Patch Management

[johna]

Would anyone know of an OpenSource patch management solution for Windows.
I have tried the demo of Shavlik's HFNetChk program and it works quit well,
but
the licensing is somewhat expensive.


Thanks in Advance!!

 

[Jason Hall [MSFT]]

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From: "johna" <[email protected]>
Subject: Patch Management
Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 14:47:48 -0400

Would anyone know of an OpenSource patch management solution for Windows.
I have tried the demo of Shavlik's HFNetChk program and it works quit well,
but
the licensing is somewhat expensive.


Thanks in Advance!!

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This is probably not the best place to look for "open source" knowledge ;-)
I don't know of an open source patch management solution, but I do know
that Microsoft's Software Update Services is free !!

Get it here:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=A7AA96E4-6E41-4F54-
972C-AE66A4E4BF6C&displaylang=en

It's like having your own onsite Windows Update server, check it out !


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[Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\)]

This is probably not the best place to look for "open source" knowledge ;-)
I don't know of an open source patch management solution,

Hi

A)

Free with source code:

Visual Basic Script Hotfix Installation System
http://uphold2001.brinkster.net/vbshf/forum/index.asp


B)

Can also be used in some situations:

Unattended, A Windows deployment system
http://unattended.sourceforge.net/

See "How to install hotfixes and applications" under "What next?"