiting a security bug in the Advanced Local Procedure Call (ALPC) interface used by Windows Task Scheduler. The issue exists in the SchRpcSetSecurity API function, which fails to properly check user's permissions, allowing WRITE privileges on files in C:\Windows\Task. The vulnerability affects Windows versions 7 through 10 and can be used by an attacker to escalate
Scan popup notification
Does the agent log when the Desktop Central agent prompts that it is scanning for patches. I'm only asking as a customer is stating that it's prompting 50 times a day and I would like to disprove this statement?
Major Vulnerability in Ghostscript, an Interpreter for PDF page descriptions
Synopsis: Ghostscript is an interpreter for Adobe Post Script and PDF page descriptions, its found to be a widely used application in all PDF editing and viewing softwares. Vulnerability: It consists of a -dSAFER sanbox bye pass vulnerability, which would allow access to unauthenticated attackers to execute remote coding and arbitrary commands.This vulnerability can also be exploited in applications that leverage Ghostscript, such as ImageMagick, GraphicsMagick, evince, Okular, Nautilus, and all
KB2538243
Why when I manually check for Windows updates my server reports KB2538243 is missing, however desktop central says it isn't? https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/patch-management/Microsoft-Visual-C++---2008-Redistributable-(x86)/vcredist_KB2538243_x86.html#
How to disable Windows Update completely for use with Desktop Central
All, I am in the process of migrating away from WSUS and over to using Desktop Central to manage all the patches in my (very) small network. WSUS has been so-so - it worked - but required too much overhead than I have time for. Desktop Central on the other hand - requires very little setup and almost zero maintenance time. This past weekend - I stood up a new Windows 2016 server which is running great along with Desktop Central While I am very familiar with the usual WU GPO settings to get Windows
8hr Postpone Reboot
We are currently testing DC as replacement to our current patching nightmare and one of the common questions people ask me if they can postpone restarts in 8hour intervals. They know there is option for 15min/1hr/4hr but I guess they want 8hours as well.. would it be possible to request a future to have 8hours in that list as well? -Thank You
August 2018 Patch Tuesday Updates from ManageEngine
Hello peeps, Good day. Quick update on the August 2018 Patch Tuesday. New Security Bulletins : 2018-08 Security Update for Adobe Flash Player for Windows (KB4343902) 2018-08 Security Only Quality Update for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 (KB4343899) 2018-08 Security Only Quality Update for Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 (KB4343888) 2018-08 Security Only Quality Update for Windows Server 2012 for x64-based Systems (KB4343896) 2018-08 Delta Update for Windows 10 Version 1607 and Windows
When do the patch Tuesday patches get synced to the ME database?
We're pretty new to ME DC. How quickly do the patch Tuesday patches get synced to the patch database? I've updated a couple of times today but have yet to see them come through. Thanks!
Microsoft Patch Tuesday July 2018
Hello peeps, Good day. Quick update on the July 2018 Patch Tuesday. New Security Bulletins : 2018-07 Security Update for Adobe Flash Player for Windows (KB4338832) 2018-07 Security Only Quality Update for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 (KB4338823) 2018-07 Security Only Quality Update for Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 (KB4338824) 2018-07 Security Only Quality Update for Windows Server 2012 for x64-based Systems (KB4338820) 2018-07 Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 1607 and Windows
Enhancements in Automated Patch Deployment
To keep up with the cyber industry's security demands and requests from a few customers, ManageEngine's Patch Management module has undergone a few enhancements in the 'Automated Patch Deployment'(APD) functionality. We will shed light on what's new with the latest APD feature. What's new? The newly upgraded APD calls for an automated scan(instead of manually scheduled scan) as soon as the server synchronizes with the Patch Database. The missing patches are detected on each of the machines in accordance
Patching behavior of newly added Windows machines?
We're deep in our trial of Desktop Central. I'm seeing what I consider odd behavior on newly added windows machines. I add the DC client to a machine, and the first thing that happens is that for any applicable APD task, the machine goes into the "patching complete" state in APD no matter how many patches it has lined up. It then stays in that state until at least the next vulnerability DB update, and sometime after that runs patches. This can take up to almost a day unless I force the patches. Is
Feature Pack Deployment Failing
I followed the instructions for Feature Pack Deployment and the deployment is failing with "Unable to download dependency patch (104980) from the server." The ISO's are named as listed in the instructions and are in the correct folder on the server. We are currently on build 149 Thanks
Office 365 Update fails to install
Update for Office 365 Deferred Channel Version 1705 (Build 8201.2200) -(x86) has failed to install on the majority of our computers. It states under remarks "The system cannot find the file specified." Has anyone else experienced this issue? Thanks! -Matt
Finally upgraded to enhanced APD and need some help understanding what i am looking at
We finally upgraded to the new APD model. We upgraded from .190 to .239. What i am trying to understand is what am i looking at and the methodology in place so that i can track success, failures and how the process is developing during the actual deployment windows. This is a test job I set up. I set it up yesterday (Aug 5th). These screen shots are from the next day (August 6th) When we go in the job we see the deployment summary which is 227 successes You can see in the configs this is set to
Red hat and centos patch support
Is centos and redhat patch support added on the MSP and Enterprise editions ? Info required please!
How does third party patching behave when the software to be patched is running?
If third party patching is enabled during the refresh cycle, how does it behave if the software to be patched is running? Does it skip the install, fail, or try to shut down the third party software to run the patch? Thank you!
AntiVirus Definitions
Can desktop central report of the AntiVirus definitions of Windows Defender?
Microsoft Office 365 x86 patch failure on Windows 10...
I have a client with ten identically configured and installed HP DeskPro PCs, running Office 365. Patching of Office has been running fine for months. However, recently, I have had two PCs starting to throw an automated patch error: Patch ID Bulletin ID Patch Description Vendor Patch Type Severity Remarks Deployed Time Release Date 24975 MS18-O365B Update for Office 365 Business Edition Monthly Channel Version 1806 (Build 10228.20104) Microsoft Security Update Critical This version
DHCP failover server fails with KB4338814
If you have installed DHCP failover server on a machine running on windows 10, version 1603, this post is for you: The latest cumulative update KB4338814 released on last Patch Tuesday (July 10, 2018) came out with a bunch of quality improvements and security enhancements but also had a bad bug that could potentially disrupt your network connection. Microsoft mentioned this bug in their support page as a known issue, quoting "After installing this update on a DHCP Failover Server, Enterprise clients
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