Re: windows 98 administering automatic updates centrally
From: Torgeir Bakken (Torgeir.Bakken-spam@hydro.com)
Date: 09/30/02
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From: Torgeir Bakken <Torgeir.Bakken-spam@hydro.com> Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2002 22:17:11 +0200
Tim Brown wrote:
> "Rich Benack [MS]" <richbe@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:uR2$EoLaCHA.1556@tkmsftngp08...
> > "Tim Brown" <tbrown@mjsoffe.com> wrote in message
> > news:uhc0enKaCHA.392@tkmsftngp09...
> > > 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?
> >>
> > Unfortunately most patch management solutions (SMS, MSUS) use a central
> > server to distribute paches.
>
> Is there a way to distribute patches or software to windows 98 clients? I
> might convince the board to give me licenses to connect to the server on a
> domain but getting them to upgrade all of the clients to w2k or XP would be
> extremely costly.
Hi
MSUS doesn't support W9x, and if you go for SMS, you can afford to upgrade to
Win2k/XP instead ;-)
Workaround:
If you put your W98 computers in a domain, you can install the patches through
the logon script.
-- torgeir
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