Installing MS patches remotely

From: Robert Jacobson (p197isdgzwqhr001@sneakemail.com)
Date: 09/30/02 

From: Robert Jacobson <p197isdgzwqhr001@sneakemail.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2002 13:32:18 -0400

I administer several Win2k Pro workstations. I do not administer a
Win2k Server, so I can't roll out patches that way. What I normally do
is either walk over to the workstation, or use VNC to connect to the
remote workstation, then install as usual. (Usual being Windows Update,
or double-clicking the .exe file)

What can be done remotely, without installing third-party software
distrubution packages? Can the patches MS distrubutes typicaly be
installed from the command line? If so, I would think I'd be able to
telnet/ssh to the workstation and just run the executable from there.

On a related note -- Assuming I can patch from the command line -- How
do I mount/disconnect a share from the command line? I'd like to be
able to put the patch on a file server so that I can get to it from any
workstation.

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