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My Hardware Inventory Says "Task Stopped" Why?

BRING — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 16:06:02 -0500

Recently, it was discovered that a client machine had a Task History entry for Hardware Inventory, AEXMACHINV.exe of 'Task Stopped'? In fact, AEXMACHINV.exe stays active and in place, showing up in the computers task manager until a time-out occurs. Of course, there was no hardware inventory on the server either. What happened?

Asset & CMDB

Using Deployment Solution to Reset Local User Account Passwords

Antonp — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:11:51 -0500

Resetting a local user account on one or more computers on your network, whether they are in a domain or workgroup, using Altiris Deployment Solution is very simple.

Making use of Micrsoft's commands to create a script that will do this for you.

Deployment & Migration

Patching the Vulnerabilities in DS6.8 and DS6.9

ianatkin — Thu, 22 May 2008 11:56:29 -0500

I put this on the Altiris Forums a little while ago, but thought it might be useful to place here too.

The link below describes half-a-dozen security vulnerabilities which appear to be only fixed by UPGRADING to DS 6.9 plus the hotfixes www.symantec.com/avcenter/security. Here are the steps I took to remedy the problem.

Deployment & Migration

Screensaver Lock for Macintosh

kbuller — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 21:37:41 -0500

I have been tasked with locking down our Macintosh workstations. The only goal so far has been to set a screen saver idle time and to require a password to wake the computer from sleep or screen saver.

Security & Compliance

SecurityExpressions: Using an Iteration - A Tip on IterateType = ProfileList

ahumphries — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 12:55:23 -0500

Trying to audit with a rule that must iterate through all user profiles who have logged in to Windows?

Here's a tip that should make your day.

Security & Compliance

Rolling out Symantec Endpoint

neil_rogers — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 10:31:12 -0600

If you are looking to deploy Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) in your environment, there are a few pointers to make it work better in the initial rollout.

These steps are what I would call "critical" in an organization with more than one global policy for their computers.

Security & Compliance

Allowing Limited Security Console Users to View Local Security Solution Passwords

BRING — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 12:09:05 -0600

If you've been hearing this, "I have some limited access users that need to be able to use the passwords that Local Security Solution maintains. I keep getting errors like "Unable to discover your essential user data for logging purposes". What changes do we need to make to allow them access?" then this tip's for you, Bob.

Deployment & Migration

Changing Solution Center Location

Andrew Souter — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 15:11:52 -0600

For those that are not connected to the Internet, you may notice that when you install the Notification Server and click on Solution Center to download new solutions that the NS will sit there and wait while it tries to resolve to www.solutionsam.com\solutions\6_0.

Deployment & Migration

Notify Primary User of Admin Password Disclosure

Andrew Souter — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 11:10:39 -0600

Ever wondered how you automatically notify the user that a managed password (typically the Administrator account) has been accessed by an administrator when using Local Security Solution? No Notification Policy exists by default.

Learn how to install just such a Notification Policy in this tip.

Security & Compliance

Reset Disclosed Passwords with LSS

skakid — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 12:04:25 -0500

In our organization we have some very security sensitive managers, one of whom was wholeheartedly for Local Security Solution (LSS). However, he quickly became concerned that passwords, after being disclosed, were opening security holes. While limited to those computers, he was still concerned enough and he has enough pull to have this issue block our full implementation of Local Security Solution. Therefore, it quickly became important to address his issues. Instead of upping our password reset interval for everyone, I came up with the idea of just reseting those passwords that had been disclosed.

Security & Compliance