Installing MS patches remotely

From: Andy (andyi@kentcmh.org)
Date: 09/30/02 

From: "Andy" <andyi@kentcmh.org>
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2002 10:52:49 -0700

You can run the patches from the command line. Assuming
you can get access to the command line on the remote
machine (telnet, Terminal Services, etc.) you can use NET
USE commands to map and unmap drives.

>-----Original Message-----
>
>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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