Patch Deployment

[Guest]

I have about 85 Windows XP embedded terminals that I have to put a few
certain Windows patches on from Microsoft. Is there any possible way I could
push these patches out to my workstations without going to each individual
one and install the updates ?

TYI
Phil Andersen

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Please visit the following pertinent newsgroup
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.softwareupdatesvcs

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
Microsoft Newsgroups

Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.mspx

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| I have about 85 Windows XP embedded terminals that I have to put a few
| certain Windows patches on from Microsoft. Is there any possible way I could
| push these patches out to my workstations without going to each individual
| one and install the updates ?
|
| TYI
| Phil Andersen

 

[Guest]

Thank you, will have to try from home, My work does not allow news groups
thru the proxy.

 

[Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\)]

Thank you, will have to try from home, My work does not allow news
groups thru the proxy.

Hi

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

Microsoft Software Update Services (SUS) is a kind of "Windows Update"
server you can set up inside your own network, where you centrally
approve what security updates is to be distributed to the clients.

The clients use Automatic Update to connect to the SUS server and
download and install updates that apply to that computer (note that
there is no Windows Update GUI available).

It is able to deploy updates even if the user is Power User as long
as you configure the SUS client to use AUOptions 4 (automatic
download and scheduled installation).


More here:

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 beta now (SUS 2.0, renamed to WUS), it will update
more Microsoft products, e.g. Office.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/wus/default.mspx

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.


A Web site about SUS with a FAQ and a SUS forum:
http://www.susserver.com/

More SUS Web sites:
http://www.cites.uiuc.edu/sus/faq.html
http://www.faqshop.com/sus/default.htm