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• Multiple GFI LanGuard Installations Logging to the Same SQL Database

  Overview In environments where multiple subnets, domains, or other circumstances create the need for multiple instances of GFI LanGuard, it is possible to configure these multiple instances to log int...

• Best Practices for Setting up Account Permissions with Alternative Credentials in LanGuard

  Overview LanGuard requires administrative privileges for most of its activities, including agent installation, scanning, remediation jobs, applying patches, deploying custom software, and gathering th...

• Disabling User Account Control (UAC) on Windows Machines

  Overview This article provides details on how to disable the User Account Control (UAC) on Microsoft Windows Servers and on personal computers, including desktop, laptops, and workstations. Solution T...

• Importing and Exporting GFI LanGuard Settings

  Overview GFI LanGuard allows users to import and export the configuration settings to be able to recover the configuration in case of data loss and to reuse them during the migration or an upgrade to ...

• Why are All Scanning Profiles Missing Including the Default Profiles?

  Overview You noticed that all of a sudden scanning profiles disappeared on one of the LanGuard servers - all the Scanning Profiles, including the default profiles, are missing. You can't find any manu...

• Can GFI LanGuard scan and patch remote machines connected over the internet, not using a local network (LAN) or VPN?

  Overview You are evaluating the possibility for the Languard patching system to patch machines that are not on the LAN and instead send the updates across the internet because you have more and more p...

• Why does LanGuard write Attribute Changes into SQL Database Very Slowly?

  Overview When you change attributes of a single computer or a group there are long delays while the writes to the backed database are completed.  This article provides information about possible root ...

• Why does LanGuard fail to remove the computer?

  Overview When you remove computers from the LanGuard dashboard, LanGuard fails to delete a computer. It is trying for a couple of minutes but afterward fails without an error, and the machine is still...

• How do I Reconfigure LanGuard and Central Management Server After the Password Change?

  Overview You changed the service account password and need help reconfiguring scanning and remediation settings with the new password. If the Central Management Server is present, it might also be aff...

• Upgrading the SQL server with the LanGuard database

  Overview You are planning to upgrade the Microsoft SQL where the LanGuard backend database resides and want to get instructions on how to install the new SQL server and move the database there.   Solu...