User Levels and Software Updates

[Tom Lake]

When I only had a few people on the network, going around to
the different machines to do administrative functions such as installing
updates was no problem. Now our network is growing rapidly and
I spend most of my time updating users' computers. For obvious
reasons I don't want to give them administrative privileges but I can't
be running around to their desks every time software such as
Norman Anti-Virus needs an update (which is almost every day)
How can I solve this dilemma?

Thanks
Tom Lake

 

[Malke]

When I only had a few people on the network, going around to
the different machines to do administrative functions such as installing
updates was no problem. Now our network is growing rapidly and
I spend most of my time updating users' computers. For obvious
reasons I don't want to give them administrative privileges but I can't
be running around to their desks every time software such as
Norman Anti-Virus needs an update (which is almost every day)
How can I solve this dilemma?

Aren't you running a server with Active Directory? Using domain tools (WSUS,
etc.) and a client-server antivirus takes care of all that.

Malke

 

[Tom Lake]

Aren't you running a server with Active Directory? Using domain tools
(WSUS,
etc.) and a client-server antivirus takes care of all that.

It's not just the anti-virus but ANY software updates need administrator
approval before they'll run. Programs like Adobe Reader, CorelDRAW,
MS updates, etc.

Tom Lake

 

[Malke]

It's not just the anti-virus but ANY software updates need administrator
approval before they'll run. Programs like Adobe Reader, CorelDRAW,
MS updates, etc.

Since you apparently do have a server running AD, post your question in one
of the appropriate server groups. The sysadmins there will be able to help
you. This is really not a Vista networking issue at all.

http://aumha.org/nntp.htm - list of MS newsgroups

Malke