[dba-Tech] Security measures - Windcows Updates

If you go to www.microsoft.com/downloads 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.

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 :-)


Jon

-----Original Message-----
From: Tortise at Paradise [mailto:tortise at paradise.net.nz] 
Sent: 28 August 2003 00:05
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Security measures - Windcows Updates


Hi
I am experimenting with Windows Updates.
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
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----- Original Message -----
From: "John Colby" <jcolby at colbyconsulting.com>
To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues"
<dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 10:19 AM
Subject: RE: [dba-Tech] Security measures


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.

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.

John W. Colby
www.colbyconsulting.com



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