Re: Best way to deploy SP2...

SP2 will resolve any licence questions..so don't worry. If licence isn't
valid..no SP2 install.

To be on the safe side..unless every PC is identical in every way, I'd put
SP2 on a shared network drive and then run the update manually on each PC.

It is a bit time consuming, however it will ensure that you do not suddenly
have dozens of dead computers all over the office.

The upgrade will check for incompatibilities prior to installation.


"wayne62682" wrote:

> I honestly have no idea.. I did not set up the licensing or the network.
> They assured me that they're legit, so I just follow orders.
>
> "Henners" wrote:
>
> > Isnt the Action pack only for eval use?
> >
> >
> > "wayne62682" <wayne62682@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:FBE6F0DC-B62A-4882-AAD1-223D73BB3089@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Yes.. I had to install one of them with SP2 because we didn't have the
> > > regular XP CD (this company uses that Microsoft Action Pack thingie for
> > > all
> > > of its computers.. no volume licenses) and there were no problems with it.
> > >
> > > "Mike Hall (MS-MVP)" wrote:
> > >
> > >> Wayne
> > >>
> > >> Before working out how to get SP2 to all computers by using the line of
> > >> least resistance, have you tried SP2 out on one computer just to make
> > >> sure
> > >> that SP2 will not prevent some company activities?..
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >> Mike Hall
> > >> MVP - Windows Shell/user
> > >>
> > >> http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> "wayne62682" <wayne62682@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > >> news:ED90B19C-6572-4420-A97C-F10A159485EB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >> > Hello all,
> > >> >
> > >> > I am a newbie network admin for a small company with about 40
> > >> > workstations.
> > >> > All but about 5 of these run Windows XP (the others run Win2K) and we
> > >> > are
> > >> > planning on upgrading to Service Pack 2 soon. Our main server is
> > >> > running
> > >> > SBS
> > >> > 2003.
> > >> >
> > >> > I am currently researching the best practices to deploy the upgrade,
> > >> > and
> > >> > I'm
> > >> > having trouble deciding between pushing an update out via Group Policy
> > >> > or
> > >> > simply making a network drive and creating a batch file to run the
> > >> > XPsp2.exe
> > >> > file. One question I have is would I be able to do an unattended
> > >> > install
> > >> > of
> > >> > SP2 through the group policy, or is this only possible by executing the
> > >> > command? Also, how will this affect the 5 or so PCs running Windows
> > >> > 2000?
> > >> > Will the policy ignore them since they aren't running XP, or would this
> > >> > cause
> > >> > a problem?
> > >> >
> > >> > I apologize if these questions seem like common sense; as I said I only
> > >> > recently became an admin and am still "learning the ropes" so to speak.
> > >> > Any
> > >> > advice on this would be greatly appreciated. I am leaning more towards
> > >> > using
> > >> > group policy, but not if it would compromise the Windows 2000
> > >> > workstations.
> > >> >
> > >> > Thanks in advance,
> > >> > Wayne
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> >
> >
> >
.

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