How to delpoy a service pack using AD?

[MMP]

I need to know how I can delpoy a service pack 4 usong
Active directory?

Thank you,
MP.

 

[Torgeir Bakken (MVP)]

I need to know how I can delpoy a service pack 4 usong
Active directory?

Hi

Read the "Service Pack 4 Installation and Deployment Guide" white paper, you
will find a link to it here:

Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/downloads/servicepacks/sp4/default.asp


Microsoft Software Update Services (SUS) is also capable to deploy SP4 (and SP1
for WinXP).


Microsoft Software Update Services (SUS)
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/sus/default.mspx

Patch Management Using Microsoft Software Update Services - Operations Guide
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/itsolutions/msm/swdist/pmsusog.asp

Note that the current version will only install critical updates and security
rollup packages (SRPs), as well as SP4 for Win2k and SP1 for WinXP.

A new version is in the works:
http://groups.google.com/[email protected]

SUS needs to be installed on a IIS server. Supports Win2k, WinXP and Win2k3
clients only. SP1 for WinXP and SP3/4 for Win2k installs the WU/SUS client as
default.


There is a separate newsgroup for SUS:
microsoft.public.softwareupdatesvcs
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.softwareupdatesvcs

URL to the group softwareupdatesvcs for those who uses the Web
interface to access the newsgroups:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsser...t.mspx?dg=microsoft.public.softwareupdatesvcs



A Web site about SUS with a FAQ and a SUS forum:

SUSserver.com
http://www.susserver.com/

More Web sites about SUS
http://www.cites.uiuc.edu/sus/faq.html
http://www.faqshop.com/sus/default.htm
http://computing.fusion13.com/SUS/Microsoft-Software-Update-Services-SUS.shtml

 

[Carolyn Napier [MSFT]]

Look for instructions for "Scenario 4: Installing the Service Pack using Windows
Installer and Group Policy" in the Installing Service Pack 4 for Windows 2000
section of the SP4 deployment guide.

The Windows 2000 SP4 installation and deployment guide is available at <
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/downloads/servicepacks/sp4/spdeploy.htm >.

Hope this helps,
- Carolyn Napier
Microsoft Windows Installer Team

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