Application Information (Windows) - Returning Windows Updates

(imported topic written by SystemAdmin)

Hello all,

The Application Information analysis for Windows should return the installed applications excluding the Updates for Windows. In my current BES 8 installation the updates are being returned.

I was checking the relevance for this analysis and it seemed to me that it was missing a set of parenthesis which was the cause it was returning the updates.

I replaced the original relevance with the following and now it’s working as it’s supposed to be:

(if it = “” then nothing else it) of unique values of ((if (exists value “DisplayName” of it AND exists value “DisplayName” of it as string) then (value “DisplayName” of it as string) else ("")) & (if (exists value “DisplayVersion” of it) then (" | " & value “DisplayVersion” of it as string) else (""))) of keys whose (exists value “UninstallString” of it AND ((not exists value “SystemComponent” of it) OR (exists value “SystemComponent” of it AND name of it starts with “{” AND name of it contains “}” AND (exists match (regex “(9|A|B|C)(0|1)1(2|4)\d\d\d\d-(0011|0012|0013|0014|0017|002E|002F|0030|0031|0033|0035|003A|003B|0044|0051|0052|0053|0057|00BA|00CA|10D7|110D)-(0000|0409)-(0|1)000-(0|1)000000FF1CE$”) of preceding text of first “}” of following text of first “{” of name of it))) AND (it does not contain “Hotfix” AND it does not contain “Security Update for” AND it does not contain “Update for” AND it does not contain “Security Update for Windows” AND it does not contain “Update for Windows” AND it does not contain “Security Update for Microsoft” AND (length of it > 0) AND (number of substrings " " of it < length of it)) of (value “DisplayName” of it as string)) of keys “HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall” of (if x64 of operating system then (x32 registry; x64 registry) else registry)

Please notice an additional parenthesis “(” before “(not exists value “SystemComponent” of it” and one “)” right after “first “{” of name of it))”.

Does this make sense? Should it be included on the product?

Thanks and best regards,

Ricardo

(imported comment written by SystemAdmin)

Hi Ricardo,

Good job on catching that bug. A fix for that will soon be published.

And no, the Windows Security Updates should not show up in the analysis.

Thanks,

Evan