Re: Patch Management with SMS 2003 & Win 9x, NT4, 2K, XP & 2K3

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From: Torgeir Bakken (MVP) (Torgeir.Bakken-spam_at_hydro.com)
Date: 02/27/04 

Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 01:16:56 +0100

SMS Newbie wrote:

> I am in search of solutions for patch management at my
> company which is a windows 2000 domain of Windows 98SE on
> up. I've searched Microsofts website and seen that SMS is
> able to do patch management for these Windows versions but
> can't find any other resources about it.
>
> I will need to confirm this before my dept sends me to
> take classes.

Hi

If I'm not mistaken, SMS 2003 does not support patch management for Win98. 

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torgeir
Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
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