Jim Lawrence
accessd at shaw.ca
Mon Feb 11 14:16:55 CST 2008
Jon: This is excellent news... Though it should not be difficult to find this setting any tips would be greatly appreciated. You are brilliant. Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jon Tydda Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 4:45 AM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Never set your system to auto-updates I spent a day playing with Group Policies in Active Directory, and there are all sorts of options for Windows Update via WSUS... You can tell it to install everything that doesn't require a reboot without asking the users, or to install the recommended updates as well as the security updates. All great for me, as it means I don't have to go around 175 computers and run windows update any more :-) Jon -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of jwcolby Sent: 11 February 2008 12:12 To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Never set your system to auto-updates I stopped doing it automatically (the install part) because it would cause my SQL Server to reboot right in the middle of trying to get work done. John W. Colby Colby Consulting www.ColbyConsulting.com -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Lawrence Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 2:29 AM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: [dba-Tech] Never set your system to auto-updates This morning all the computers and router was off-line. I initially assumed there had been a power outage but then became aware that none of the clocks had suffered the same fate. It took a while to figure out what had happen but after checking the event log it was noted that a MS auto update had gone through on the server.... Yes, I know what you are going to say; "Never auto update on; and especially not server." There had been an auto update and the update affected the active directory and these effects rippled through to each station and each station was auto-rebooted. So never have MS auto-update on... Jim _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com