Re: AUstate questions
From: MowGreen [MVP] (mowgreen_at_nowandzen.com)
Date: 05/19/04
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Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 11:33:06 -0700
ramsesvp,
You could make the entire updating process much simpler by
installing SUS :
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/sus/default.mspx
News group is :
microsoft.public.softwareupdatesvcs
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.softwareupdatesvcs
A Web site about SUS with a FAQ and a SUS forum:
http://www.susserver.com/
More SUS Web sites:
http://www.cites.uiuc.edu/sus/faq.html
http://www.faqshop.com/sus/default.htm
Links provided by Torgeir Bakken, MS-MVP.
MowGreen [MVP]
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ramsesvp wrote:
> Hello everyone.
>
> I have a perhaps stupid question about windows update in XP and 2000.
>
> We have about 450 workstations and we have 4 system admins. now we found out
> unfortunately that the automatic update does not want to work the way we
> hoped. This is what it does:
>
> All users log in as unprivileged users. we scheduled all PC's to download
> updates at a set time. This is spread throughout the days of the week (you
> never know if an update wrecks a system and we dont want to have all of a
> sudden 450 death workstations)
>
> Oke it looks like it is downloading oke. When I on occasion get passed a
> system, I check and SOME updates seems to be installed. al LOT more dont.
> when I fire up the windowsupdate site, it tells me that there are over 20
> critical updates left, including some service packs etc.
>
> So when I look at the registry I see that the AUState is on occasion 5
> (installation pending), and at times 8 (reboot pending). I would think that
> after a reboot the 8 stat ould be changed to 2, and that the 5 would be
> automatically installed when the scheduled time arrives.. but it doesnt work
> like that.
>
> Do I have to run around every PC and login as administrator to fix this
> every month? Please tell me that there is a different solution..
> HELP
>
> a very sad Ramses
>
>
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