Techie Question

[stoutfellow]

This one's for the computer-savvy folk on my FL. What does it mean to say that a particular piece of software has been "pushed from the domain"? This is in connection with a network of computers running Windows 7.

Comments

[sraun]

Assuming all the computers are members of an Active Directory domain, I would interpret it to mean that the network (domain) administrators pushed the software out to the computer.

[stoutfellow]

Here's the situation. I was looking at one of our (networked) classroom computers, and noticed that Control Panel: Security reported that it detected no antivirus software on the computer. One of our IT people said that the antivirus program was actually there, but wasn't being detected because it had been pushed from the domain. Does that make sense?

[sraun]

It sounds a touch iffy. I'd check another classroom computer, and see what it says. Assuming the second computer reports the expected anti-virus is installed, check the first one again - I know that when corporate pushes out some anti-virus updates to my work computer, I get a 'no anti-virus installed' for a short period of time. If it's still not listed, cross-check processes - you'll need to find the process name on the second computer, and see if you can find a matching process on the first. If you can't find a matching process name, then I'd really complain to IT.

[stoutfellow]

Thanks for your help. Due to my cold, I wasn't able to check into things again until last night, but the anti-virus program has now appeared on both of the computers I was concerned about. (When I began investigating, it was on neither; after a complaint, it showed up on one, but not the other, which was what prompted this post.) It seems your explanation was the correct one. Again, my thanks.