Re: Automate offline windows update?

From: Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\) (Torgeir.Bakken-spam_at_hydro.com)
Date: 09/02/04 

Date: Thu, 02 Sep 2004 17:17:26 +0200

Dan DeStefano wrote:

> i have a testlab environment which is to also be used as a pre-staging area
> for new pc configurations, images, etc. this lab is in a closed loop and has
> no internet access. the problem i am having is that i would like to automate
> the windows update process without using sus. i have downloaded the updates
> via the windows update catalog. however, i would like to know if there is a
> way to either batch-install these updates without user intervention (a
> utility would be preferable to having to create a batch file) or temporarily
> redirect the path of automatic updates to look in a local path such as the
> cdrom drive.
Hi

Some starting points for a scripted installation:

A)
Unattended, A Windows deployment system
http://unattended.sourceforge.net/

See "How to install hotfixes and applications" under "What next?"

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B)
In the link below you will find a description of a hotfix installation
system by Rob Dunn:

Visual Basic Script Hotfix Installation System:
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=uzpUkCN8DHA.2064@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl

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C)
If you want to script the installs yourself, combine the information
at the sites referred to in A) and B) with the information in the
following links:

http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=s5gk74srdje.fsf%40patl%3Dusers.sf.net

http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=3FE23A0D.5105AF99%40hydro.com

How to Install Multiple Windows Updates or Hotfixes with Only One Reboot
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=296861

Command-Line Switches For Windows Software Update Packages (1)
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=262841

Command-Line Switches for Microsoft Software Update Packages (2)
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=824687

New File Naming Schema for Microsoft Windows Software Update Packages
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=816915

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-- 
torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of
the 1328 page Scripting Guide:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/default.mspx

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