Annoying "Pending Restart" behavior

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As a workaround, you could add two new computer properties, taken from from the logic in the Restart Needed fixlets:

  1. Restart Needed - BES Action

    if (name of operating system starts with "Win") then (((exists key "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\BigFix\EnterpriseClient\BESPendingRestart" of it AND exists value "BESPendingRestart" of key "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\BigFix\EnterpriseClient\BESPendingRestart" of it) of registry OR (exists key "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServicesOnce" of it AND exists value "BESPendingRestart" of key "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServicesOnce" of it) of registry) and pending restart) else (pending restart)

  2. Restart Needed - External/Other

    if (windows of operating system) then ((NOT (exists key "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\BigFix\EnterpriseClient\BESPendingRestart" of it AND exists value "BESPendingRestart" of key "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\BigFix\EnterpriseClient\BESPendingRestart" of it) of registry AND NOT (exists key "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServicesOnce" of it AND exists value "BESPendingRestart" of key "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServicesOnce" of it) of registry) and pending restart) else (false)
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