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  • 1.  Creating a detection rule

    Posted Feb 28, 2012 12:56 PM

    I am having trouble creating a detection rule, I am having trouble with the proper formatting.

     

    I am trying to write a detection rule that checks multiple file versions to see if a Microsoft Hotfix is installed on a Windows 7 machine.  I am working with x64 and x86 and I am not sure why the rule isn't working.

    The detection rule does not work, because in the 2nd image if I change the version to  much higer version, 200 for example, it still says that it is detected.  I need to add 4 files and they have 4 different paths because of x86 and x64 versions of the OS.

    Thanks in advance.

     



  • 2.  RE: Creating a detection rule
    Best Answer

    Posted Feb 29, 2012 12:28 AM

    You may want to review the detection rule best practices doc:
    http://www.symantec.com/docs/HOWTO59040

    I'd recommend that you create two software resources, one for 32-bit and one for 64-bit.  The 32-bit software resource should have a 32-bit applicability rule, and the 64-bit should have a 64-bit applicability rule.  And each, of course, would also have a detection rule to see if the application is installed.

    For the detection rule, if you want to say that the hotfix is installed if either file version is present, use the following structure:

    AND (the default AND condition)
    ***OR (that you add)
    ******File Version
    ******File Version

    With this in place, you can add both software resources to a single managed software delivery policy, apply it to all Windows Workstations, and the applicability rules will determine which software resource to run.  The detection rules, of course, will determine if its installed.

    Does this help?