What Bugs Have Been Fixed in the Altiris Agent?

Notification Server 6.0 SP3 is continually updated with cumulative bug fixes known as "Rollup" updates. For example at the time of this writing the most current Rollup is Notification Server 6.0 SP3 R11. For each of the 11 rollups, an Altiris knowledgebase article is created; however the newer version of the release notes only includes the most current set of bug fixes. For customers more than one revision behind, for example customers running R4, understanding what changed between R4 and R11 can be a challenge. This document is a compilation of all of the Altiris NS Agent bugs that have been corrected between NS 6.0 Sp3 R4 and NS 6.0 SP3 R11. This document is based on the releases notes publicly available at kb.altiris.com. Note that server side bug fixes are not included in this document.

At the time of this writing, NS 6.0 SP3 R11 is the latest release. The Altiris agent build included with NS 6.0 SP3 R11 is 6.0.2403.

1. On Windows 2003 computers, if a low-level user was logged onto the console session, any users accessing the computer through Terminal Services couldn't see the Altiris Agent icon.
2. Performing a pull installation of the Altiris Agent on a Windows Vista computer with default Internet Explorer 7.0 settings failed.
3. Software Delivery tasks configured to run as the logged on user were failing when run on Windows Vista.
4. SWD programs requiring user input were running inside a secure desktop on Windows Vista.
5. Altiris Agents installed on Windows Vista were not generating log-off events.
6. The Last Logon User data was not being sent as part of Basic Inventory by Altiris agents installed on Windows Vista.
7. The Altiris Agent Primary User calculation didn't work on Windows Vista because the logged on user couldn't be identified.
8. The Altiris Agent failed to read Internet Explorer 7.0 proxy settings set on Windows Vista and couldn't store them in the registry.
9. The Altiris Agent context-sensitive help was not appearing on Windows Vista.
10. The Altiris Agent would sometimes crash when terminating certain programs and their task trees. Example: AeXRunControl.exe.
11. When upgrading the Package Server Agent the registry key "PkgCleanupInterval (min)" is temporarily reset to the default value of 7 days. This registry key controls when unused packages are deleted. The reset of this key was causing incorrect deletion of packages in some environments.
12. After installing Package Server on a computer with a fresh install of Windows XP SP2, an Altiris Agent attempting to download a package from this Package Server, through HTTP, failed with the following error message: 'Download Snapshot failed: Failed to create NS Client component. Error number: 46. Error Description: Permission denied d(70)'.
13. Agent not detecting HTTP error codes KB 29059
14. Primary User calculations are inaccurate - KB 28798
15. Extra backslashes in PackageServerBaseDir break package downloads - KB 29059
16. Tasks scheduled to run at logon or at startup will never run if reg key
17. 'Delay at system boot' is enabled - KB 31984
18. AeXUtility has a handle leak in FindUserProcessToken() - KB 35454
19. Agent not pulling proxy server out of IE correctly when option "Use same proxy server for all protocols" is unselected - KB 35284
20. Continual cpu usage is occurring from the Altiris agent after a console logoff until the next logon - KB 39954
21. AeXAgentUtil will clean if the keyword is anywhere within the arguments - KB 37529
22. Unable to pull install the Altiris Agent when using a proxy - KB 39990
23. Agent security vulnerability corrected - documented at http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/secu...
24. Beginning in R8, the Package Server agent is now supported on Windows Server 2008 SP1
25. Beginning in R8, the Altiris Agent is now supported on Windows Server 2008 SP1, Vista SP1 and XP Sp3
26. A second Agent Security vulnerability was corrected as described at http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/...
27. Improved support for Windows XP, Server 2003 and Server 2008
28. AeXAgentUtil.exe /clean does not remote a registry key - KB 40273
29. Agent does not detect when a proxy has closed the connection - KB 41854
30. NS Agent pull fails when proxy exception list is too long - KB 40078
31. HTTPS push installation is failing using Internet Explorer 7 - KB 43207
32. The AClient x64 is not visible on the Altiris Agent - KB 38732
33. Windows Defender alert in Vista states that the Altiris AGent is unsigned code - KB 41209
34. Beginning in R10, the Altiris Agent is now supported on Vista SP2
35. Beginning in R11, SQL 2005 Sp3 support was added to the NS
36. Software Delivery Tasks that are set to run only at the scheduled time do not run after a deferral window - KB 45168
37. After installing R10 for NS 6.0 SP3, new package servers are deployed with the SP3 package server agent build - KB 46672