We mentioned this in our April Patch Blog, but we wanted to do a separate post to make sure everyone sees and understands the implications of this anomaly. Issue: Some Windows 11 machines with 23H2 are not getting the latest Cumulative Updates (CU). Symptom: The machine will appear to be fully patched, not only to Kaseya but also if you run Windows Update. However, if you run a Hot Fix check for either March or April’s CU, neither is installed. How to locate: We have a script you can find on ClubMSP called Windows 11 – Check Latest Cumulative Update (CU). You create a custom field and then run the script. It will check for either KB5053602 or KB5055528. If you don’t want to download and run the script, you can simply run this PowerShell command either locally or from within LiveConnect: if (Get-HotFix | Where-Object { $_.HotFixID -in @(‘KB5053602’,…
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This Week's Third Party Updates
This Week’s Third Party Updates include: Quicktime, Adobe Air, Notepad++, Thunderbird, and Seamonkey. Get the install scripts inside!
How to go live with Virtual Administrator's IT Essentials
We often get asked “After my trial period is over, how do I get started?”, so I thought I would share with you the steps! Going live with Virtual Administrator’s IT Essentials is easy, just follow the steps below. As you get near the end of your trial, you will get some emails to remind…
How to save money and even get some FREE agents with Kaseya’s IT Essentials
Here is a quick tip on how to save some money and at the same time get some free agents on your IT Center/Essentials account. It all has to do with price breaks. Kaseya’s IT Center/Essentials is sold on-demand with no commitments or requirements. You can change the quantities at any time and the price…
Microsoft Exchange Patch Potentially Stopping Mail Flow
Our technicians at Network Depot noticed that some of our exchange servers went offline earlier today. This is due to a Microsoft patch which went out that is blocking mail flow on some servers. We were able to correct the issue by executing an IIS reset on the servers in question and mail returned to…
Third Party Updates 12/13
This Week’s Software Updates Include: Flash Firefox / Chrome, Flash IE, Adobe Shockwave, Thunderbird, VLC, and Firefox.
Virtual Administrator’s December 2013 Patch Recommendations
10 Security Bulletins were released – 5 Critical, 5 Important, and 0 Moderate This Month In Brief 11 Security Bulletins were released 5 Critical, 6 Important We have decided to deny KB2887069 (MS13-101) at this time. There are a number of reports that anti-virus can interfere with KB2887069’s installation and the update gets stuck during…
This Week's Third Party Updates (12/6)
Updates this week include: Adobe Shockwave, Winzip, WinRAR, Ccleaner. Click through for direct links to our update scripts and more details.
Latest Script Updates (November 27)
Scripts Updated [evp t=scriptupdate title=”CryptoLocker Prevention Audit” link=”https://virtualadministrator.com/scripts/cryptllocker-prevention-audit/” notes=”Bug fix and added if user logged in to stop false results.”]Script downloads and runs CryptoPreventTestCLI then executes to find out if CryptoPrevent has been applied to machine. Script then writes results to script log. Able to report by filtering Agent Procedure logs for $CryptoLocker$ all entries…
Third Party Updates November 27
Big Four App Browser Plugin
Kaseya IT Essentials – How to increase licenses
Ever wonder why your new Kaseya SaaS agents don’t fully check-in? 9 times out of 10 it is because you don’t have enough licenses to accommodate the new agents. The symptom is the agents will show up on your portal as a template (little orange square) To fix this, all you need to…