Re: Windows Update

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From: ptwilliams (ptw2001_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 09/24/04 

Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 08:32:16 +0100

If you're talking about selecting the Windows Update shortcut in the start
menu to access http://susserver instead of
http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com then that wont work. SUS only works with
the automatic update client (see Laura's helpful posts on this). You cannot
have your SUS server run like an internal Windows Update Server through a
web browser - only via the clients. Whether or not you could write your own
web front-end for this is another matter...

Hope that's clear enough? 

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"Laura E. Hunter (MVP)" <hunter(nospamplease)@sfs.upenn.edu> wrote in 
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Let me elaborate, since that might not be the best way of explaining it:
By configuring Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows
Components\Windows Update in your Group Policy, what you're effectively
saying is:
"Hey!  All you clients that this GPO applies to!  When you need to go get
updates, use THIS server instead of going to Windows Update."
As long as your clients are SUS-aware, that's all it takes.
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"Laura E. Hunter (MVP)" <hunter(nospamplease)@sfs.upenn.edu> wrote in
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> Sorry, misunderstood your question.
>
> If your clients are SUS-aware (Win2K SP2 or later), they'll point to the
> SUS server automatically as long as they have Automatic Updates enabled.
> (Also configurable through Group Policy.)  If your 2K clients aren't on
> SP2 yet (and if not, go get them there), there's an Automatic Updates
> client that you'll need to install - it's an MSI file that can be deployed
> via Software Installation.
>
>
> -- 
> ******************************
> Laura E. Hunter - MCSE, MCT, MVP
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>
>
> <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:002801c4a18f$ce2bf8c0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>> No, I know that.  I'm talking about changing the URL on
>> the users local machine for Windows update to point to
>> your internal SUS server.  I already know how to
>> configure SUS through Group Policy
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>It's under Computer Configuration\Administrative
>> Templates\Windodws
>>>Components\Windows Update
>>>
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>>>******************************
>>>Laura E. Hunter - MCSE, MCT, MVP
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>>>
>>>
>>>"Mike" <stankmstr@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>>>news:0d5601c4a184$4b148ed0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
>>>>I read that there was a way to change the Windows Update
>>>> URL to point to an internal SUS server instead of
>>>> Microsofts Windows Update website.
>>>>
>>>> Does anyone know of a GPO setting that changes this?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>>
>>>.
>>>
>
>

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