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7 days ago

How to find mandatory apps, active policies, and failed deployments on Windows devices?

I’m taking over as a new IT admin and trying to review our Windows devices in Hexnode. I need to find out which apps are being forced onto devices, which policies are currently applied, and where to check if an…

7 days ago

skyler

Discussion

2 weeks ago

Does External extensions check block all Chrome extensions on Windows?

I’m configuring Chrome browser settings for Windows devices in Hexnode and noticed the External extensions check option. If I disable this setting, does it block all Chrome extensions from being installed, or only certain types of extensions? My goal is…

2 weeks ago

hugo_l

Discussion

2 weeks ago

Windows Required Apps: Hexnode Store apps not installing system-wide

We are building a Windows app baseline and ran into confusion with Hexnode Store apps. We added Slack from the Hexnode Store to an app group and tried deploying it through a Windows Required Apps policy. In Installation Settings, the…

eleanor_a

Discussion

3 weeks ago

New Active Directory Users Not Appearing Immediately During Device Enrollment.

Hi, We are using Active Directory integration with Hexnode for automated device provisioning. Our provisioning workflow creates new AD accounts and then enrolls the corresponding devices into Hexnode. The complete process is expected to take around 2–3 minutes for completion. …

Enrollment (195) Windows (498)

3 weeks ago

tom_wilson

Discussion

4 weeks ago

Windows Hexnode agent shows offline and manual sync fails

One of our Windows devices is showing offline/inactive in Hexnode. I still have physical access to the device, but when I open the Hexnode UEM app and try to sync manually, the sync does not go through. Has anyone fixed…

Remote Actions (235)

4 weeks ago

tommy

Discussion

4 weeks ago

Can Hexnode show Windows app utilization reports for RAM and CPU usage?

I’m trying to monitor app utilization on Windows devices from Hexnode. The main thing I need is an easy report showing which apps are using the most RAM, for example Google Chrome being the highest memory consumer on a computer.…

Reports (56) Scripts (126)

4 weeks ago

akemi

Discussion

4 weeks ago

Windows local account locked after lunch on Lenovo ThinkPad T14

One of our Windows devices is a Lenovo ThinkPad T14 using a local account. The user says that after stepping away for lunch, they try to unlock the laptop and get: “The referenced account is currently locked out and may…

Windows (498)

4 weeks ago

luke

Discussion

1 month ago

Windows MSI enrollment not reporting in Hexnode dashboard

I’m trying to enroll Windows endpoints into Hexnode, but the Windows agent/MSI installs and then nothing shows up on the dashboard. I tested this on a Windows 11 VM and also checked Windows Server. At one point I saw an…

1 month ago

luke

Discussion

1 month ago

Windows MSI enrollment not reporting in Hexnode dashboard

1 month ago

pauel

Discussion

1 month ago

Set Windows timezone and 24-hour time format using Hexnode

I need to configure a specific timezone and 24-hour time format on managed Windows devices through Hexnode. Is there a built-in Windows policy option for this, or should it be done with a script? I found the custom script option…

1 month ago

cullen

Discussion

1 month ago

Windows BitLocker recovery key not showing in Hexnode and devices marked non-encrypted

BitLocker is already enabled on our Windows devices, and we have also created and applied a BitLocker policy in Hexnode. However, the BitLocker recovery password is not appearing in the Hexnode portal. Another issue is that a large number of…

Remote Actions (235)

1 month ago

jayceon

Discussion

1 month ago

Can Hexnode escrow BitLocker recovery keys to Microsoft Entra ID without AD DS?

We are configuring BitLocker for Windows devices through Hexnode and want the recovery keys stored somewhere besides the Hexnode portal. Does Hexnode support escrowing BitLocker recovery keys into Microsoft Entra ID? We do not use on-premises AD DS, so the…

cameron

Ideation

2 months ago

Windows custom script shows Success but file is not created

I’m testing custom scripts on a Windows device and I’m confused by the status shown in Hexnode. A program installation policy showed Success, but the program did not install. I also tried a file creation policy to create a text…

2 months ago

poovarason

Ideation

1 year ago

Apply Password Policy Only to Local User Accounts (Exclude Administrator Accounts)

To enforce a strong password policy only for standard local user accounts, while excluding administrator accounts from the same policy enforcement.

macOS (681) Windows (498)

1 year ago

geraldv

Ideation

2 years ago

Ability to choose color of device details on wallpapers

There is currently no option to change the font color for device details. Would it be possible to please allow for that to be something that we can change? The default red is too bright.

