XP SP2 Deployment using AD

[Troy Bruder]

Hello,

I'm trying to use Win2k3 AD to deploy XP SP2 to a client of mine.. They
have multiple sites..and each site has a copy of XP SP2 on the network for
installation... I have the workstations (Win2k/WinXP mix) placed into OU's
(manually) based on their geographic location. I now want to create a GPO
to install SP2 to machines running XP, or XP SP1.

I need to remove the "human" factor, and was hoping I could create a query
based DL, or WMI filter to apply the GPO.. But I cannot seem to get this
figured out.

Anyone else doing something like this to deploy SP2?

Thanks in advance!
Troy

 

[Laura E. Hunter \(MVP\)]

If you're using the Group Policy Management Console (and if you're not, go
download it now. I'll wait. http://www.microsoft.com/gpmc), using WMI
filters with GPOs is a snap:

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/...2003/all/deployguide/en-us/dmebb_gpu_yxso.asp

Alternately, you can deploy SP2 using Software Update Services.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/deploy/xpsp2sus.mspx

 

[Troy Bruder]

Thanks Laura, I read that, but am still confused..

If I use a WMI filter, non XP machines (like Win2k Pro/Server) will ignore
the filter and attempt to install the service pack (we've seen the XP SP2
installation dialog box on our Win2k SERVER's at bootup!)...

I don't want to manually have to create a security group for XP box, so I'm
not sure how to properly target the installation.


Did that make any sense?

Troy