RE: Automatic Updates on XP Pro
From: Colin Stefani (cstefani@tideworks.com)Date: 03/08/02
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From: Colin Stefani <cstefani@tideworks.com> To: "'Thor@HammerofGod.com'" <Thor@HammerofGod.com>, FOCUS-MS@securityfocus.com Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2002 10:54:04 -0800
I am using XP Pro at home as well as in the office. There are firewalls at
both locations and I have had no problems so far. My update settings are not
set exactly like yours, I have mine on "Notify when new updates are
available for download" (it's the middle option). I seem to recall seeing
the notices periodically, most noticeably when I login to the machine, but
that doesn't mean it didn't run the check-up while logged in too. Could
there be something with that?
I noticed that I get notified pretty regularly when it does check and it
appears to be working using only HTTP or HTTPS from what I can tell at the
firewalls. A co-worker of mine is using his with the same settings you have
and also doesn't see problem you are.
-c
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From: Thor@HammerofGod.com [mailto:Thor@HammerofGod.com]
Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 8:10 AM
To: FOCUS-MS@securityfocus.com
Subject: Automatic Updates on XP Pro
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Greetings:
I am curious to see how others are faring with the Automatic Update feature
in XP Pro. I have several XP Pro boxes on my test network that have
Automatic Updates enabled with the "Download the updates automatically and
notify me when they are ready to be installed" option selected. These
boxes are logged in as Admin, and have been sitting around for
months. There is no policy that restricts them from accessing the updates,
and manual updates work just fine. The problem is that I have never been
notified that an update was available. I purposefully left the boxes alone
for the last 2 months (without using Windows Update) and upon manually
updating, had 7-10 critical updates that needed installing.
The only common feature is that they are all sitting behind an ISA
firewall. All 3 types of client configs are represented: SNAT, Firewall
Client, and Web Proxy Client. None have ever automatically downloaded the
updates and notified me that they were ready to be installed. I have not
found any documentation on exactly how the Automatic Update feature
connects/checks/downloads the updates.
I have read through all the tech articles and help that I can find, but
don't see anything.
How are the rest of you doing with it?
AD
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