2014 Lenovo Battery Recall - using LDMS to determine affected systems
Hi all, Is anyone aware of how LDMS can be used to determine if the batteries in a laptop at the time of inventory are part of the newest Lenovo battery recall? I seem to remember that during the...
View ArticleUsername that installed an application
Hi there, Does anybody know how to retrieve or include in the LDMS inventory data base the username of the user that installed manually a given application in a client computer? Maybe using the WMI...
View ArticleDuplicate devices showing - Attributes are identical yet aren't deleted
Hi, I have an issue where machines are displaying in the All Devices window twice - They have the same Device Name, MAC address, serial number, last inventory scan time and date. They are the same...
View ArticleInventory not reflecting correct data. OS>Policy>Strong Password and Screen...
Our Auditors want to use the Strong Password and Screen Saver Password attributes in inventory under OS > Policy in their reporting. We've built the reports but we're finding that the values...
View ArticleQuery results to show only pc's that are online?
Is there a way to filter query results to only show pc's that are currently online?On 9.6 sp1 btw.
View ArticleLDISCN32.exe command switches
Is there a document explaining the command line switches for LDISCN32.exe? I can do a "/?" but it doesn't explain what "/O /T /Q" do.
View ArticleDirect Database Queries
Is anyone here doing direct database queries? We'd like to include some of the inventory information in our wiki (especially patch/vulnerability state), but I am not sure about the best way to...
View Articlemore XXX.scan files in the C:\Program Files\LANDesk\ManagementSuite\ldscan...
more XXX.scan files in the C:\Program Files\LANDesk\ManagementSuite\ldscan folder. and the inventory service start.
View ArticleLDISCN32.EXE Times Out On Clients
We're on LANDesk 9 SP2 and I seem to have a problem lately where Inventory Scans are timing out on Windows XP client computers. I'm getting an error in the Application log on affected clients... "Event...
View ArticleInventory scan will not complete with Symantec Endpoint Protection 12 installed.
After completing our upgrade to LDMS 9.5 from 9.0 SP3 we are unable to successfully run LDISCN32.EXE with Symantec Endpoint Protection 12 installed on XP based machines, does not seem to be affecting...
View ArticleCan I query NIC link speed?
Greetings, Is there a way to query NIC link speed using LANDesk agent? We have just recently upgraded the physical network wiring in our environment. Some of the WinXP boxes were hard set to 10 Mbps...
View ArticleQuery for different versions of Internet Explorer
I've read the past threads on this, what few there were, but was unable to locate an answer that worked. When I attempt to query for IE versions, Utilizing the Custom Data, or the Product/Name...
View ArticleDocking Station - Inventory
I ran a query for special laptop model, I wanted to add setting that will show me if there is docking station. Is it possible if so where can i find under Machine Components setting to add Docking...
View ArticleSystem Information is missing
I have about 50 workstations (out of 6200) that are not reporting back on system information. I compared the inventory scans between one of these 'bad' clients and a working client and it looks like...
View ArticleSSID in Inventory?
Does anyone know of a way to capture in inventory the SSID a computer is connected to?
View ArticleInternet History
I am looking for ways to get the Internet History from a PC and put it into the LANDesk Inventory for reporting purposes. I have found that (for IE at least) the history is stored in files on the file...
View ArticleFilevault detection
Is there anyway LANDesk can detect if a Mac user is using FileVault?Thanks! - Kurt
View ArticleStartup time not updateing
I have about 50% of my servers not reporting in the correct startup (boot time) Windows 2003 -2008R2. I have checked the WMI on the machines with viewers and when I query through Systeminfo the...
View ArticleGatherProducts.exe High CPU Utilization and Run Time
Has anyone else seen the GatherProducts.exe process run at an average of 45-50% cpu utilization and/or take 25 minutes to run? The gatherproducts.exe log takes about 3 seconds to get to 'Initializing...
View ArticleBeware if you are using "light core"/"dark core" scenario
I should have done my research before starting on the project to install a rollup core because these requirements kill it outright. We have one light core and 4 dark cores. The cores are all in...
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