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Title
“Task Skipped” message popping up -
Description
A “Task skipped” alert is shown alerting a system reboot is pending.
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Cause
The system has received Windows Security Updates that require a reboot to take place in order to complete the installation process and this has not yet been completed at the time a new patch detect or deploy task has been pushed to the system.
Further updates cannot be applied unless a reboot is completed on the system.
The alert can also be triggered by postponed Dell Update reboots if new Dell Update detect or deploy tasks are pushed.
Please note Patch or Dell Update tasks will not trigger the alert on the other's behalf as these are treated separately. -
Resolution
The alert will stop showing up once the system reboot has been completed or no further patch jobs are deployed to the system before a reboot takes place.