Re: Hot fix and security deployment tools

From: Ed (glasswalkertheurge_at_juno.com)
Date: 05/14/03 

Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 07:10:26 -0400

    My environment requires very strict controls on what machines I touch.
Accidentally touching the wrong machine would be ... bad, very bad.
    My initial goal is to maintain two site with approximatly 50 machines at
each site. I was thinking of kinda reversing this and making a list of
machines not to touch. I still can not figure how to filter an array with
an array, so that is kinda out at the moment.
    I use HFNetChk within the script to check hotfixes. Using HFNetChk on
more than a couple of machines is a pain, even with the HFReport. The
information is not formatted in the way that I wish and all machines are not
viewable in one list.
    I am going to make varios output subs. So you will be able to choose
what info goes where etc. I prefer the simple format and capabilities of
Excel for my output. Allowing me to perform some complex funcions easily
without fuss. I will make subs for text file and html (IE?) at some time.
"Jeff Cochran" <jcochran.nospam@naplesgov.com> wrote in message
news:3ec73738.1657244010@msnews.microsoft.com...
> On Tue, 13 May 2003 09:37:35 -0400, "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
> <lanwench@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com> wrote:
>
> >You want someone to click on a .vbs file posted anonymously in a
newsgroup?
> >I don't think so.
>
> Well, I was crazy enough to download it and look it through. :)
>
> It's an interesting file, but I'm not fond of its reliance on Excel
> files and the fact you need to create a file to feed it the list of
> systems on your domain. For us it would require full time help just
> to maintain the file of systems.
>
> But for small networks it's an interesting method of tracking and
> installing hotfixes, though I'd lean toward the HFNetChk type of
> software first. Plus it is pretty rough and limited in its present
> state.
>
> Jeff

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