One of the things that annoys me with Forefront is the inability to scan multiple, selected machines in the console. One way around that is to use the command line and mpcmdrun.exe. mpcmdrun.exe is the Forefront tool to get information, but can be used to start Forefront scans. “C:\Program Files\Microsoft Forefront\Client Security\Client\Antimalware\mpcmdrun.exe” -Scan -scantype 1 [...]
Had a problem user, who decided AV wasn’t needed and promptly removed it from his system. I got the call, called up the customer and politely pointed out the Internet was full of Bad Stuff™ and it’s a good idea NOT to uninstall, especially as it broke IT policy doing so. The conversation went a [...]
Our previous Forefront/DPM problem has finally be resolved. After building a lab or two and talks with Ms (thanks Lee!) I discovered the new client build, 1.5.1958.0 KB956280 fixes the problem. Have deployed it to a number of previous problem sites and DPM is behaving itself nicely. As a note the previous version 1.5.1955.0 KB952265 [...]
Was looking for some guidance on a every increasing SystemCentreReporting Database and discovered FCSNerds Any other real life Forefront tips and stories are always welcome. Looks like it could be good, especially if they keep it going.
For those who like to keep their network links from hitting 100% utilization need to keep the following in mind: Forefront clients normal run in background mode for updates from a WSUS server, so it will use the BITS settings, which you hopefully have applied by a GPO to all your machines. Background Mode , [...]
