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• Can I Increase the computer shutdown / restart timeout to more than 100000 seconds?

  Overview You have noticed that in the Remediation Center, the target machine's maximum timeout time before a system shutdown/restart is 100000 seconds, and want to increase it even higher.   Solution ...

• How do we remediate Microsoft Edge updates?

  Overview LanGuard server doesn't offer to remediate Microsoft Edge.   Solution The default MS Edge browser in Windows 10 is the legacy version, and it is updated by cumulative updates. As for the Chro...

• How does GFI LanGuard ensure update integrity?

  Overview You have critical infrastructure systems and are bound by compliance standards. You want to know how does GFI LanGuard ensure update integrity for Microsoft and third party vendors as they ar...

• Can I deploy drivers through the WSUS repository using LanGuard?

  Overview You want to know if it is possible to apply drivers through the WSUS repository using GFI LanGuard.   Solution GFI LanGuard is able to use the repository of a WSUS server as an additional dow...

• Is it possible to change the default selection in the end-user reboot and shut down dialog after the remediation?

  Overview At the end of the remediation process, a dialog window is displayed to the end-user with options to restart the machine for the changes to take effect. You want to configure this after the re...

• Fixing the new patch download failures

  Overview There are several updates and patches that can be deployed on your machines, but LanGuard is not able to deploy patches because it fails to download these patches.   Solution The common root ...

• Why is the LanGuard Remediation Waiting for Patch Agent?

  Overview LanGuard remediation jobs don't receive any update from Patch Agent and are failing.   Solution The common root causes for remediation jobs failing while waiting for Patch Agent are environme...

• Resolving the issue of GFI LanGuard not showing patches for approval within Repository

  Overview LanGuard console is not showing any patches for approval under Configuration -> Patch Auto-deployment, even though the repository directory contains new patches that have not been deployed.  ...

• Why are Remediation Jobs Failing Getting Terminated?

  Overview Your remediation jobs are failing with the error of getting terminated.   Solution The issue is commonly caused by the GFI LanGuard Attendant service crashing just before the remediation job ...

• Template to push out common Windows updates like Cumulative Updates via LanGuard's Custom Software Deployment feature

  Overview These steps will assist you with deployment of common Windows patches like Cumulative Updates or Hotfixes via LanGuard. It is useful in case emergency fixes are released by Windows, but are n...