Re: installing patches w/o being admin

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From: serverguy (nospammers_at_spambites.com)
Date: 03/01/04

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    Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2004 16:21:03 -0500

    If you are the administrator of the pc, why not just do your administrative
    duties and download the updates while you are logged in? Why depend on
    non-admins to do the updates? What if there is an error druing the process?
    Do you think the non-admins will be able to handle the situation?

    Otherwise, SUS is the best solution for you - users do not need to be admins
    for the updates to be applied.

    "dejavu" <dejavu_0911@yahoo.com> wrote in message
    news:164f01c3fbb6$6880d880$a101280a@phx.gbl...
    > Hi,
    >
    > I am the administrator of my computer which runs on
    > win2K. I have other people who can log into the machine
    > as users of a particular network domain setup on the
    > machine. I was wondering if it was possible for me to
    > schedule the automatic updates for the machine such that
    > the updates are downloaded, prompts for installation and
    > also installs when the non-administrator is logged in.
    >
    > In other words, would the updates be possible only if the
    > user has administrative powers or is there another
    > possibility? I know that it is possible to distribute the
    > updates from the central server. But, can we do it at a
    > more local level?
    >
    >
    > Thank you.

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