Affected versions:
RayVentory Portal 11.X
RayVentory Scan Engine 12.X
Description:
When running a zero-touch Windows OS inventory, the scanner will query the WMI class "Win32_Product".
Microsoft has designed, that querying ”Win32_Product” initiates a consistency check of packages installed, verifying and repairing the install. For more information, see MSDN documentation.
If this standard behavior of the zero-touch inventory method might not be acceptable, you may decide to use the workaround described below.
Workaround:
In order to avoid this behavior, you need to exclude the class Win32_Product from the Windows zero-touch inventory scan.
Please keep in mind, that this workaround may not deliver a full list of every Windows Installer package (MSI) installed on your Windows devices.
Instructions:
1. Locate the file "example.xml" in you RVP or RVSE installation directory.
Make a copy of that file and use a different file name like "customscan.xml". You may change the file name as you like, just mind to change it accordingly, when referencing it in the RVP/RVSE settings.
2. Remove the folling line from your new "customscan.xml" file:
<Queries Mandatory="false" IsSoftware="true" WmiClass="Win32_Product" Namespace="\root\cimv2" Name="Name" />
Hint:
'RemoteWmiInventory.exe example'
on a command prompt in the RVP/RVSE installation directory.
3. Open the RVP/RVSE settings screen
4. Go to the tab Inventory->ZERO-TOUCH->WINDOWS and select the file "customscan.xml" for the setting in section 'Custom configuration' via the file browser.
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