What is the purpose of NetIQ Group Policy Administrator 4.0 Hotfix 41280? (NETIQKB41280)

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What is the purpose of NetIQ Group Policy Administrator 4.0 Hotfix 41280?

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What issues are fixed in Hotfix 41280?

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How do I download Hotfix 41280?

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NetIQ Group Policy Administrator 4.0

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NetIQ Group Policy Administrator (GPA) 4.0 Hotfix 41280 addresses the following issues:

• Reports comparing a GPO in the repository to a GPO in Active Directory always showed differences in software installation packages.  Hotfix 41280 corrects this issue by excluding the script path from the comparison.
• Reports showed "no settings defined" after importing a security template.
• Reports comparing GPOs show similar GPOs as being different. Hotfix 41280 corrects this issue by removing double quotes from machine security attributes before comparing GPOs.
• Includes several reporting accuracy improvements.

This Hotfix also provides the following improved functionality:

• You may experience improved performance when generating GPO reports.
• You can specify a global group as a GPA Repository user.
• You can specify a domain local group when editing GPO security.
• You can specify a user account from a domain other than the domain of the Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) server for an Export Override account.
• You can customize the column layout for reports.

The Hotfix can be downloaded from:

https://www.netiq.com/support/GPA/hotfixes.asp

To install this Hotfix, run GPA40000_Hotfix41280.exe on each GPA console computer.

To customize the report layout after installing Hotfix 41280:

1. Edit the \Bin\XML\Common\faReptLayout.xml file.



2. If you want to customize whether or not the report displays in the column or section layout, change the following lines in the faReptLayout.xml file:

   <SECTION NAME="Software Installation" ID="Msi" ENABLE="1" STYLE="0">
   <SECTION NAME="System Services" ID="SecService" ENABLE="1" STYLE="0">
   <SECTION NAME="File System" ID="SecFile" ENABLE="1" STYLE="0">
   <SECTION NAME="Registry" ID="SecRegistry" ENABLE="1" STYLE="0">
   
   Specify STYLE="1" to view the section in column format.
   Specify STYLE="0" to view the section in the old section format.
   Specify ENABLE="1" to display the section.
   Specify ENABLE="0" to not display the section.

3. If you want to use the column layout and change what columns the report displays, change each of the column lines, such as this one:

   <ATTRIBUTE NAME="Script Name" ID="P" ENABLE="0"/>
   
   Specify ENABLE="1" to display the column.
   Specify ENABLE="0" to not display the column.

The Hotfix modifies the following files in the GPA installation path (\Program Files\NetIQ\Group Policy Administrator 4.0):

• \Common\Bin\faFSPrv.dll
• \Common\Bin\faGPEIeak.dll
• \Common\Bin\faGPEMSec.dll
• \Common\Bin\faGpsFS.dll
• \Common\Bin\faGPSMSec.dll
• \Common\Bin\faGPSMsi.dll
• \Common\Scripts\GPSTablesViewsSps.sql
• \Common\Scripts\GPSViewMSIFast.sql
• \Bin\faGPR.dll
• \Bin\faXMLExp.dll
• \Bin\XML\Common\faGpsFunc.xsl
• \Bin\XML\Common\faHtmlSectionSec.xslz
• \Bin\XML\Common\faRptConst.xsl
• \Bin\XML\Common\faRptFunc.xsl
• \Bin\XM.
  L\Common\faRptFuncMSI.xsl
• \Bin\XML\Common\faRptFuncSec.xsl
• \Bin\XML\Common\faRptLayout.xml
• \Bin\XML\Common\faSectionConst.xsl
• \Bin\XML\GpoCompare\faGpoCompareCfg.xml
• \Bin\XML\GpoCompare\faGpoCompareIEAK.xsl
• \Bin\XML\GpoCompare\faGpoCompareMSI.xsl
• \Bin\XML\GpoCompare\faGPODiffReportHTML.xsl
• \Bin\XML\GpoCompare\faGPODiffReportXML.xsl
• \Bin\XML\GpoCompare\faHtmlDiffSectionSec.xsl
• \Bin\XML\GpoCompare\faRptFuncDiff.xsl
• \Bin\XML\GpoReport\faGpoGpsSummaryQuery.xsl
• \Bin\XML\GpoReport\faGpoGpsUnitedQuery.xsl
• \Bin\XML\GpoReport\faGpoReportCfg.xml
• \Bin\XML\GpoReport\faGpoReportIEAK.xsl
• \Bin\XML\GpoReport\faGpoReportMSI.xsl
• \Bin\XML\OSConfigs\Windows 2000\faCfgIEAK.xml
• \Bin\XML\OSConfigs\Windows 2000\faCfgMSec.xml
• \Bin\XML\OSConfigs\Windows 2000\faCfgMSI.xml
• \Bin\XML\OSConfigs\Windows 2000\faCfgSec.xml
• \Bin\XML\OSConfigs\Windows 2003\faCfgIEAK.xml
• \Bin\XML\OSConfigs\Windows 2003\faCfgMSec.xml
• \Bin\XML\OSConfigs\Windows 2003\faCfgMSI.xml
• \Bin\XML\OSConfigs\Windows 2003\faCfgSec.xml
• \Bin\XML\OSConfigs\Windows XP\faCfgIEAK.xml
• \Bin\XML\OSConfigs\Windows XP\faCfgMSec.xml
• \Bin\XML\OSConfigs\Windows XP\faCfgMSI.xml
• \Bin\XML\OSConfigs\Windows XP\faCfgSec.xml
• \Bin\XML\Rsop\faRsopGpsUnitedQuery.xsl
• \Bin\XML\Rsop\faRsopHierarchy.xml

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For more information, please contact NetIQ Technical Support.

Formerly known as NETIQKB41280