Release Notes

− The system is running on Microsoft Windows NT based operating systems such as
Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7 and Windows Vista.
− For Windows Vista or later systems, .NET Framework 4.0 or later is installed.
Installation Procedure
For information and procedure for installing Command | Monitor, see the Command |
Monitor – Installation Guide, available at dell.com/clientsystemsmanagement.
Installation and Configuration Notes
• Following an upgrade, it may be necessary to reboot the system for the
installation to complete.
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Following an uninstallation, it may be necessary to reboot the system for the
uninstallation to complete.
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On some Dell systems, the Processor Logical Processor (HyperThreading)
setting in the DCIM_BIOSEnumeration class displays ‘Enabled’ or ‘Disabled’
even if the installed processor does not support hyperthreading technology.
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In this case, changes to the Processor Logical Processor (HyperThreading)
setting may toggle the multi-core capability on and off, rather than
hyperthreading.
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On some Dell systems, the Multiple CPU Cores setting in the
DCIM_BIOSEnumeration class displays ‘Enabled’ or ‘Disabled’ even if the
installed processor does not support multi-core technology. In this case,
changes to the multiple CPU cores are ineffective.
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Change the auditing object access audit policy to enable auditing for the
desired namespace in Windows Vista. For instructions about enabling auditing,
see the Microsoft article: "Access to WMI Namespaces" at:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/Aa822575.aspx
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− For instructions about enabling the WMI logging, see the Microsoft article
"WMI log Files" at: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/Aa394564.aspx
• For local users, if the User Account Control (UAC) is turned on, only the built-in
local Administrator account can access the DCIM\SYSMAN namespace. For
remote users, if UAC is turned on and the remote system is part of a domain,
use a domain account that is in the local Administrators group of the remote
computer, to access the DCIM\SYSMAN namespace of the target computer. For
more information, see the Microsoft article "User Account Control and WMI" at:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa826699.aspx
• An operation that sets or verifies a BIOS password may pause the operating
system for up to five seconds.
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Command | Monitor creates NT Event Log entries referring to "System
Administrator". This is a name for a low level component of Command |
Monitor that is necessary for operation.