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Problem with FF10-024 QFF3617 after upgrade to 9.2
Hi,I've just upgraded to 9.2 and found a strange issue with an old Firefox patch, We use patch groups to scan with, the group contains all Security Patches, Security tools and Non-security Patches. We...
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After updating to 9.2 I noticed that you cannot exclude patches by clicking on the particular machine group, then Add, then unchecking the boxes for the patch. I am now going thru the patch templates...
View ArticleFlash Player updates, and Security Patches vs Software Distribution
What is the difference between security patches and software distribution? For example, if a Google Chrome update shows as either a security patch or software distribution, isn't the process the same?...
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Error Unknown When Activating Shavlik Protect Console License
PurposeThis document will show how to successfully activate your Shavlik Protect console license when receiving the errorUnknown while trying to automatically activate your license. DescriptionYou...
View ArticleStagger Reboots???
Does anyone have a script to more evenly stagger reboots? We are running into a boot storm essentially when patching a large number of VM's. I know the simple answer is to patch\reboot in smaller...
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Upgrade from 9.1.0 to 9.2 - upgrade database error
Hello, When I tried to upgrade to the latest Shavlik protect form 9.1.0 Patch 3 to 9.2 I get the error message below. The DB is running on our SQL (2008) server not locally. The server is...
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Shavlik Protect Landing Page
This is a list of highly recommended documents for improving general knowledge of the Shavlik Protect product. This article is not a comprehensive list of documents. For the Shavik Protect specific...
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Shavlik 9.2 - Issue with patches for Firefox and Adobe appearing for system...
After upgrading to shavlik 9.2 I'm having an issue that the system scan shows patches for products that are not installed on the OS. This is very similar to the question that is being asked in Problem...
View ArticleShavlik VMware Tools
I am testing out the demo. I did a scan of some of my machines. It shows that the VMware tools are out of date (They are) however it only wants to patch it to an older version. from 9.4.10 to 9.4.12....
View ArticlePatch groups Shavlik 9.2
In Shavlik 9.1 we had 2 different Update groups, with different assigned patches. Since the update to Shavlik 9.2 I cannot make a difference between the 2 groups. If I uncheck an vendor in Group 1 it...
View ArticleUpgraded to 9.2 and when I run shavlik, just get the splash screen saying...
Just run the update this morning to Shavlik Protect 9.2, update ran successfully as did the db schema update. Ran Shavlik and splash screen appeared and it just stays stuck with "Importing Patch...
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Service Packs in patch scan results
I have in the scan results Service Pack available as missing patch. I have disabled Microsoft in the patch scan template but after every scan the (only Microsoft) service packs are detected as missing...
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Custom Actions not working in 9.2
Has anyone seen this issue. I was trying to deploy an msi via Custom Actions in 9.2. I am able to setup the null patch. I go into my custom actions and set 1) push file 2) push file 3) call .bat...
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Console Scheduler Credential - The Selected Console Scheduler Credentials...
PurposeThis document will explain why you are seeing a popup message: The selected Console Scheduler credential does not match the current user's account. Please enter a shared credential matching the...
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Delete credentials
I'm trying to clean up our credentials library, but I am unable to delete credentials created by other users (predecessors, mainly). How can I remove credentials that were created by a no-longer active...
View ArticleCustom Patch issues after 9.2 Upgrade. Couple of issues.
The first issue I am seeing is that the Install file command line switches I am putting into that field are not there if I save the XML and go back into it to edit it later. I'm almost 100% sure those...
View ArticleA few picky comments on Protect 9.2
When editing a patch group and adding patches, I can right-click on the selected patches and add by picking a patch group from a list that may be long enough to need scrolling. But most likely I want...
View ArticleExcluding Patches
After updating to 9.2 I noticed that you cannot exclude patches by clicking on the particular machine group, then Add, then unchecking the boxes for the patch. I am now going thru the patch templates...
View ArticleFlash Player updates, and Security Patches vs Software Distribution
What is the difference between security patches and software distribution? For example, if a Google Chrome update shows as either a security patch or software distribution, isn't the process the same?...
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Shavlik Remote Scheduler Service stopped
I upgraded to V 9.2 on Monday. We have a scheduled scan that is supposed to run on Thursday; it did not. (I set the credentials for it yesterday.) Server was rebooted for VMware tools install. The...
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