Re: centralized administration for windows 98 updates

From: Ned Flanders (nedfla@hotmail.com)
Date: 09/30/02 

From: "Ned Flanders" <nedfla@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2002 15:55:29 -0500

Have a look here:
http://www.halo5.net/~vinny/updater/
Vinny has put a *ton* of work into this.

"Tim Brown" <tbrown@mjsoffe.com> wrote in message
news:#wyr3DMaCHA.2492@tkmsftngp12...
> 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
> news:#TtHu1LaCHA.2340@tkmsftngp11...
> > 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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