AutoUpdates

[Clarke]

Is there a way of configuring the autoupdates without
giving the local account Administrators rights? I have
approx 120 Pcs to update and they are all Power users and
it won't allow MS Updates to install unless they are
administrator.
Your help is appreciated.
Thanks in advance.

 

[Torgeir Bakken (MVP)]

Is there a way of configuring the autoupdates without
giving the local account Administrators rights? I have
approx 120 Pcs to update and they are all Power users and
it won't allow MS Updates to install unless they are
administrator.

Hi

You could consider implementing MS SUS (free), it will install security updates
even if the users are not local admins.

Microsoft Software Update Services (SUS)
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/windowsupdate/sus/default.asp

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).

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

SUS needs to be installed on a IIS server. Supports Win2k and WinXP 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