ZENworks Patch Management Update Agent MSI Installer 6.2 SR1 Release Notes

The following issues have been resolved in the Agent MSI Installer v6.2 SR1 for Windows:

• Agent uninstall (from Add/Remove programs) may result in a hung process
• Agent uninstall may raise an error regarding insufficient access to the WInvColl.dll file
• The MSI Agent installer may not work on a Windows 98 computer
• Agent uninstall may raise an error
• Installation from the MSI Installer desktop icon may fail and report an error
• When attempting to install a previously canceled installation of the MSI Agent an error message may be displayed
• Agent uninstall (on Windows NT) may result in a hung process
• Typo in current documentation regarding the entry of proxy information
• Users who are not administrators or do not have administrative privileges can install the agent
• Problem - Agent running Windows NT detection results are not reported to PLUS
• The MSI Installer may not automatically start the Agent serviceOn
• Windows NT, canceling the install may cause the installer to become nonresponsive
• If the 6.1.0.97 or 6.1.0.98 Agent is installed and the MSI Installer is run, the user is prompted to remove the agent prior to continuing
• The MSI Installer does not validate the host URL and serial number values

• Although unsupported, if installed alongside or by way of Citrix (any version) you may experience unknown and sporadic behavior
• Uninstall by a non-administrative user raises an error message and will not uninstall the Agent
• Attempting to perform an Upgrade using the MSI installer will perform a reinstall instead
• If logged in as a user without administrative rights, the PatchLink Update Agent will not be shown in the Add/Remove Programs list
• Due to the security infrastructure of Microsoft Windows 98 any user can uninstall the PatchLink Update Agent
• Cancelling the agent uninstall may not restart the agent
• Installation of agent will proceed, although the minimum requirement, of Internet Explorer 5.01, is not met
• If the Host URL or Serial Number values are not populated, the Next button will be disabled
• If a user without administrative rights attempts an install using the MSI Installer, the installer will skip to the Wizard Complete dialog without any indication that the installation did not occur
• Agent repair overwrites server, serial and proxy settings with default settings, regardless of user input
• Windows NT may display an error if you attempt to logoff when the agent is running the Discovery Process (dagent.exe)
• On Windows XP, if attempt to install as a user without administrative rights, the resulting error message may vary dependent upon whether the agent already exists
• If attempting to install without sufficient disk space, two (one after the other) dialogs may display indicating the lack of disk space
• If a user attempts to install without populating the Host URL or Serial Number fields they may have to either; use the mouse to return to the required fields, or change focus to another window and back using ALT+TAB
• Using the Uninstall option available on the context menu (right-mouse menu) of the UpdateAgent.msi file may not remove the PatchLink Update Agent entry from the Add/Remove programs screen
• The installation notes, on the PatchLink Update Agent Installers page incorrectly refers to the MSI Installer as UpdateAgent.exe instead of UpdateAgent.msi