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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>mmm</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Seems there are two options - control panel
/ Automatic updates / "Download the updates automatically and notify me
again before installing them on my computer" - But where does this save the
files??? There is no option given. The beauty of this is it is
automatic and does not involve the very manual process of going to the
Microsoft download site (2nd option) and selecting stuff to
download. But perhaps this is a little ahead of what is
available??? (I'd like to select them at this point and copy the files I
want to other PC's)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I must say the NAV updates seem to work pretty
well, need the occasional re-boot, but are pretty reliable. Presumably
this model has impressed Microsoft as being workable.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>Kind regards,<BR>David </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=Jon.Tydda@alcontrol.co.uk href="mailto:Jon.Tydda@alcontrol.co.uk">Jon
Tydda</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=dba-tech@databaseadvisors.com
href="mailto:dba-tech@databaseadvisors.com">'Discussion of Hardware and
Software issues'</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, August 28, 2003 9:43
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: [dba-Tech] Security measures
- Windcows Updates</DIV>
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<P><FONT size=2>If you go to <A
href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads">www.microsoft.com/downloads</A> you
can find all the big downloads there. Download them and save them onto a
central pc/file server and share them across the network. That's what I do at
work... Got SP4, ie6 sp1, directx9.0b etc... I only download the smaller
updates and driver files on individual pc's.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>If you have a windows 2000 server (running the server edition
of the software), you might want to look into the SUS (System Updates Service)
at microsoft.com. I've been looking at implementing it here, but they seem
reluctant to give me a new server just to install updates. I might point out
how if I could have got all the lovsan patches on quicker, we might not have
lost a couple of days to repatching and virus scanning everything again
:-)</FONT></P><BR>
<P><FONT size=2>Jon</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT size=2>-----Original Message-----</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>From:
Tortise@Paradise [<A
href="mailto:tortise@paradise.net.nz">mailto:tortise@paradise.net.nz</A>]
</FONT><BR><FONT size=2>Sent: 28 August 2003 00:05</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>To:
Discussion of Hardware and Software issues</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>Subject:
Re: [dba-Tech] Security measures - Windcows Updates</FONT> </P><BR>
<P><FONT size=2>Hi</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>I am experimenting with Windows
Updates.</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>What I'd like to know, is, given they can be
such HUGE files how do I manage the loading i.e. can one machine download
them, hold them, (As is an option) and then they be applied to all machines my
side of the firewall without being downloaded by each of em? Kind regards,
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<P><FONT size=2>----- Original Message -----</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>From:
"John Colby" <jcolby@colbyconsulting.com></FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>To:
"Discussion of Hardware and Software issues"
<dba-tech@databaseadvisors.com></FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>Sent: Thursday,
August 28, 2003 10:19 AM</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>Subject: RE: [dba-Tech]
Security measures</FONT> </P><BR>
<P><FONT size=2>It's strange that so many people report problems with Windows
updates. I have 4 computers - an OLD dual Pentium II 233, a "newer"
Toshiba laptop PII 233, and two ~2 year old "modern" computers (1.4g AMD
Athlon - "homebuilt"). I run windows update religiously and have never had a
problem on any of them. Win2K Pro, Office 97/2k/XP, NAV, etc.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>Further I was the Sys Admin for the screw company and
regularly updated their ~12 computers - Gateway / Dell. Always just
applied all SPs, updates. Always worked.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>John W. Colby</FONT> <BR><FONT
size=2>www.colbyconsulting.com</FONT> </P><BR><BR>
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