windows 2000 service pack 5 ????

[Srinivas Acharya]

Dear all,
I am not able to keep my windows 2000 systems up to date. I
have win2k SP4 after that I have to run windows update only
in all the systems. This will create lot of traffic. I want
to download single file which contains all the latest
patches and use it in all the systems. Is it possible?.
When Microsoft is going to release the service pack 5?.

Regards,
Srinivas Acharya

 

[ByTor]

Dear all,
I am not able to keep my windows 2000 systems up to date. I
have win2k SP4 after that I have to run windows update only
in all the systems. This will create lot of traffic. I want
to download single file which contains all the latest
patches and use it in all the systems. Is it possible?.
When Microsoft is going to release the service pack 5?.

Regards,
Srinivas Acharya

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=1001aaf1-749f-
49f4-8010-297bd6ca33a0&displaylang=en

 

[Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\)]

Dear all,
I am not able to keep my windows 2000 systems up to date. I
have win2k SP4 after that I have to run windows update only
in all the systems. This will create lot of traffic. I want
to download single file which contains all the latest
patches and use it in all the systems. Is it possible?.
When Microsoft is going to release the service pack 5?.

Hi

Microsoft has no official time table for SP5 yet as far as I know.

You could consider implementing SUS (free) or something similar (links
to some 3rd party products further down) for security patches.

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


When evaluating hotfix administration methods/programs,
there are also 3rd party solutions available that will
give a lot more than what SUS offer, but of course, they
are not free. It is as always a cost/benefit analyze that
needs to be done.

Below is links to a 3rd party product example that does
not need a server to run and no IIS is needed (it supports
NT4 clients as well). You can deploy mostly all types of
hotfixes and service packs from an ordinary workstation
if you want.


UpdateEXPERT from Sunbelt
http://www.sunbelt-software.com/product.cfm?id=357

UpdateEXPERT reseller with a price list
http://www.softwareshelf.com/products/display.asp?p=71


Shavlik's HFNetChkPro/HFNetChkLT
If 10 computers or less htfnetchkLT is free (http://www.shavlik.com), it can
scan and push patches. It also finds patches needed for Office as well, and it
gives a really nice graphical analysis of the patch from truesecure.

Here is a third party product that supports Win9x and WinME as well:

PatchLink's Update
http://www.patchlink.com

 

[Tim Judd]

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=1001aaf1-749f-
49f4-8010-297bd6ca33a0&displaylang=en

Well, ByTor, would you please describe what links you paste are for next
time? That link didn't seem to fit the OP's original question as I see the
question.

Srinivas, there are a few ways to get post SP fixes without hitting windows
update every time. This is a timing issue though.

When running Windows Update, the system has to download the files anyway.
Often, they are placed in a hidden folder (\WUpdate or "\Program
Files\WUpdate" [depending on the version of IE] if I'm not mistaken) with
each fix in it's own file/folder.

IMMEDIATELY after the download completes, copy all and paste to somewhere,
it doesn't matter, you can setup the share and/or details after the OS has
copied the files. After the OS has finished running windows update, the
original items in (what I think is) WUpdate, it deletes the files.

After you have all items downloaded, you can setup a share w/ those files,
and download and install on each box. If you're so inclined, you can burn
it to a CD and have some .bat or .cmd automatically start all installs.
there are references online on how to start the upgrade. some are .cabs
and some are .exes

Run the EXE's, and extract the .cabs and run some *.inf file if I recall.

Good luck.

 

[ByTor]

Well, ByTor, would you please describe what links you paste are for next
time? That link didn't seem to fit the OP's original question as I see the
question.

Well, Tim, excuse me...My bad.

But if you paste the "entire" link in your browser you will see what it
is......I DO NOT post in more than 80 lines....