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    LANDesk(R) Workgroup Manager Tips: Distribution

    Contents:

    • SOFTWARE DISTRIBUTION REMOVES PACKAGES THAT DO NOT COMPLETE THEIR INSTALLATION PROPERLY ON WINDOWS 95* AND WINDOWS NT* STATIONS
    • PACKAGES ARE PUBLIC UNTIL A USER IS ASSIGNED
    
    

    SOFTWARE DISTRIBUTION REMOVES PACKAGES THAT DO NOT COMPLETE THEIR INSTALLATION PROPERLY ON WINDOWS 95* AND WINDOWS NT* STATIONS

    
       Product:  LANDesk(R) Workgroup Manager, Component: Distribution
    
    
    
       Symptom:
    
       Software Distribution removes packages that do not complete their
    
       installation properly (ie the installation aborts or stops without  a
    
       message) on Windows 95* and Windows NT* Stations. 
    
    
    
       When executing a remove package on a Windows 95 or NT client, everything
    
       seems to be removed from the client except for the group that was
    
       created for the application.  This results in a Non-critical Error from
    
       Software Distribution.
    
    
    
       Description:
    
       The cleanup procedure is not properly removing the package group for the
    
       created application for the package.
    
    
    
       Solution:
    
       Simple work around is to delete the group manually.
    
    
    
    

    PACKAGES ARE PUBLIC UNTIL A USER IS ASSIGNED

    
       Product:  LANDesk(R) Workgroup Manager, Component: Distribution
    
    
    
       Symptom:
    
       When packages are created, and no users are assigned to get the package,
    
       the package is available to all the users in the LANDesk(R) Workgroup
    
       Manager Group. But, as soon as we attach any user to the package, this
    
       package is no longer available to the reset users. Why?
    
    
    
       Description:
    
       This is as designed.  If a user is assigned to a package, that package
    
       is assumed to no longer be public.
    
    
    
       Note:  Only users that have been scanned into the inventory database can
    
       be sent the package, otherwise a warning message occurs.
    
    

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