overide the scanning of disks

[terry712]

i'm just starting to roll out eorchestra

some of our pc's (from an image) - already have a task set to scan the disks at a set time

i create a task for this and applied it to the site - i thought that this would overide the setting but it doesnt - it works scans when it should but it also does the local setting
how can i get rid of this local task so it's control from console

is my only way to create a file from install and then copy the cab to the mid directory or what the best way

 

[Windexx]

Local scan tasks are not affected by ePO. If they exist and ran prior they will still exist and run even with ePO. I would look in the registry and remove the key for that task. If these are domain machines you can use a startup script to mod the registry or create a script to go through your environment. I went with the startup script route. If a user created custom tasks then your life just became a bit more complicated :-( Another solution may be to import the regkey(s) that you want from a good computer you have setup.

Please note that I...

Remove the ODS task
Disable the autoupdate schedule <-- otherwise users will see the "Update Now..." screen every time as opposed to the ePO silent version.

Your mileage may vary and make sure you test in your environment first!



I have enclosed a snippet of code that may help you. This was written for 7.0 but should work for 7.1 & 8.0i I think.

:: *******************************************************
:VS
:: *******************************************************
:: Remove registry keys associated with On Demand Scanning - disables update task
set log=c:\log.log
reg query "hklm\software\network associates\TVD\VirusScan Enterprise\CurrentVersion\Tasks\{818C7543-358A-4C84-899A-14334EMS4BGS}"
set EC=%ERRORLEVEL%
if not %EC%==0 echo Registry task not found...okay >> %LOG% && goto :VSSKIP
reg delete "hklm\software\network associates\TVD\VirusScan Enterprise\CurrentVersion\Tasks\{818C7543-358A-4C84-899A-14334EMS4BGS}" /f

if %ERRORLEVEL%==0 (
echo Registry keys for On Demand Scanning have been removed >> %LOG%
)else (
echo Registry keys for On Demand Scanning have *NOT* been removed due to error >> %LOG%
)
:VSSKIP
reg query "hklm\software\network associates\TVD\VirusScan Enterprise\CurrentVersion\Tasks\{A14CD6FC-3BA8-4703-87BF-E3247CE382F5}"
set EC=%ERRORLEVEL%
if not %EC%==0 echo Registry task for custom local task not found >> %LOG% && goto :EPOEND
reg add "hklm\software\network associates\TVD\VirusScan Enterprise\CurrentVersion\Tasks\{A14CD6FC-3BA8-4703-87BF-E3247CE382F5}" /v bSchedEnabled /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

if %ERRORLEVEL%==0 (
echo Registry keys for Local Custom Update Task have been disabled >> %LOG%
)else (
echo Registry keys for On Local Custom Update Task have *NOT* been disabled due to error >> %LOG%
)
GOTO EPOEND




Merry ePO Christmas & Cheers!

 

[terry712]

thanks

i will give it a whirl - the pc's are in the nds - so i can use a nal to delete the task to probs