Re: results.xml file in every computer

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Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 12:05:36 -0800

You are correct that each client that has run a scan would have a
results.xml file which will list all the updates missing or installed on
that machine. This is purely for informational purpose for you and you don;t
have to take any action on the file. The same is true for inventory.exe and
convert.exe, these are the undelying scanners used by the office inventory
tool to scan your machine. As long as you ran the setup successfully for
either SMS office scan tool or the SMS security scan tool, you don't have to
do anything extra. The setup process would create all the required SMS
objects for you and you have to target the right resources. Once the
targeted resources have been scanned, you would see the missing/installed
updates in the software updates nodes in the SMS admin UI and then you can
selectively authorize the updates you want.

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"Shehzad Khoja [MSFT]" <srkhoja@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
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> "Susana" <Susana@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
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>> Hello again,
>>
>> I was reading a paper and I realize that you can see on
>> C:\WINDOWS\system32\VPCache\ALH0000D a file with results.xml on each
>> computer. Also you can see one on: C:\WINDOWS\system32\VPCache\ALH00016. 
>> When
>> you open that file you can see all the patches that are needed from the
>> current PC.
>> I was looking on my server and I have one file from each computer that I 
>> run
>> inventory.exe and convert.exe. One question is: Do I have to run manually
>> those files on each computer? Why when I run in one computer the log file 
>> is
>> empty? I have to wait for the scan or for something? Another question is:
>> When I have all the files from each computer, How can I compare or detect 
>> or
>> bring the information from all the PC's in order to select the software 
>> that
>> I'm going to distribute?
>>
>> Thank you very much!
>> Susana
>
> 

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