Environment
- Carbon Black Cloud Windows Sensor
- Microsoft Windows: All Supported Versions
Objective
How to place a sensor in bypass mode to perform a in place OS upgrade
Resolution
The recommendation while upgrading Window 7 to Windows 10 is to put the sensor in bypass mode. To enable sensor in bypass mode:
- Launch an elevated command prompt (cmd.exe > right-click > Run as administrator)
- Run the following command to put the sensor into bypass
- "C:\Program Files\Confer\Uninstall.exe" /bypass 1
Perform the OS upgrade. When the OS upgrade is complete, you will want to move the sensor out of bypass
- Launch an elevated command prompt (cmd.exe > right-click > Run as administrator)
- Run the following command to put the sensor out of bypass
- "C:\Program Files\Confer\Uninstall.exe" /bypass 0
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