SUS and the XP SP2 update deadline

[John]

Hi,

How will SUS handle the April 12th deadline for XP SP2? If I don't approve
the update, will my machines not update until I approve it? I have them set
in group policy to only get updates from the SUS server.

Being an accoounting firm, April 12 is not a good deadline date for us.

Thanks,
John

 

[Mike Matheny]

If you upgrade to WSUS (the LATEST and 3rd name for this product!), you can
decline it and it will never be rolled out, I believe.

 

[neo [mvp outlook]]

Microsoft has confirmed that if you do not approve it on SUS and all
machines are managed by SUS, then they will not receive it. However this
will not stop a user from visiting windowsupdate.microsoft.com and having
the site offer it to them or stop them from applying in manually if they
have sufficient rights.