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FileWave Client

Enrolling Devices

Articles about the process to enroll devices in to FileWave.

FileWave Client Configuration Settings

FileWave Client Configuration Settings Configuration Settings are found in the Windows registry ...

Filewave Firewall Scripts for Windows

Summary FileWave Installers by default leave Windows Firewall settings untouched. This article p...

Creating a Superprefs Fileset

Description A Superprefs Fileset will allow you to configure your FileWave Clients in mass. You ...

Placeholders

Placeholders Placeholders for computers and mobile devices are useful in many situations where y...

Locking Devices

What is it? What are device locks? What is the difference between "Lock" and "Lock Devices" The...

Location Tracking

How the FileWave Client Communicates

Enrollment At this point you have either installed the FileWave client onto a computer, or the c...

Executing a Client-Side Script-Based Verification

What The "verify" option of the fwGUI client application allows you to run a "verify" from the c...

Inventory-only Clients

Management Mode A new flag has been added to computer Clients. It has two values: Managed (norma...

Troubleshooting

Apple MDM Missing Enrolment Profile

What At times, MDM may appear slow or even worse, the MDM Enrolment Profile no longer seems to b...

Clearing FileWave Client Certs

In some situations, you may want to explicitly make the server clear and revoke a client certif...

FileWave Client notification for zsh running in the background

What When I upgraded my FileWave Client to 15.3.0 or newer I saw a popup saying "zsh is now runn...

FileWave Client Rename Behavior

Renaming a desktop client in the admin console will now change the Client Name inventory field to...

FileWave Client Status Check: How to ask the client what it is doing on macOS and Windows

What The FileWave client, available for both macOS and Windows, allows administrators to verify ...

FileWave Windows Network Sweeper

What Occasionally FileWave clients (Windows devices) can have an issue that prevents them from c...

PSExec as a Helper in Troubleshooting

What The PS Tools from Microsoft (from SysInternals)  are a terrifically powerful tool to help y...

Using PsExec to Remotely Restart the FileWaveWinClient Service

What Using PsExec to remotely restart the "FileWaveWinClient" Windows service allows you to remo...

Understanding and Resolving Proxy Communication Issues in FileWave

What This article addresses the common communication issues encountered with FileWave, especiall...

Using PowerShell to Remotely Check the Windows FileWave Client Status

What The FileWave Client on Windows is like any other software service...the service can be impa...

When does the inventory client run scans?

Inventory The FileWave Client runs an inventory scan at startup, every time you execute a verify...

Offboarding Clients