Re: Check Windows Update

From: Steve Seguis [MVP] (steve_NO_SPAM_at_scriptmation.com)
Date: 12/07/04

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    The best way to check for update compliance is by running MBSA (Microsoft's
    Baseline Security Analyzer) against your network to identify which PCs if
    any aren't updated as required. This tool is free and can be downloaded from
    http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/tools/mbsahome.mspx

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    Steve Seguis - MCSE, MS-MVP, SCJP
    SCRIPTMATION
    Automating the Enterprise
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    <mcinteer@molders.com> wrote in message 
    news:1102361107.439394.113110@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
    > With our small company we have all of the user's machines set to do
    > Windows Update automatically, at least that is the theory.  Is there
    > any easy way to evaluate whether the individual machines are really
    > getting the updates?  Especially, is there a way to determine this
    > remotely?
    >
    > I don't want to find out the hard way that some clever user turned off
    > Windows Update and they are now vulnerable to everything that should
    > have been patched in the last year.
    > 
    

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