SUS question

[Mike Towan]

Wondering if I am doing something wrong here.

I configured SUS, dowloaded the updates to the server, set up a group policy
to push them down, etc. 90% of the workstations are Win2K, others are Win
XP. What I am wanting that I don't see is the option to install the updates
but not require the machine to reboot. I would like to install as much as
possible at once and if it needs a reboot, wait for the normal shut down and
restart by the user the next morning.

We don't leave our machines on 24/7 so I can't do this in the middle of the
night, and currently the users get all worked up when they receive the
message saying the machine will be rebooted in 5 minutes. Anyone have any
suggestions?

 

[Iain Henderson]

Set GPO to download and schedule install
Set Scheduled install time to be 03:00
Set reschedule time to be 1 minute

The if a machine is left on overnight, it will get applied
at 03:00, if the machine is not left on then the update is
applied at startup time (+1 minute) which should not leave
the user too much time to get engrossed in their work.
(Most will not have even opened their eMail clients by
then!)

 

[Guest]

Also use the option 'No auto-restart for scheduled
Automatic Updates installation'. This way the user decides
when to restart the computer, instead of the 5 minute
countdown. Very frustrating if you come back from coffee
break and the machine restarted and your Word document
wasn't saved yet.