How to uninstall software using Network Tasks

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Bitdefender Management Server provides you with a series of useful network management tasks designed to facilitate administrative control over the network. The tasks are based on Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) and on the
Bitdefender policy technology. In earlier versions, they were known as WMI scripts.

You can run network tasks on remote network computers managed by Bitdefender Management Server, in order to:

• find out useful information about the network computers, such as system information, installed software, startup programs and so on.
• remove software installed on the network computers.
• kill specific processes running on the network computers.
• restart or shutdown the network computers.
• log off the user logged on the network computers.
• install available Windows updates or configure Windows Automatic Updates on the network computers.
• enable/disable autorun or USB storage devices on the network computers.
• change the Remote Desktop Connection settings on the network computers.
• inform users about administrative tasks that are going to be performed on their computer.

You can create and run new network tasks from the Create New Network Task pane.
To display this pane, do one of the following:

• In the tree menu, go to Network Tools > Tasks > Create New Network Task.
• In the Network Tools pane, click the corresponding link.

 

Tasks are grouped into several categories. You can filter displayed tasks by choosing a task category from the menu above the table.
To create and run a new task, follow the wizard steps:
         1.  Select a task.
Double-click the task you want to use (or select it and click Next).
         2.  Define settings.
Configure the task settings (if any) and click Next.

         Note: Only the following tasks have configurable settings:

• Enable/Disable autorun for all drives
• Enable/Disable USB mass storage
• Install Windows updates
• Kill process
• List installed software
• Remote Desktop Connection
• Remove software
• Run program
• Send message
• Windows automatic updating

         3.  Select the target computers.

 

You can choose one of the following options:

• Network computer
• Network users and groups
• Local users

         4.  Schedule and save the task.

The List installed software task can be used to obtain information on the software currently installed on client workstations. Run the task on the desired workstations.
Once the task is executed, you can check the results in the Current Network Tasks pane by double-clicking the task.
The following image provides an example of such results for a client workstation:

 

If you identify an unwanted software running on a client workstation, you can easily uninstall it using a Remove Software task. Before creating such a task, copy or write down the name of the unwanted software from the results of the List Installed Software task.

To remotely uninstall a process running on a client workstation, follow these steps:
         1.  In the Create New Network Task pane, double-click the Remove Software task (or select it and click Next).

 

         2.  Type in the name of the software you want to remove (as displayed by the List Installed Software task).

 

         3.  Click Next.
         4.  Search for the computer in the Managed Computers groups and select its check box. Alternatively, you can select Show list of network computers, search for the computer in the list and click it.

 

         5.  Click Next.
         6.  By default, the task will run as soon as possible (within a maximum of 5 minutes after the task assignment).
         7.  Click Save Task to create and run the task. The new task will appear in the Current Network Tasks pane.
 

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