How can I tell that the blaster patch is installed without having to go to the w
From: David Jones (kk7gw_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 08/23/03
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Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2003 15:03:01 -0700
Taken from the security bulletin (long):
Windows NT 4.0:
To verify that the patch has been installed on the
machine, confirm that all files listed in the file
manifest in Knowledge Base article 823980 are present on
the system.
Windows NT 4.0 Terminal Server Edition:
To verify that the patch has been installed on the
machine, confirm that all files listed in the file
manifest in Knowledge Base article 823980 are present on
the system.
Windows 2000:
To verify that the patch has been installed on the
machine, confirm that the following registry key has been
created on the machine:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Updates\Windows 2000
\SP5\KB823980.
To verify the individual files, use the date/time and
version information provided in the file manifest in
Knowledge Base article 823980 are present on the system.
Windows XP
If installed on Windows XP Gold:
To verify that the patch has been installed on the
machine, confirm that the following registry key has been
created on the machine:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Updates\Windows
XP\SP1\KB823980
To verify the individual files, use the date/time and
version information provided in the file manifest in
Knowledge Base article 823980 are present on the system.
If installed on Windows XP Service Pack 1:
To verify that the patch has been installed on the
machine, confirm that the following registry key has been
created on the machine:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Updates\Windows
XP\SP2\KB823980.
To verify the individual files, use the date/time and
version information provided in the file manifest in
Knowledge Base article 823980 are present on the system.
Windows Server 2003:
To verify that the patch has been installed on the
machine, confirm that the following registry key has been
created on the machine:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Updates\Window
Server 2003\SP1\KB823980.
To verify the individual files, use the date/time and
version information provided in the file manifest in
Knowledge Base article 823980 are present on the system.
>-----Original Message-----
>I assist a number of new computer users to get up and
>started with their computers. In the wake of the Blaster
>worm debarcle, I now download the blaster worm patch for
>all of my customers and install it on their machines,
>because the Windows XP systems which are sold in the
shops
>are two years out of date and obviously don't have the
>blaster worm patch included. I know this because every
>computer that I set up for a client, I check out by
>running the critical update patches from the Windows
>update site, and without fail, the list of patches given
>to me on the site to install, is the number of Windows
XP
>patches and service packs released over the last two
>years. Once these packs have been installed, the scan
from
>the site shows that the patches are actually installed.
>
>It is obvious that the manufacturers of computers are
>going to address themselves to installing the blaster
worm
>patch on computers which are delivered to merchants in
the
>future.
>
>My question is this: if I get a client's computer to set
>up, how can I tell whether or not the blaster worm patch
>has been installed on it before?
>
>Thanks.
>
>Michael
>
>.
>
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