Contents Now Platform Capabilities Previous Topic Next Topic Help the Help Desk script troubleshooting Subscribe Log in to subscribe to topics and get notified when content changes. ... SAVE AS PDF Selected Topic Topic & Subtopics All Topics in Contents Share Help the Help Desk script troubleshooting With the Help the Help Desk script, you can detect all system software on a 64-bit machine. You can also configure the Help the Help Desk script to run for users without prompting for a user name and password. Allow users without a ServiceNow instance login to run Help the Help Desk script You can configure the Help the Help Desk script to run for users without prompting for a user name and password. Before you beginRole required: admin About this task This setup enables users who do not have access privileges to an instance to run the script on their Windows machines without having to provide a user name and password. The script can be configured to login in automatically as a SOAP user with the hthd_user role. Procedure Log in to your instance with Windows Internet Explorer. Navigate to System Definition > Help the Help Desk Login Script. Follow the download instructions in the page that appears. Put the helpthehelpdesk.js file in the following folder: %SystemRoot%\sysvol\sysvol\<domain DNS name>\scripts where %SystemRoot% is usually c:\winnt or c:\WINDOWS and <domain DNS name> is the DNS name of the domain, similar to MyDomain.com. This folder is replicated to all domain controllers in the domain. Open the helpthehelpdesk.js file in a text editor, such as Wordpad. Check the var server line to ensure that the URL for your ServiceNow instance is correct. The name of the instance is added automatically. It should look something like this: var server = "https://abctech.service-now.com/" Ensure that basic authorization for SOAP requests is enabled in your instance and a SOAP user is defined. This allows the script to connect to your instance. The entry should look something like this: var httpUsername = "user_on_your_instance"; var httpPassword = "user's_password"; Make the script file available to all users. Detect software on 64-bit systems with Help the Help Desk You can detect all system software successfully on a 64-bit machine. About this taskA 64-bit browser can detect both 64-bit and 32-bit software, but a 32-bit browser cannot detect 64-bit software. Procedure To detect all system software, run the Help the Help Desk script from a 64-bit browser. On this page Send Feedback Previous Topic Next Topic
Help the Help Desk script troubleshooting With the Help the Help Desk script, you can detect all system software on a 64-bit machine. You can also configure the Help the Help Desk script to run for users without prompting for a user name and password. Allow users without a ServiceNow instance login to run Help the Help Desk script You can configure the Help the Help Desk script to run for users without prompting for a user name and password. Before you beginRole required: admin About this task This setup enables users who do not have access privileges to an instance to run the script on their Windows machines without having to provide a user name and password. The script can be configured to login in automatically as a SOAP user with the hthd_user role. Procedure Log in to your instance with Windows Internet Explorer. Navigate to System Definition > Help the Help Desk Login Script. Follow the download instructions in the page that appears. Put the helpthehelpdesk.js file in the following folder: %SystemRoot%\sysvol\sysvol\<domain DNS name>\scripts where %SystemRoot% is usually c:\winnt or c:\WINDOWS and <domain DNS name> is the DNS name of the domain, similar to MyDomain.com. This folder is replicated to all domain controllers in the domain. Open the helpthehelpdesk.js file in a text editor, such as Wordpad. Check the var server line to ensure that the URL for your ServiceNow instance is correct. The name of the instance is added automatically. It should look something like this: var server = "https://abctech.service-now.com/" Ensure that basic authorization for SOAP requests is enabled in your instance and a SOAP user is defined. This allows the script to connect to your instance. The entry should look something like this: var httpUsername = "user_on_your_instance"; var httpPassword = "user's_password"; Make the script file available to all users. Detect software on 64-bit systems with Help the Help Desk You can detect all system software successfully on a 64-bit machine. About this taskA 64-bit browser can detect both 64-bit and 32-bit software, but a 32-bit browser cannot detect 64-bit software. Procedure To detect all system software, run the Help the Help Desk script from a 64-bit browser.
