ANWS

2.0.0

Enterprise management, hardening, and recovery module for the ActiveNet Workstation Service (ANWS).

Minimum PowerShell version

5.1

Installation Options

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Install-Module -Name ANWS

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Install-PSResource -Name ANWS

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Owners

Copyright

(c) Justin Romanello. All rights reserved.

Package Details

Author(s)

  • Justin Romanello

Tags

ActiveNet ActiveNetWorkstation ActiveNetWorkstationService ANWS EndpointManagement

Functions

Install-ANWS Set-ANWSRestart Uninstall-ANWS Restart-ANWS

PSEditions

Desktop Core

Dependencies

This module has no dependencies.

Release Notes

v2.0.0 Modernized Enterprise Release:
- Support across Windows PowerShell 5.1 and PowerShell 7+ Core.
- Native uninstallation without external PowerShell 5 process wrapping.
- Automated self-healing for MSI Error 1603.
- Enforced TLS 1.2 download transport with improved retry logic.
- Improved MSI locator.
- Automatic Service Recovery configuration for both activenetworkstationservice and COMSysApp.
- BUILTIN\Users Full Control directory ACL enforcement.
- Authenticated Users SDDL service restart permissions with desktop shortcut and hidden batch script.
- Added Restart-ANWS cmdlet with localhost:4444 WebSocket port listener verification.
- Exported aliases: Install-ActiveNet, Uninstall-ActiveNet, Restart-ActiveNet.

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Version History

Version Downloads Last updated
2.0.0 (current version) 15 11/9/2026
1.0.1 179 6/18/2024
1.0 43 4/4/2024