Deploying Windows Update over a Netowork

[disk0nek]

Hello...

I have a 15 computer running Windows XP pro... on network
with NT 4.0 Server as domain controller.

How can I deploy the windows update on windows XP over
the network.

Is it possible to download it only on 1 XP machine and
then dewploy it to other XP machines.

Thanks!

 

[allan grossman [mvp]]

Hi -

Best way to do this is with Microsoft's Windows Update
Services -

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/sus/default.m
spx

but that solution requires Windows 2000 Server or later.

Another solution would be SMS - which will run under NT4
but you'd have to download updates and may have to
package them manually. I'm afraid I don't know of a peer-
to-peer Windows XP update solution.

Why not set the workstations to update aotomatically and
just pull the updates from Microsoft individually?

Hope this helps -