Help the Help Desk script troubleshooting With the Help the Help Desk script, you can detect all system software on a 64-bit machine. You can also configure the Help the Help Desk script to run for users without prompting for a user name and password. Allow users without a ServiceNow instance login to run Help the Help Desk script You can configure the Help the Help Desk script to run for users without prompting for a user name and password. Before you beginRole required: admin About this task This setup enables users who do not have access privileges to an instance to run the script on their Windows machines without having to provide a user name and password. The script can be configured to login in automatically as a SOAP user with the hthd_user role. Procedure Log in to your instance with Windows Internet Explorer. Navigate to System Definition > Help the Help Desk Login Script. Follow the download instructions in the page that appears. Put the helpthehelpdesk.js file in the following folder: %SystemRoot%\sysvol\sysvol\<domain DNS name>\scripts where %SystemRoot% is usually c:\winnt or c:\WINDOWS and <domain DNS name> is the DNS name of the domain, similar to MyDomain.com. This folder is replicated to all domain controllers in the domain. Open the helpthehelpdesk.js file in a text editor, such as Wordpad. Check the var server line to ensure that the URL for your ServiceNow instance is correct. The name of the instance is added automatically. It should look something like this: var server = "https://abctech.service-now.com/" Ensure that basic authorization for SOAP requests is enabled in your instance and a SOAP user is defined. This allows the script to connect to your instance. The entry should look something like this: var httpUsername = "user_on_your_instance"; var httpPassword = "user's_password"; Make the script file available to all users. Detect software on 64-bit systems with Help the Help Desk You can detect all system software successfully on a 64-bit machine. About this taskA 64-bit browser can detect both 64-bit and 32-bit software, but a 32-bit browser cannot detect 64-bit software. Procedure To detect all system software, run the Help the Help Desk script from a 64-bit browser.
Help the Help Desk script troubleshooting With the Help the Help Desk script, you can detect all system software on a 64-bit machine. You can also configure the Help the Help Desk script to run for users without prompting for a user name and password. Allow users without a ServiceNow instance login to run Help the Help Desk script You can configure the Help the Help Desk script to run for users without prompting for a user name and password. Before you beginRole required: admin About this task This setup enables users who do not have access privileges to an instance to run the script on their Windows machines without having to provide a user name and password. The script can be configured to login in automatically as a SOAP user with the hthd_user role. Procedure Log in to your instance with Windows Internet Explorer. Navigate to System Definition > Help the Help Desk Login Script. Follow the download instructions in the page that appears. Put the helpthehelpdesk.js file in the following folder: %SystemRoot%\sysvol\sysvol\<domain DNS name>\scripts where %SystemRoot% is usually c:\winnt or c:\WINDOWS and <domain DNS name> is the DNS name of the domain, similar to MyDomain.com. This folder is replicated to all domain controllers in the domain. Open the helpthehelpdesk.js file in a text editor, such as Wordpad. Check the var server line to ensure that the URL for your ServiceNow instance is correct. The name of the instance is added automatically. It should look something like this: var server = "https://abctech.service-now.com/" Ensure that basic authorization for SOAP requests is enabled in your instance and a SOAP user is defined. This allows the script to connect to your instance. The entry should look something like this: var httpUsername = "user_on_your_instance"; var httpPassword = "user's_password"; Make the script file available to all users. Detect software on 64-bit systems with Help the Help Desk You can detect all system software successfully on a 64-bit machine. About this taskA 64-bit browser can detect both 64-bit and 32-bit software, but a 32-bit browser cannot detect 64-bit software. Procedure To detect all system software, run the Help the Help Desk script from a 64-bit browser.
Allow users without a ServiceNow instance login to run Help the Help Desk script You can configure the Help the Help Desk script to run for users without prompting for a user name and password. Before you beginRole required: admin About this task This setup enables users who do not have access privileges to an instance to run the script on their Windows machines without having to provide a user name and password. The script can be configured to login in automatically as a SOAP user with the hthd_user role. Procedure Log in to your instance with Windows Internet Explorer. Navigate to System Definition > Help the Help Desk Login Script. Follow the download instructions in the page that appears. Put the helpthehelpdesk.js file in the following folder: %SystemRoot%\sysvol\sysvol\<domain DNS name>\scripts where %SystemRoot% is usually c:\winnt or c:\WINDOWS and <domain DNS name> is the DNS name of the domain, similar to MyDomain.com. This folder is replicated to all domain controllers in the domain. Open the helpthehelpdesk.js file in a text editor, such as Wordpad. Check the var server line to ensure that the URL for your ServiceNow instance is correct. The name of the instance is added automatically. It should look something like this: var server = "https://abctech.service-now.com/" Ensure that basic authorization for SOAP requests is enabled in your instance and a SOAP user is defined. This allows the script to connect to your instance. The entry should look something like this: var httpUsername = "user_on_your_instance"; var httpPassword = "user's_password"; Make the script file available to all users.
Detect software on 64-bit systems with Help the Help Desk You can detect all system software successfully on a 64-bit machine. About this taskA 64-bit browser can detect both 64-bit and 32-bit software, but a 32-bit browser cannot detect 64-bit software. Procedure To detect all system software, run the Help the Help Desk script from a 64-bit browser.
