Windows Beta 59b – Improved Windows Update notices, general cleanup

With a focus on cleaning up output for the official release, beta 59 of the Watchman Monitoring agent improves output, improves Windows Update notification, and focuses WMI error notifications on core issues.

wm-windows-2Features

  • Major updates to the Windows Update plugin
    • More accurate counts
    • Now displays Drivers separately
    • Now, by default, waits one day to alert on updates (configurable)
    • Accounts for all possible update types
  • WMI plugin reworked to only alert on core WMI classes
    • Reduces overall number of warning notices
    • Includes common errors as metadata, preventing the need to run wmidiag

Changes

  • MAC addresses are now formatted with :’s
  • Adobe version numbers are now formatted with a . instead of a ,
  • User account lockout status is now a boolean.
  • Some names now capitalize the first letter for appearance’s sake.
  • Firewall informational notices have better formatting.

Bug Fixes

  • Control panel can no longer be opened twice by the same user
  • Fixes an issue with some names being sent with the wrong datatype