Re: windows security/updating

From: - AJS (A)
Date: 04/15/03


From: "- AJS" <A Smith at window products dott com>
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 16:36:04 -0700


"Jorie Walsh" <jlwalsh1@uiuc.edu> wrote in message
news:Klb7a.3801$o7.40420@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu...
> Hi.
>
> Here is a quick question:
>
> I am in charge of about 30 windows 2000 machines, and I need to somehow
> automate the windows updates--at some arbitrary time each day. Is there
some
> kind of registry key that will do this?
>
> Basically I want to avoid walking around to each computer, and be able to
> remotely run windows updates (keep in mind for some of them you have to
> reboot).
(SNIP)

Hi Jorie,
Don't trust Windows Update (but that's a different thread...) HFNetChk Pro
will do it much better. Unfortunately you have to pay for it. Well worth the
money, though.

HTH,
- AJS

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