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I'm using version 10. Does it work different then? I'll have to inquire internally about v10.

We were under the impression it was not optional with a 64 bit operating system Somewhat the opposite. Use of the new NTA4 datastore requires a 64-bit operating system. If you can point me to the source you used, I'll be happy to review that and make sure it says what it should.

To clarify... SQL does NOT allow the use of SELECT aliases in the WHERE clause. The WHERE clause must be defined with actual database objects. The reason for this is simple. The WHERE clause is actually evaluated before the SELECT statement extracts the desired fields from the resulting table, so as it happens, the AS…

I think it's worthy of note that if clients are currently experiencing network problems, it's highly unlikely that distribution via Group Policy is going to behave any better. The WMI Provider installer is only 8MB, so if you're experiencing 15 minute installation times for the WMI Provider, I would be skeptical that…

I will inquire as to information regarding Firefox 24.1.0 and Firefox 24.1.1. Firefox 24.1.0 and 24.1.1 were published to the catalog this morning, and future .0 releases of ESR branches will also be published as they become available. (That should be Firefox 31.0 ESR.)

can I install it as PAS even though there's another instance running on my network? Absolutely. There is no functional limitation on the number of Primary Application Servers (PAS) that can be active within an environment. In my own lab I have quite often had both production and testing instances of PM servers talking to…

Be sure to note the edit I just made to my original post regarding building/activating the new Patch Manager server.

I am using the PackageBoot, and I do think the installation is not being launched. How would I go about fixing this. I had a look at the windowsupdate.log and it states that the application was installed. Technically, it doesn't actually say this. What it says is that the package with the name "Change Pro 7.5.0.80"…

I suspect this may be related to a known issue regarding the fact that the Notepad++ binaries are not signed. Please see this Thwack thread for a discussion on how to address the question of unsigned binaries with Configuration Manager. [11:51am CT: Updated link with correct thread.]

I am using Adobe MSP file with the Adobe Systems, Inc. Packages. Okay, so that's an ADOBE-produced package, and you probably should be having this conversation with Adobe. As noted, they have an established history of screwing up their packages. When I go to Adobe Systems, Inc. Packages and create the Adobe 10.1.10 package…

I did not include pre-req rules because I am trying to narrow down the cause. Right now it's just OS = x64. Cool. Thank you for clarifying. but I am not testing installed rules just yet, it's the applicability rules that are failing to evaluate in the log. Understood, but it's also important to note that the success or…

Should the EminentWare Data Grid Server Service account be added to the credential ring? No. The account used to run the Data Grid Server service is only used to run that service (and incidentally during product installation).

0x80242004 WU_E_UH_DOESNOTSUPPORTACTION A request for the handler to install (uninstall) an update could not be completed because the update does not support install (uninstall). That seems pretty straightforward. What did you define in the package you tried to select? Title[Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 x64…

A couple of things may be happening with the task executions. Ensure that you've configured the necessary Automation Server Routing Rules, so that the Automation Role server on the remote AS is only managing tasks for systems in the local subnet (e.g. 10.1.6/24) and likewise for the PAS, that it's AutoServer is only…

Is there any open feature request for this? I looked in Patch Manager Feature Requests before I replied previously and did not find anything, but there may be something already in the internal tracking system. I would suggest starting a public discussion in the feature requests forum.

So much for my speculation based on the information provided, and apparently my memory from oh so long ago is compromised, because the x64 version of that update will appear as NotInstalled on a Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 system So... let's abandon the simple solutions, and dive into the more complex ones. This is the…

Great question, Brian. Discovery is a tool. You use it if/when you need it. A couple of things Discovery is great for: * Discovery has the ability to perform a TCP port scan. * How many workstations have IIS installed and port 80 open to the entire enterprise? * Discovery, because it enumerates in-use IP Addresses across…

These fields come from the *WSUS* API, not the WUA API. You cannot get update metadata from the WUA API, the only thing you can do with the WUA API is direct it to scan/download/install updates. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms744624(v=vs.85).aspx

There are FOUR FIVE different variables at work here, Jonathan. The first is whether there even exists a documented CSIDL value for Program Files (x86). CSIDL (Windows) does document this value, but does not specify to what it exactly refers, but I would say it's safe to assume that it refers to the %SystemDrive%\Program…

For language-specific rules and hard-coded paths, there should be appropriate conditional blocks defined with a Windows Language = <value> rule (just as there might be for a Processor Architecture rule when the registry keys differ on x86 and x64). The presumption in all of the above advice is that the package has been…

You can do comparison on strings in the registry, but only with respect to the specific contents of that string (e.g. Starts With, Contains). The Registry DWORD Value rule allows you to do comparisons on DWord (integer) values. The Registry STRING Value rule allows you do to comparisons on String values. What is the…

Greetings Mark. The Impact="Minor" setting is an authoritative statement that the update will never require a system restart and will never require a service restart. Since we explicitly terminate one or more Java services in order to install the Java updates, our update package is not suitable for classification as…

Also, we have our own certificate server, so we don't pay for any non-self-signed certs. If you have a certificate server, then you're not using a THIRD-PARTY certificate, you're using an Enterprise Certificate and it's a completely different conversation. I have created the certificate, so how do I import it into Patch…

Okay... let's back up a second, because I'm not sure how WSUS got into this picture .. or else I've significantly misunderstood. In the original post you were talking about an Installed Programs report, which fundamentally is based upon a WMI Managed Computer Inventory task and WSUS has nothing at all to do with that. So…

There should be separate ProductIDs for the x86 and x64 version. Just define the ProductID of the version you want to remove.

The datasource that contains the data to get this analysis will be found in Orion.NPM.InterfaceTraffic.

My apologies, Jon. I'm inquiring with those who should know. :-)

Do you rule accept wildcards for the registry path checks? I'll need to check the registry key for firefox which ends in something like version x86 de. I would suggest using exactly the same rule types as we use in the English packages, except adjusting them for the changes that occur on a German system. Rules do not…

Part of the clue may lie in the description of what the update is. https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/ms12-070 "This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft SQL Server on systems running SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS). The vulnerability is a cross-site-scripting (XSS)…

One thing that is hampering my debugging of this issue is the fact that the output message box is extending beyond the screen size. Typically this dialog manifestation issue is an artifact of using a suboptimal screen resolution. Ideally the Patch Manager console should be run at 1280x1024 or higher. * Are you using a…