Sometimes you run across something in the Altiris KB that just makes sense, other times you run across things that end up looking like road kill.

This time, this one just makes sense.

There is a great article...

https://kb.altiris.com/article.asp?article=36188&p=1

...for RS that points to all the relesed hot fixes & updated training schedules for the latest release of Recovery Solution 6.2.2760 (6.2 SP2). The great thing about it is you can subscribe right to the article so you can be updated when the article is updated.

My buddy Sagar, one of the lead support guys in Talin, Estonia (go look it up on a map if you need to) keeps this particular article up to date, way to go Sagar!

This is the kind of thing ALL the Altiris Solutions need, a one-stop shop for a good KB reference for hot fixes and...

The original article SVS 2.1 HotFix 2 Available , submitted by Scott Jones can be read by here .

La HotFix 2 per Software Virtualization Solution 2.1 è stata rilasciata nel sito Altiris Knowledgebase. Questa HotFix include numerose fix riguardanti la stabilità ed è raccomandata per tutti gli utilizzatori di SVS . Questo è un aggiornamento cumulativo, che include tutti gli aggiornamenti a partire da HotFix 1.

Dettagli:

• Workaround per difetti nei registri Microsoft che possono causare un blue screen quando sono chiamate certe funzioni di registro.
• Fix per un problema di compatibilità di IIS -- Nota: IIS non è ancora supportato in un layer SVS ! Tuttavia, una prossima release di Wise Installation Studio richiede che SVS e IIS siano installate assieme nello stesso PC
• Fix in caso di memory leaks che possono causare un anomalo supero del tempo nelle prestazioni di...

Just wanted to post an FYI for anyone who has upgraded to the the R5 SP3 release for NS.

The Altiris Agent package that comes with that release has received an update. The build number for the R5 release is 2386, the newest build is 2387 and resolves an issue on the 64bit platforms with the agent.

The KB article explaining this is here:
https://kb.altiris.com/article.asp?article=35454&p=1

Also this mentions a pending R6 release (will it ever end???)

Heads up application packagers. Microsoft has made some changes to how Windows Vista interacts with access control lists. Here's a thorough article from Microsoft's technet that'll help you sort through (and understand) the changes.

Here's an excerpt:

The fundamental structure of access control lists (ACLs) has not changed much for Windows Vista, but there are a number of small yet important changes you need to be aware of. Some changes were necessary because in Windows® XP, ACLs played a part in several problems. First, most Windows XP users run as administrator. That is, they use an account that is a member of the built-in Administrators group. For home users, this is a virtual certainty because all accounts added during setup become administrators. Therefore any programs such users execute will also execute with administrative privileges, giving them unfettered access to the operating system. Of course, this is especially problematic if those...