LGarvin

Thank you for calling my attention to #1. That's a personal discipline/attention-to-detail issue on my part. The in-post table has been updated to reflect Firefox v26. For #2, I believe Acrobat is the only product that fits this scenario, and we simply don't provide the v10 and later updates, because Adobe does. However, I…

I like the table as it exists today. Don't change nothin' is a valid response too. :-) Thanks Pat!

I'm confused... Our spiceworks server is generating thousands of log on failures (Event ID 4625). Account For Which Logon Failed: Security ID: NULL SID Account Name: SOLAR$ Are we discussing a SpiceWorks server, or a SolarWinds server? For behaviors on a SpiceWorks server, it would probably be better to post in a…

Have you installed Service Pack 1 to Windows Server 2008 R2? As noted in the last message right before yours, this was fixed in SP1 for 2008R2 and that's the preferable remediation. There are hotfixes available for earlier operating systems. We also discuss this in a SolarWinds KB article: SolarWinds Knowledge Base ::…

I am not aware of anything currently in the agenda, but I will submit a Feature Request to the Product Manager. This is a manifestation of the creation of Patch Manager Computer Groups in a later revision of the product. Prior to that time, a task was explicitly restricted to being targeted to a single container (Domain,…

Just to clarify, in November, 2012, we researched the possibility of including 7-Zip in the catalog, but at that time we found that the binaries for 7-Zip were not digitally signed, and opted to not include them in the catalog out of concern that the lack of digital signing would cause additional confusion. (At the time…

They're in %system% on my Win7x64 machine. I believe that %systemx86% refers to the SysWow64 folder, but it's not fully documented at CSIDL (Windows) Assuming so, if you needed to force the execution of the 32-bit versions on a 64-bit system, that would be the way to do that.

Can you provide us some more details around the context of this package. What is the "L&H" folder and where is it defined? What is its purpose? Fundamentally the error was an inability to access a file, enuphon.dat, presumably (I'm guessing!) because that file is in the L&H folder?

The expired updates will only disappear from the Configuration Manager Update Repository. After the ConfigMgr repository is updated, you have two additional options to complete their removal from the SUP: * Regular use of the Server Cleanup Wizard will delete expired updates 90 days after the date of expiration. * With…

For customers running v1.72 of SolarWinds Patch Manager, there is a HOTFIX available in your Customer Portal that will also resolve this issue.

What operating system, service pack, and version(s) of Internet Explorer did you encounter this behavior with? Was this an upgrade or a fresh installation of Flash Active X? if an upgrade, what previous version(s) of Flash were installed and what versions(s) were you installing?

I've not seen that issue before either. I've forwarded this thread to our package creation team to look into this and see if we need to enhance how we build those packages. In the interim, if you want to override this behavior, PackageBoot can be used to terminate the open IE sessions so the update will install. The JRE…

Sometimes the result codes from the <execution> section can impact the execution of the <postinstallation>section. Try setting the failureaction to 'continue' in the <execution> section which should cause <postexecution> to run unconditionally. If that happens, that would indicate an issue with the successcode attribute in…

Interesting. As it happens, the TFTP Server is not installable via an unattended methodology.

I'm somewhat confused by your remark concerning the "poor integration" between WSUS and Patch Manager. First, the conversation about reporting by Patch Manager Computer Group has nothing at all to do with WSUS. Reporting in Patch Manager is based upon inventory data collected from two sources: The WSUS database, and the…

Are these reports only as current as the previous run computer inventory? Yes. There is no "history" in an inventory task; it's the current state of the machine as last inventoried.

I'm inquiring with the product management and documentation teams as to which is actually correct Confirmed. Upgrading to 10.3 from earlier versions is required, prior to upgrading to 10.7.

Why would the Solarwinds patch manager show "No needed" updates (literally zero found!), even though lots of updates are found when doing a "Check online for updates with Microsoft" on the client? First note to consider is that comparing what's available online with "Windows Update" or "Microsoft Update" with what's…

UAC prompts give us a number of possibilities... First, I note from the UAC prompt that the publisher is unknown, which means the binary is not signed. Keep that factoid in the back of your mind. Second, the presentation of the UAC prompt could mean a number of things. 1. At its simplest it just means you launched the…

If you've added "Everyone" and "Domain Computers" that should address the need. (I'd forgotten about the "Domain Computers" security group.) Bummer about the fully qualified path requirement; that surely puts a dent in simplicity. Regarding adding all 2.7GB to the package.... we have had customers that have deployed a full…

I'm still curious as to why the catalog is missing 17.0.10, 17.0.11, 24.1.0 and 24.1.1 Firefox 17.0.11 ESR was published to the catalog on 11/18; released by Mozilla on 11/15 Firefox 17.0.10 ESR was published to the catalog on 10/30; released by Mozilla on 10/29 I will inquire as to information regarding Firefox 24.1.0 and…

Also, is there any way to search a group of computers for a specific program? Example: I would like to search for Microsoft Office on multiple machines. Is there any way to do this without running an inventory report on the machines? Generally, no, not if the target is more than one system. Using the Computer Explorer you…

You can remove Third-Party catalogs from the system entirely, by deleting them from the "Other Catalogs" tab. However, because we pre-populate those catalog definitions in the EWFEED.CAB, if you re-run the Third Party Updates Configuration Wizard, it will re-add those catalogs to the configuration, and you'll have to…

FWIW... I was just edified to this bit of trivia as well: Refer the warning given in the SMS_DEF.MOF file below. “DO NOT: Enable the Win32_QuickFixEngineering class unless you have installed the QFE for Q279225. Enabling this class without the QFE will result in inventory cycles taking a very long time to complete on the…

For example, I have seen some publishers list the version as 11.0.5, but the actual check is 11.0.05. Before I answer the original post... a pedantic point, but sometimes a very important one... ALL version numbers specified in rules must be FOUR-part numbers, so both 11.0.5 and 11.0.05 as listed here would be invalid…

Turns out this is a 'bug' that was introduced inadvertently in v1.8 as a result of our rebranding from "EminentWare" to "SolarWinds". We’ve reproduced the bug during the upgrade 1.73 to 1.85. It was introduced during the re-branding and it occurs in following upgrade scenarios: * 1.7x -> 1.85 * 1.7x -> 1.80 -> 1.85 Here is…

why did I have to re-publish the cert You mean re-distribute the cert to the Patch Manager server? The basic question that will lead to answer is: What changed?

Perhaps the first question of relevance is what the actual file(s) are that are changed in the 11.0.6 update. Those are the files that should be used to drive the logic rules. Most notably, if this is an Acrobat update... why are you testing the AcroRd32.dll? Also something that may be relevance is which version of Acrobat…

When you first wrote instead i use registry as thats what i find is most consistent. I immediately started writing (in my head) my response as to why using the registry is the least preferential option for building detection rules... But then I noted you're actually using File Version with Registry rules, which is the…

Since the acquisition of the EminentWare Extension Packs by SolarWinds, the 3rd party updates catalog is now part of the base product licensing. Upgrading to v1.72 will provide that functionality. You can obtain your upgrade to v1.72 through the Customer Portal. If you do not have a Customer Portal account, or did not…