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hipa

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(Msg. 1) Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2009 11:27 am
Post subject: push updates to clients
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Hello

If I would like to upgrade or install patches on 100+ XP clients from a
2003 server. What would be the best way? No one has administrator rights
off cours. I can't go and install software on each and every computer
separately. This question has got to sound familiar to lots of sys-admins
I think?

Cheers

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Bruce Chambers

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2009 11:27 am
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hipa wrote:
> Hello
>
> If I would like to upgrade or install patches on 100+ XP clients from a
> 2003 server. What would be the best way? No one has administrator rights
> off cours. I can't go and install software on each and every computer
> separately. This question has got to sound familiar to lots of sys-admins
> I think?
>
> Cheers


Your network's administrator should already have known about these
standard methods, but:

Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) Home
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/wsus/default.aspx

System Center Configuration Manager Home Page
http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/configurationmanager/en/us/default.aspx


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Shenan Stanley

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2009 11:27 am
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hipa wrote:
> If I would like to upgrade or install patches on 100+ XP clients
> from a 2003 server. What would be the best way? No one has
> administrator rights off cours. I can't go and install software on
> each and every computer separately. This question has got to sound
> familiar to lots of sys-admins I think?

And Google and other search engines, for that matter... Wink

WSUS.

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(Msg. 4) Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2009 1:27 pm
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> Your network's administrator should already have known about these
> standard methods, but:
>
> Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) Home
> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/wsus/default.aspx
>
> System Center Configuration Manager Home Page
> http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/configurationmanager/en/us/
default.aspx

Apparently he didn't, shame.

I've read about WSUS. Am I correct that this isn't a push technology?
Clients pull their upgrades? Can one install software via WSUS? Isn't it
necesarry to first install a client program of WSUS on each client
manually?

I'll take a look at the second link.

Thanks for the quick answer!
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2009 1:27 pm
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hipa wrote:
> Apparently he didn't, shame.
>
> I've read about WSUS. Am I correct that this isn't a push
> technology? Clients pull their upgrades? Can one install software
> via WSUS? Isn't it necesarry to first install a client program of
> WSUS on each client manually?
>
> I'll take a look at the second link.
>
> Thanks for the quick answer!

WSUS is good only for Microsoft updates, really. It uses the built in
features of Windows systems to check for updates that is already built in
and since you mentioned Windows Server 2003 already - it can be added to
said server at no cost (other than employee hours.)

It is registry settings or group policy settings - depending on your setup.
2 to 5 entries, really. Simple, fast, efficient.

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