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How can i make the laptop unmanaged

Updated: 15 Sep 2011 | 6 comments
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How can i make the laptop unmanaged, if its already reporting to SEPM

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Sep
2011
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Here is the solution

How to convert Symantec Endpoint Protection clients from managed to unmanaged without uninstalling and reinstalling

Article URL http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH104010

 

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2011
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I have tried this on more

I have tried this on more than one occasion it doesn't work. Intailly the client becomes unmanged and changes back to manage.

The best that I would do , Uninstall and Reinstall.

Prachand Kumar MCSE-2003 Symantec Technical Specialist (SCTS)

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2011
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you need to delete sylink.bak

hi prachand

after deleting sylink.bak it will not turn to managed

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2011
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Hello Fixerr, You are lucking

Hello Fixerr, You are lucking in that regard, it never worked for me, even deleting sylink.bak

Prachand Kumar MCSE-2003 Symantec Technical Specialist (SCTS)

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2011
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I tried to convert managed

I tried to convert managed client to unmanaged with sylinkdrop tool and sylink.xml from sep folder, but it still be managed. In Help-Troubleshooting client is "self-managed" but still is applied policies from my management server. Client is still visible on management server group but that's offline..pfff ???

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The only way it has worked

The only way it has worked for me in last 4 years in Uninstall and Reinstall

Prachand Kumar MCSE-2003 Symantec Technical Specialist (SCTS)