Customization (17)

2 years ago

thomasburris

Ideation

2 years ago

Windows Firewall policies

As an admin user, I'd like the ability to control Windows firewall settings by policy instead of through scripts so that we can automate and standardize our firewall settings.

craig

Ideation

2 years ago

Windows 11 Multi App Kiosk

When will this be available?

Windows (498)

2 years ago

aakash-shah

Ideation

2 years ago

Restart Windows machine if it was not restarted in X days

What I'd like is if the user has not restarted their Windows computer in last 2 weeks, they should start getting notifications a day before that their computer will restart on X date at Y time. And if they still…

Windows (498)

2 years ago

daniil-korovin

Ideation

3 years ago

Feature request: Enable custom scripts auto-trigger for the new group members.

We're currently trying to create a proper Windows PC onboarding mechanics. During this phase we need to have several applications installed depending on a group membership. Because of the Hexnode limitations we aren't able to properly configure auto-deployment for some…

App Management (748) Windows (498)

3 years ago

aeiginger

Ideation

3 years ago

Disabling Office Macros

My company requires Office Macros are disabled. For Winodws and MacOS, this is not a built in setting in Hexnode policies. I cannot find any Powershell scripts or batch files to run and enable this setting. Can this be built…

macOS (681) Windows (498)

3 years ago

stephen-jackson

Ideation

3 years ago

Windows local account management

Is "Windows local account management" being worked on as a feature? It would be really nice to have this, since we are starting to have more Windows laptops added to our environment every month. I know that it can be…

3 years ago

carearc

Ideation

3 years ago

Ability to Edit the Desktop Apps Added in Windows Kiosk Lockdown Settings

Please make it so that you can edit each added application in the Kiosk Lockdown Section. It is very difficult to check for errors, all you can do is delete and add back, also hard to tell whats what, and…

Kiosk (428) Windows (498)

3 years ago

adam-hall

Ideation

3 years ago

Windows Auto Lock After No Activity

Hi, Would it be possible to have windows auto lock after a period of innactivity please. Thanks

Windows (498)

3 years ago

boris-dreyer

Ideation

4 years ago

Windows Group Policy Objects functionality

I think it would be a killer feature for managing Windows systems if you could add Group Policy Objects functionality to Hexnode MDM. It will require major work in the Windows Agent but I think this could really set you…

Windows (498)

4 years ago

Windows

How to find mandatory apps, active policies, and failed deployments on Windows devices?

Does External extensions check block all Chrome extensions on Windows?

Windows Required Apps: Hexnode Store apps not installing system-wide

New Active Directory Users Not Appearing Immediately During Device Enrollment.

Windows Hexnode agent shows offline and manual sync fails

Can Hexnode show Windows app utilization reports for RAM and CPU usage?

Windows local account locked after lunch on Lenovo ThinkPad T14

Windows MSI enrollment not reporting in Hexnode dashboard

Windows MSI enrollment not reporting in Hexnode dashboard

Set Windows timezone and 24-hour time format using Hexnode

Windows BitLocker recovery key not showing in Hexnode and devices marked non-encrypted

Can Hexnode escrow BitLocker recovery keys to Microsoft Entra ID without AD DS?

Windows custom script shows Success but file is not created

Apply Password Policy Only to Local User Accounts (Exclude Administrator Accounts)

Ability to choose color of device details on wallpapers

Windows Firewall policies

Windows 11 Multi App Kiosk

Restart Windows machine if it was not restarted in X days

Feature request: Enable custom scripts auto-trigger for the new group members.

Disabling Office Macros

Windows local account management

Ability to Edit the Desktop Apps Added in Windows Kiosk Lockdown Settings

Windows Auto Lock After No Activity

Windows Group Policy Objects functionality

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