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Updating 3rd Party Software

Top Tips Desktop A-Game

What Third-party software needs a clear update plan.  Decide which apps FileWave should update di...

Updated 1 week ago by Josh Levitsky

Hide local macOS admin users

macOS

Description Use a FileWave Fileset script to hide local macOS admin accounts from the login windo...

Updated 1 week ago by Josh Levitsky

Script Best Practices

FileWave General Info Scripting

Description Tips and tricks for running Filesets with scripts Don't put passwords in scripts The ...

Updated 1 week ago by Josh Levitsky

Running Built-in PowerShell Commands with Custom Fields

Custom Fields

Current FileWave Windows clients are 64-bit, and Windows client-script Custom Fields can run in a...

Updated 1 week ago by Josh Levitsky

Report Conditions

FileWave Anywhere Help Menus View - Reports

What Report conditions define which devices, users, or other inventory items appear in a FileWave...

Updated 1 week ago by Josh Levitsky

Setting Timezones on Apple Devices

Profiles (Apple)

What Use a Command Policy profile when you need FileWave to set the time zone on supervised iPhon...

Updated 1 week ago by Josh Levitsky

Last Changed Inventory Field

Application Programming Interface (API)

What The “Last Changed” inventory field records when a device’s inventory data changed or when th...

Updated 1 week ago by Josh Levitsky

Creating Licenses from Filesets

FileWave Central / Anywhere License Reporting

Use license tracking from a Fileset when you want FileWave to count where a deployed application ...

Updated 1 week ago by Josh Levitsky

Device Details - Booster Client Preferences Reporting

Boosters Booster Setup

What Use these Custom Fields when you need inventory visibility into FileWave Client Booster sett...

Updated 1 week ago by Josh Levitsky

Inventory Items in Scripts

Top Tips Desktop A-Game

What Each inventory item, including each Custom Field, has an internal name. Scripts can use that...

Updated 1 week ago by Josh Levitsky

FileWave Server on Windows - EOL

End of Life Statements

FileWave Server for Windows reached end of life with FileWave 14. FileWave Server packages are pr...

Updated 2 weeks ago by Josh Levitsky

Create Deployment

FileWave Anywhere Help Menus View - Deployments

What Create a deployment when you need FileWave Anywhere to connect one or more payloads with dev...

Updated 2 weeks ago by Josh Levitsky

Booster Installation

Boosters Booster Setup

Description A FileWave Booster can run on macOS, Windows, or Debian. Installers, appliances, and ...

Updated 2 weeks ago by Josh Levitsky

Image creation or deployment hangs on "calling subprocess.Popen"

Network Imaging / IVS Troubleshooting Imaging

Problem During Windows image capture or deployment, the IVS can hang at the message "Calling subp...

Updated 2 weeks ago by Josh Levitsky

What are "Server Messages" and why do I want them?

Boosters Troubleshooting

What Route server messages via boosters sends selected FileWave Client/server messages through Bo...

Updated 2 weeks ago by Josh Levitsky

Apple ID prompt still appears even when Activation Lock Bypass Code is used during Remote Wipe

iOS / iPadOS Troubleshooting

Problem When a supervised iPhone or iPad is remotely wiped with Remove Activation Lock selected, ...

Updated 2 weeks ago by Josh Levitsky

Desktop / Laptop Client Install and Configure

FileWave Client Enrolling Devices

Use this article to install the FileWave Client on macOS or Windows, or to build a custom install...

Updated 2 weeks ago by Josh Levitsky

Authentication Credentials Error

Network Imaging / IVS Troubleshooting Imaging

What Use this article when a Windows imaging deployment fails on the IVS with this message: “IVS ...

Updated 2 weeks ago by Josh Levitsky

Notify Users with a dialog (Windows)

Windows Scripting

Description Use this Windows Fileset when you want FileWave to show users a notification while Fi...

Updated 2 weeks ago by Josh Levitsky

Update Model

FileWave Anywhere Help Menus

What In FileWave Anywhere, the Update Model icon ( ) appears near the Model Number ( ). Updating ...

Updated 2 weeks ago by Josh Levitsky