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KSchroeder's blog

07 Sep 2011 |

Note that the following applies to and was tested on Altiris NS 6.0 SP3 R13, but may work with some adjustments on SMP 7.x as well (untested).

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08 Apr 2011 |

Hello RS faithful!  I noticed today that the first RS 7.0 SP1 Hotfix has been released, which addresses a problem where PST file snapshot may be cancelled with an error showing that the snapshot was cancelled by user on 64bit RS Agent.  For more information, have a look at TECH156526.  The hotfix contains an updated Data1.cab,

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01 Feb 2011 |

The long awaited final service pack (SP4) for Recovery Solution 6.2 has been released today, February 1, 2011!  You can read the Release Notes here: DOC3495.  Some highlights and new features:

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29 Nov 2010 |

Just a quick FYI for everyone...I was browsing the Support KB (SymWise) for Notification Server today and couldn't help but notice the following (wink

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01 Nov 2010 |

Our IT Security lead asked me today how many people had installed "DropBox" (a file sharing/syncing app).  So I pulled up my Add/Remove programs report, plugged in "%Drop%Box%" as a search term, and promptly was given "No results".  "GREAT!" I thought, "another potential data leakage source not being exploited!"  But then I got to

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07 Jul 2010 |

This may be showing up on Connect soon, but if Joel doesn't post it here explicitly (and I didn't check...

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11 Jun 2010 |

Our test and development servers got patched last night, including the IIS patch in MS10-040.  Today when our users went to test, the workflows wouldn't load and there were lots of errors in the Event log.  So, heads up to not install that patch to your Workflow servers.  The MS KB article for the patch (KB982666) and th

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14 May 2010 |

Hello fellow Altiris users...

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04 May 2010 |

In case anyone missed it, Symantec quietly released the "R13" update to Solution Center last Friday afternoon.  This includes updates for the NS itself, as well as updates for Inventory Solution, App Metering, Inventory Solution for Servers, Task Management, and Monitor Solution.  For all the details, see AKB

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29 Jan 2010 |

So in testing IE8 at my company, I and several others encountered numerous problems trying to access the Altiris NS 6.0 console with it.  In fact there was a recent forum thread with a similar issue.   When accessing the console, we would receive an error similar to the following:

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