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Imaging Windows from a USB Drive

Network Imaging / IVS Creating and Deploying Images

What Occasionally you might run into an issue with PXE boot for imaging, or just generally need ...

Updated 1 year ago by Josh Levitsky

Modifying IVS Init.gz for testing purposes

Network Imaging / IVS Troubleshooting Imaging

What With the IVS, target devices uses init.gz as the boot image over the network. For troublesh...

Updated 1 year ago by Josh Levitsky

FileWave Official Version Support Statement

End of Life Statements

What FileWave supports the two latest major versions at any time. For example, if the current ve...

Updated 1 year ago by Josh Levitsky

Upgrading a package with WinGet

Microsoft Windows Package Manager (WinGet)

What WinGet is a command line tool to manage applications on the Windows platform. Note that Fi...

Updated 1 year ago by Josh Levitsky

Manual Trigger of FileWave Kiosk for macOS and Windows (15.3+)

Kiosk

What By default, the Kiosk icon is only shown when one or more assignments between Filesets and ...

Updated 1 year ago by Josh Levitsky

Enrolling Apple devices why am I prompted for IdP login?

Identity Provider (IdP) Integration Troubleshooting

What When I enroll a macOS, iOS or iPadOS device a pop-up shows asking me to login to Google, Ke...

Updated 1 year ago by Josh Levitsky

AutoPkg - FileWave Integrated (v15.5+)

Integrations AutoPkg with FileWave

What In FileWave version 15.5.0, we have introduced direct integration with AutoPkg, significant...

Updated 1 year ago by Josh Levitsky

How to re-enroll an IVS

Network Imaging / IVS Troubleshooting Imaging

What You may need to remove and re-enroll the IVS to troubleshoot. Instead of straightforward de...

Updated 1 year ago by Josh Levitsky

Booster System Requirements

Boosters Booster Setup

Requirements As of January 2025 v15.5.1 the below are supported for running Boosters, but for up...

Updated 1 year ago by Josh Levitsky

Business/Generic Starter Pack

Content Packs Starter Packs

Description Starter packs are what the name implies...a great way to jump-start your new FileWav...

Updated 1 year ago by Sean Holden

fwxserver folder relocation in FileWave Server 13.1.4+ on macOS and Linux Platforms

FileWave Server Troubleshooting

Does this affect my installation?  If you are on FileWave Server 13.1.4 or higher this article w...

Updated 1 year ago by Josh Levitsky

FileWave Apple Profile Editor Explained

Profiles (Apple)

Description Configuration of Apple devices largely relies upon Profiles.  Profiles contain Paylo...

Updated 1 year ago by Josh Levitsky

Geofencing

Android

What In FileWave 14.1+ you are able to make policies for FileWave endpoint devices to specify wh...

Updated 1 year ago by Josh Levitsky

Android EMM Zero-Touch Enrollment

Android

What Android Zero Touch Enrollment (ZTE) is a method for automatic device enrollment based on th...

Updated 1 year ago by Josh Levitsky

Android EMM Known Issues

Android Troubleshooting

Functionality Issue Notes Reference Enrollment of more than 500 devices is bloc...

Updated 1 year ago by Josh Levitsky

Software Updates in the age of macOS MDM (Big Sur v11.0+ / iOS 15+)

Software Updates (Apple)

What For many years now, FileWave has leveraged the Software Update tool on macOS devices to eva...

Updated 1 year ago by Jared Jones

Enable core dumps for booster crashes

Boosters Troubleshooting

For Debian It is important that you undo this after the issue has been identified. Step-by-step...

Updated 1 year ago by Josh Levitsky

FileWave Server on CentOS - EOL

End of Life Statements

As FileWave continues to develop our industry-leading multi-platform solution, our primary goal i...

Updated 1 year ago by Josh Levitsky

Rufus - Creating bootable USB drives

FileWave General Info

What In this article, we will explain how to use Rufus, a free and open-source utility that help...

Updated 1 year ago by Josh Levitsky

Nudge for macOS Software Updates

Software Updates (Apple)

What Nudge is a tool designed for macOS Big Sur 11 and later.  It is a multi-linguistic applicat...

Updated 1 year ago by Andrew Kloosterhuis