deployment of updates?

[Guest]

Good morning,

Could someone enlighten me how I can get *.exe or something similar that I
can download and then burn to a CD of all the updates available for Win2k and
WinXP, so that I don't have to waste my time downloading them at each
computer at various coporate sites?!

If this is the wrong approach, please tell me of a better one!

Thank you for your help,

Daniel

 

[System Admin]

Good morning,

Could someone enlighten me how I can get *.exe or something similar that I
can download and then burn to a CD of all the updates available for Win2k and
WinXP, so that I don't have to waste my time downloading them at each
computer at various coporate sites?!

If this is the wrong approach, please tell me of a better one!

Thank you for your help,

Daniel

Your question is tough to answer because different machines might have
different Windows compinents installed. In other words, the updates for a
Windows 2000 Pro SP3 machine are going to be different from a Windows XP SP2
machine, you know? Heck, itmight even be different between two Windows XP
SP2 machines bacause one has different Windows components installed.

I usually keep a CD of all the latest service packs for Win2K, Win2K3 and XP
and a copy of IE6 SP1 for my Win2K clients. Once I get them up to the
latest SP then Windows Update is usually not *as* painful.

SA

 

[maximillianx]

Another alternative (or addendum) might be to have a computer built with
WSUS and deploy it for a week via group policies at your corporate site and
let it roll the patches out without any extra effort on your part (or deploy
WSUS on one of their servers).

 

[Dave McMahon]

You can use the windows update catalog to download all the updates for lots
of Operating systems.

1. Launch internet explorer

2. got windows update (Tools:Windows update)

3.click on Personalize windows update

4.Tick the box for Display the link to the Windows Update Catalog under See
Also

5. Click save settings

6. (I had to) close and restart internet explorer the go back to windows
update

7. Click Windows update UNDER see also.

8. Rest should be easy there's a search facilty. I don't think you need all
the updates (some are for specific machines and some are for forign
languages.

9. holla back if you no wot i speak about yes?!

 

[Victor M.]

Thanks Dave that's the tickete!!

You can use the windows update catalog to download all the updates for lots
of Operating systems.

1. Launch internet explorer

2. got windows update (Tools:Windows update)

3.click on Personalize windows update

4.Tick the box for Display the link to the Windows Update Catalog under See
Also

5. Click save settings

6. (I had to) close and restart internet explorer the go back to windows
update

7. Click Windows update UNDER see also.

8. Rest should be easy there's a search facilty. I don't think you need all
the updates (some are for specific machines and some are for forign
languages.

9. holla back if you no wot i speak about yes?!


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