When an end user with admin access is provided with a windows machine with suremdm nix agent installed , how do we prevent this user from uninstalling the nix agent .
Step 1: Launch command prompt as administrator
- Click the Start buttonand type in Command Prompt, and then select it from the list when it appears.
- If you right-click Command Promptand select Run as administrator
Note: – If prompted with User Account Control pop up as shown below, click on yes.
Step 2: Script to block uninstallation
- On the command prompt run the below script which would change the name of the nix agent uninstall file thus blocking the uninstallation of nix agent by the user with admin access.
ren "C:\Program Files (x86)\42Gears\Nix Agent\unins000.exe" 42Gears_App
Step 3: Script to unblock uninstallation
- On the command prompt run the below script which would change the name of the nix agent uninstall file thus unblocking the uninstallation of nix agent.
ren "C:\Program Files (x86)\42Gears\Nix Agent\42Gears_App" unins000.exe
Step 4: Uninstall the nix agent
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When you would want to uninstall the nix agent make sure step 3 is followed and then navigate to the below file location on the device and double-click on the file unins000.exe and execute the same.
File Location: C:\Program Files (x86)\42Gears\Nix Agent\
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