KACE K1000 :Hiding KACE Agent from Programs and Features (Windows 7-64 bits)
Anyone can help me on this issue? TQVM
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In HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\ find the entry with Dell KACE Agent as the value for DisplayName and delete it. This is not a perfect solution, but will greatly slow down all but the most determined users.
In HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\ find the entry with Dell KACE Agent as the value for DisplayName and delete it. This is not a perfect solution, but will greatly slow down all but the most determined users.
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Posted by:
philologist
11 years ago
Edit the registry at your own risk. ; )
In HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\ find the entry with Dell KACE Agent as the value for DisplayName.
First, export the key so you have it saved and can reimport it if needed. Then try deleting it. I believe this is the registry key that creates the entry in Programs and Features.
Note: I do not know whether this will prevent it from being uninstalled entirely, or whether the UninstallString will still be valid.
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I tested this, and it worked perfectly. - WGM_Jeff 11 years ago
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regarding to philologist's concern: Deleting this key will not prevent the actual uninstall of the product using the UninstallString, but then with users that are local admin, there's not much that would prevent this - pjgeutjens 11 years ago
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Thanks, pjgeutjens. I agree that with users as local admins there's really nothing you can do. That said, if the users are both committed enough to circumventing IT policies to dig around in the registry, and savvy enough to dig in the registry for the uninstall key, you have a different problem. I'm not saying this doesn't occur; more that it crosses a line into informed, malicious behavior.
I was mostly concerned that restoring the registry key might be required to perform agent maintenance going forward. - philologist 11 years ago
Posted by:
FergieMan
11 years ago
Why would you want to hide the KACE agent ? This might give me an idea as to what you are trying to achieve ?
