Environment
Novell ZENworks Desktop Management 6.5 - ZDM6.5 Application Launcher (NAL)
Novell ZENworks Desktop Management 7 - ZDM7 Application Launcher (NAL)
Situation
If the workstation manager is unable to authenticate to the Tree but the user can login then any applications associated to the workstation are removed. Only when the "Unassociated days to Uninstall" is set to "0" within the launcher config will the application be removed immediately.
Resolution
For ZDM7: Fixed in ZENworks 7 with SP1 Desktop Management, available at Novell Downloads
For ZDM6.5SP2: Fixed in Novell ZENworks 6.5 Desktop Management Support Pack 2 Interim Release 1 - see KB 3665027 "Updates to Novell ZENworks 6.5 Desktop Management" at Novell Support