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Windows Patch Management

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  • 22-07-2004 11:45am
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    Gryzor
    Registered Users Posts: 1,711 ✭✭✭


    lads

    any of you have any experience with Patch Management software. What do people use etc...

    getting sick of manually updating OS patches..:( ......BTW SMS is not an option.

    any help or ideas appreciated!!


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    ChipZilla
    Registered Users Posts: 954 ✭✭✭ChipZilla


    SUS

    http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/sus/default.mspx


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    Gryzor
    Registered Users Posts: 1,711 ✭✭✭Gryzor


    hey chip

    i'm using SUS at the moment, it doesn't support NT, and its not really managable from a central location unless everthing is set on a schedule which i can't really do with the servers i have.

    it does make things slightly easier, but it does have big limitations...


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    Stephen
    Registered Users Posts: 18,484 ✭✭✭✭Stephen


    Q. On which platforms does Windows Update Services server run?

    A. • Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 and later

    • Windows Server™ 2003


    Anyone know if that means it'll run on Windows XP pro as well? There's gonna be 4 of us living in a house with capped DSL shortly and it would be handy to have 1 system to download the updates and distribute them to the others, rather than everyone downloading them seperately and denting the oh-so-precious cap.
    Nobody has a win2k server/workstation as far as I know.


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    ChipZilla
    Registered Users Posts: 954 ✭✭✭ChipZilla


    Originally posted by Gryzor
    hey chip

    i'm using SUS at the moment, it doesn't support NT, and its not really managable from a central location unless everthing is set on a schedule which i can't really do with the servers i have.

    it does make things slightly easier, but it does have big limitations...

    You never said you were looking for something which worked with NT. Try Altiris then:

    http://www.naisolutions.com/Products/Altiris/index.html.

    @Stephen, yes it'll work fine with XP Pro


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