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Deploying Windows XP Service Pack 3 as a Distribution Package
DescriptionThis document describes how to deploy Windows XP Sevice Pack 3 using LANDesk Management Suite and a Distribution Package. This is most easily done using the patch content in Patch Manager,...
View ArticlePolicy Invoker Error with LDMS 8.8 SP2
LANDesk Community, LANDesk has recently become aware of some issues where deploying SP2 to a LANDesk Management Suite 8.8 agent can cause the Policy Invoker to fail--preventing a machine from being...
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How to create a Software Package that places a shortcut on the Desktop
Steps to create an SWD package to push out a shortcut to the desktop of a user</h2> One of the more common software distribution tasks is to place a shortcut for an application onto a users...
View ArticleHow to troubleshoot policy status reporting
1. On the core server navigate to c:\program files\landesk\managementsuite directory. 2. Open the apmservice.ini and add a logging section and the the following value:Keepevents=on Should look...
View ArticleHow to invoke a process on a remote computer under a specified identity
It is sometimes useful to invoke an application on a remote device using a specified user context instead of the LocaSystem user. To achieve this result, it is possible to use the attached VBS that...
View ArticleHow to open a command prompt running as Microsoft's "Local System" account?
There are multiple ways to open a command prompt running as the Local System account. Here are some easy ways to do this: Download a Sysinternals tool called PSexec. This tool can also be used to...
View ArticleHow to keep files in the SDMCACHE directory for a longer period of time
Issue:How to change the time that files remain in the SDMCACHE directory.The SDMCACHE directory is where LANDesk products store files that were downloaded during Software Distribution or Patching...
View ArticleHow to Configure a Preferred Package Server
Information on how to debug your Preferred Server configuration can be found here http://community.landesk.com/support/docs/DOC-27151For LDMS 9.0 and Newer VersionsPreferred Servers can be enabled in...
View ArticleHow to interpret Scheduler Task Status Codes and MAC_STATUS for a task
Applies to LANDesk Management Suite (LDMS) version 8.8, 9.0 and 9.5 Scheduler task status codes The LD_TASK table inside the LDMS database contains a TASK_STATUS column whose values are represent the...
View ArticleHow do you make the care recognized all of the manually downloaded patches?
Man of the detected patches cannot be downlaoded by the LANdesk core because of various vendors' copyright rules. So I have to go in and manually download them. Afterwards, I go to create a new...
View Article0x80004005 - code 16389 on Windows 7 PCs
Hi I am having an issue with only Windows 7 Pc deploying any MSI Patches.I know that most of the time 0x80004005 is permissions issue on my shared folder containing my packages.But My windows XP PC...
View ArticleExploring vPro
I have spend the past year and a half working to get vPro to function correctly here on the enterprise. vPro (if working correctly) provides your LANDesk installation with some very significant...
View ArticleSoftware Distribution Portal shows policies after they've been cancelled
I'm testing the software distribution portal and I've run across a couple of issues. First if I put machines in the task and make the policy available to those machines, the policy remains available...
View ArticleWOL Simple Question
Hi, I am testing WOL setup with version 9.0.2.3. I just need a simple response of if WOL will work on different subnets without the help of a third party tool. Thanks!
View ArticleTask Queued at client for execution
Hello, I have 67 computers reporting the "Task Queued at client for execution" message. I can reboot them if that is the best option but wonder if there is a better way. We're on 9.0.3.2. Thank you.
View ArticleSD command line options broken in 9.5?
Recently we migrated from LDMS 9.0 to 9.5. I am trying to build some new Software Distribution packages in the new console and I am seeing a problem with the command line options part of the package...
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Remove Query from Scheduled Task
I've tried searching for a response to this but think that I must be missing something. I am running Landesk 9.5 and working on setting up my software distribution tasks. I would like to change the...
View ArticleError Downloading Package
I have a simple .exe file that I need to push out. It is built using auto it. I keep getting an issue "error downloading package". Here is the log file:...
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New Software Distribution Features for 9.5 SP1
New Feature ListPackage CategoriesPackage BundlesStreamed Document PackageDefault Delivery MethodPackage Pre-Cache FunctionTask HistoryAutomated Inventory Scans After Distribution TasksPackage...
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LANDesk Software Distribution Landing Page
Software Distribution for LANDesk Management SuiteThis is a list of highly recommended documents for increasing overall knowledge of this component.The article's listed below are applicable to LANDesk...
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