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I’ve updated the UDF for AutoIt from this article to Version .02 Beta. The enhancement to this new version is that you can now send commands using the COM object without specifying a connection. This will allow you to issue ForceSync, GetCryptState, and the like without first having to make a needless connection to the database. Simply leave the connection parameter blank to forgo making the call to the DB.

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Chris McAfee EE / SafeBoot AutoIt, McAfee Endpoint Encryption, SafeBoot

My recent posts on McAfee Endpoint Encryption have been tailored to those who might want to programatically include automation into your existing scripts using tools like AutoIt. You can, however, run the exact same commands using SbAdmCl.exe, which comes free with McAfee EE. If you haven’t already created a fileset or manually copied these files over to a client, you can get them from your server. They are:

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Chris McAfee EE / SafeBoot McAfee Endpoint Encryption, SafeBoot, SbAdmCl

Below is a sample of how to map users to computers using an AutoIt script and the _McAfeeEndpointEncryption UDF. It’s not nearly as robust as the AutoDomain script, but may meet some need.

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Chris McAfee EE / SafeBoot McAfee Endpoint Encryption, SafeBoot

I wrote this tip for the McAfee Community back in November 2008 and thought it would be useful to post here. I do not work for McAfee or for SafeBoot and I’m only posting this because I documented it all out when I was having trouble so that I could fix it in the future and thought it might help someone else. You should complete the steps on a test or proof of concept system and you should always backup any files or registry keys before modifying or deleting them. This information is posted by me alone and does not represent the thoughts of McAfee, SafeBoot, or my employer. If at all possible, you should probably be working with your McAfee support agent on

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Chris McAfee EE / SafeBoot McAfee Endpoint Encryption, SafeBoot

As promised, here is a sample of code that causes a client to ForceSync using the AutoIt functions I wrote in this previous post.

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Chris McAfee EE / SafeBoot McAfee Endpoint Encryption, SafeBoot

I wrote this tip for the McAfee Community back in December 2008 and thought it would be useful to post here

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Chris McAfee EE / SafeBoot McAfee Endpoint Encryption, Netware, SafeBoot

Hi Everyone,

After searching around the McAfee Community and the AutoIt3 Forums, it would seem as though no one has released User Defined Functions for McAfee Endpoint Encryption, so I decided to write some (since I’d need them anyway).

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Chris McAfee EE / SafeBoot McAfee Endpoint Encryption, SafeBoot