Deploying win2k hotfixes

CapatalisimCod

I am preparing for exams and was looking for an answear to a problem I am having..

I am about to deploy win2k sp4 to a small home network via answear file- Domain controller/AD/1 ris/dns/dhcp server and 2 workstations, all requirements are met, anywho, I am just curious about how I am going to deploy the hotfixes/updates. I know when I am running professional the updates are installed automatically after download.

Is there a facility in server that allows me to send the updates to a distribution folder so that I can connect to or do I have to update from the msft site directly via workstations.

Any help appreciated..

Capt'n Midnight

If you have a domain controller then that implies you have Windows 2000 server so you can use SUS to push the patches from the server.

SUS http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/updateservices/evaluation/previous/default.mspx
WSUS http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/updateservices/downloads/WSUS.mspx

otherwise it's a third party app
or you could use qchain and push the patches - but that's painfull because they keep changing the command line options so not that easy to do

CapatalisimCod

Sorry, meant to post a reply earlier, read your sticky about security and SUS completly slipped my mind...Your nothing short of a God in the windows world..... Cheers