Re: centralized administration for windows 98 updates
From: Tim Brown (tbrown@mjsoffe.com)
Date: 09/30/02
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From: "Tim Brown" <tbrown@mjsoffe.com> Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2002 16:35:53 -0400
Hmmm...a login script. We use novell at our company, so this is a
possibility. Would it simply direct the workstations to go to the site
while the users were looking for updates? Is it possible to write a script
to go out and check for the most current updates and download the necessary
ones only? I'm not sure if I understand how I would download updates to one
server and write a script that would not have to be changed that would bring
everyone up to date who ran the script. Or is the only way to do it to
change the logon script for specific updates?
"Ned Flanders" <nedfla@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> But that doesn't help Tim, as he specified he's using Win98. In a
> peer-to-peer, there really isn't a way (to push) that doesn't require
> visiting every workstation. If you go with a domain model, you can put a
> check-and-update-if-needed routine into a login script. Of course you're
> still visiting every workstation to configure it to log into the domain so
> there's that piece to consider. It is a one-time hit though, compared to
> constant revisiting to check/update the box
> Alternatively, you can have a centralized point where the users can map a
> drive to and do the check-and-update procedure, but then it becomes an end
> user responsibility, which doesn't sound like something you trust.
Emailing
> periodic reminders to do it helps, but some users just don't care and will
> never do it unless coaxed at gunpoint. :-)
> Yet another option would be to configure WindowsUpdate on the machines a
la
> the Windows XP method hsprader refers to. BUT if I recall correctly, the
> Windows Update thing only works if the user periodically goes back to the
WU
> site (windowsupdate.microsoft.com) and checks - I don't believe the
> automatic check/notification works on Win98 like it does on Win2K/XP. So
> we're back to end user responsibility again :-(
>
> Sorry there's not a lot for that platform other than login scripts
> (NetWare/NT/SAMBA on Linux) that makes this a relatively simple task.
>
>
> "hsprader" <hsprader@wnj.com> wrote in message
> news:17ef01c268b3$5f57f5f0$35ef2ecf@TKMSFTNGXA11...
> > Windows XP has a built-in capability to download updates
> > automaticly.
> >
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >Many companies are still using windows 98, including
> > ours. I was just
> > >wondering what everyone was doing to automate updates so
> > that security
> > >patches are kept up to date. Do we really have to rely
> > on our end users to
> > >update their computers or is there another way of
> > pushing updates out to
> > >them? Is there any way in a peer to peer or must we go
> > into domains?
>
>
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