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Resolved! Removing or hiding equipment that is retired.

We have a fair amount of turnover and sometimes the exiting employee is given the option to keep the laptop they have currently. We let them keep it because they are going to work for a company that we are closely tied to so they don't technically w...

ElDab67 by • Engaged Sweeper III
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Resolved! Windows 10 system inventory

I have converted three systems to Windows 10 Pro. One system was a fresh install and the other two were upgrades (in place) from Windows 7 Pro. Lansweeper correctly inventories the one system which was a Windows 10 fresh install; but does NOT identif...

EricN by • Engaged Sweeper
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Resolved! How to set a default value for a custom field?

I'm using the beta version of LS, 6009. But, I'm sure the functionality is the same. I want to create a custom field using the yes/no option, but I want to set the default value to "no" for all assets. Is this possible? Thanks.

jprateragg by • Champion Sweeper
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Resolved! error database maintenance

i message error with sqp compact maintenance:this message :there is a file sharing violation. A different process might be using the file (c:\........lansweeper\sqldata\lanswepperdb.sdfbut : no user in the lansweeper or no open databaseand service la...

Resolved! Purchasing for assets

I'm evaluating Lansweeper at the moment and so far I love what I see. Currently, Spiceworks is my asset management tool and one feature it has that I can't seem to find in Lansweeper is purchasing. Does it exist?

ElDab67 by • Engaged Sweeper III
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Resolved! Report on USB Credit Card Devices

I see that Lansweeper allows me to report on certain USB devices connected to PCs across the enterprise, however not all devices are listed. I read in another post that it was due to a certain criteria for the device not being recognized?If I have a...

CVannest by • Engaged Sweeper III
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Resolved! Offsite computer network question

Hello,I've browsed through the Support and Community Forums, but I'm not entirely sure this works as I have it in my head, so I'd like to be sure.For scanning remote computers, do I install the agent and simply set it up to email an address daily or ...

matt_s by • Engaged Sweeper
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Resolved! Deployment Threads Explained Anywhere?

So this weekend I used Lansweeper to deploy two packages. Package #1 - A simple powershell script to query WMI and write some values to the registry. Takes maybe 60 seconds to run per machine. Package #2 - A batch file that runs a locally installed...

Joshua by • Engaged Sweeper III
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