• Client for Windows - in-place upgrade from Win 10 to Windows 11

    I have customer, which is doing in-place upgrades from Win10 to Win11. It's out of discussion, that this approach is not the best. He did many of upgrades ( 10 + at least ) and only on one workstation he got troubles. NSS drives can be mapped, but are…
  • Using github pwm to notify remote users of pending password expiration

    We have a small (two OES server) Network running OES 23.4, GroupWise 23.4, GroupWise Messenger 23.4 and ZENworks Configuration Management 23.4. Most of our users are remote and do not come into the office to log into the OES network, so I believe the…
  • What is latest version of iManager ? Where to download it

    Hello, I need to enabled Universal Password policy. The iManager I have is 2.7. So I would like know what is the latest version of iManager for Windows and where to download it? Novell/Microfocus has changed its download portal, now it is becoming…
  • Client for Open Enterprise Server uninstall does not work.

    I have a new Windows 10 workstation I am provisioning. It is fully patched. While installing the Client for Open Enterprise Server 2 SP7 (IR1) I encountered an error: I attempted a system restore: Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Windows was installed…
  • Face recognition to access Windows 10 workstations?

    Is anybody using face recognition to access Windows 10 workstations? We are using DSfW and all users have a domain account. We have a couple of workstations that are used by three or four employees throughout the day, mostly to send internal email.…
  • OES Client Silent installation

    I have to install OES client on 200 Machines, The install fails due to the Trusted Publishers certificate Issue. Im using the following TID o do silent install: https://support.microfocus.com/kb/doc.php?id=7008140 I have multiple machines where the…
  • Client for OES Install Manager (nciman.exe)

    Alan Adams I'm testing a deployment of Client for Open Enterprise Server 2 SP6 (IR1) using a silent install. But I want to provide default values for Tree, Context, and Server so, using nciman.exe, I create a profile and provide values for these items…
  • Cannot log into another Windows account with OES Client installed

    Installing the latest OES Client (Client 2 SP6), when we log into the OES Network and utilize autoadminlogon to log into an account on the local Windows machine, we are not able to log into the other administrative account. It will continually log into…
  • Client for Open Enterprise Server: Windows 11?

    Windows 11 available on October 5 Officially, it's here. Is the current version of the Client for Open Enterprise Server compatible? What information is currently available? Alan Adams ?
  • Slow server connection

    Hello guys, I'm experiencing a problem setting up new workstations on my network. I have a server (Novell netware 5), Windows XP 32bit workstations (Novell Client 4.91 SP4) and some with Windows 7 Pro 32-bit (Client for Open Enterprise Server 2 SP5…
  • file access issues from windows 10/ 2016/ 2019

    Hi, have faced a problem when trying to access files on OES2015 server. The folder is opening fine, but when trying to open or copy files the window became unresponsive for 2-3 minutes, then the error displayed "The request is not supported". Second try…
  • RE: OES Client Systray Icon not available

    That the "show" option was simply turned off certainly would have been logical. Though not something immediately expected to survive uninstall & re-install, unless the setting is also part of an NCPF/unattend.txt applied during installation, or in a policy…
  • Cannot save xls or xlsx files to Novell share

    We still use an old NetWare 6 server ( Novell NetWare 6 Server Version 5.60.05) The problem is we can't save xls or xlsx files to it from Windows 10. The save perfectly worked from Windows XP (and it still does), furthermore we can save for e.g. ods files…
  • Trustees tab is not visible in NSS network folder management

    Environment: OES 2018 SP1 with NSS AD services Windows 10 Enterprise 64 bit Version :2004 Build number: 19041.388 Problem: The customer would like to use the Novell File Access Right Management product for the management of NSS trustees. When they install…
  • NSS Volume empty trustee_work.dat file

    Hello, Had to recreate a NSS Volume to enable encryption. Everything went smooth and the system works now. NCP is running, users are able to mount the volumes and the trustee rights are all correct. However, when I was moving the files from backup back…
  • Novell client showing installed after uninstallation

    Hey guys, I'm trying to upgrade a Windows 7 that had Novell Client installed years ago, this was uninstalled a long time ago, but now Windows 10 upgrade is saying it needs to be uninstalled manually. I don't see it in Programs and Features and there is…
  • OES Client: trustee dialog terribly slow

    Windows 10, Client for Open Enterprise Server 2 SP4 (IR7a), Client for Open Enterprise Server 2 SP4 (IR13), OES 2018 SP1 When opening the dialog window to choose trustees and set rights it takes up to 3 minutes until there is a response. Several people…
  • -1497 error after users moved home

    a couple users suddenly hitting this after starting to work out of home Client for OES 2 SP4(IR13) mostly updated in the last week, worked for a few days before users went home as part of COVID-19 social distancing one user is RDPing to their box (via…
  • Microsoft killing local logins?

    I guess that it comes as no surprise to anyone that MS is quietly trying to force everyone into their "cloud" offerings. That is why they have made it increasingly difficult to create local Windows accounts. Apparently if it impossible in some parts of…
  • Roaming profiles not fully sync'ing

    Hi all: I have run into a rather strange problem. I am rolling out new computers throughout the office. I am running a custom Windows 10 image which is working well. We use roaming profiles which get saved to an NSS volume. This has worked well for many…
  • Windows 10 Enterprise 1903 ARSO and OES Client

    Environment: OES Client 2 SP4 IR12 OES 2015.1/SLES/eDir Zen 2017 Win 10 x64 Enterprise build 1809 We have not upgraded to build 1903 as of yet but was curious if the ARSO issue in the below forum post has been resolved? /collaboration/oes/f/oes_discussions…
  • OES Client 2 SP4 IR12 with Problem on Windows Terminal Server 2016?

    Hi, after moving all desktops from fat-clients to terminal-server (Windows Terminal Server 2016) the main-application used on the desktops tend to stall from time to time when writing to the file-server (which is NOT the terminal-server. The file-server…
  • IRF not working from OES client?

    OES 2015 SP1, Client for OES 2 SP4 (IR8) on Win 10 (1903) We rarely use IRFs, but I had a need for one. Kept trying to set it via the OES client, but it would not apply. Tried setting it up via iManager and it worked. Anyone aware of an issue with creating…
  • New install of Windows 10 and OES Client errors out with Internal error -1497

    I have a new Surface Pro 7 I am working with and just refreshed Windows 10 so that I can verify, but with an install of OES Client 2 SP4 (IR12) and attempting to log into our OES 2015 SP1 servers I am running into a security message I cannot get past…
  • OES Client - auto-update checking interval bug?

    OES Client 2 SP4 IR11 We've enabled the Update Agent in the tab: Enable Automatic Update agent. Update agent launch interval 7 days Update Location, etc. It works fine EXCEPT: Seems that every 7 days everyone gets a prompt that says your administrator…