RE: Patch Management

From: Jason Hall [MSFT] (v-jashal_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 05/13/04


Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 21:23:53 GMT


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>From: "johna" <johna@bu.edu>
>Subject: Patch Management
>Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 14:47:48 -0400
>
>Would anyone know of an OpenSource patch management solution for Windows.
>I have tried the demo of Shavlik's HFNetChk program and it works quit
well,
>but
>the licensing is somewhat expensive.
>
>
>Thanks in Advance!!
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This is probably not the best place to look for "open source" knowledge ;-)
I don't know of an open source patch management solution, but I do know
that Microsoft's Software Update Services is free !!

Get it here:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=A7AA96E4-6E41-4F54-
972C-AE66A4E4BF6C&displaylang=en

It's like having your own onsite Windows Update server, check it out !

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