Re: Update Services

From: Chrisl (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 03/04/04


Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2004 01:21:59 -0800


Many thanks ;-)

>-----Original Message-----
>ChrisL wrote:
>
>> I have installed Software Updates Services Server on a
>> W2k Advanced Server machine. This server serves approx
>> 100 PC's (w2k & a couple XP), but when i try to install
>> the client, i get the error 'rerquires win2k sp2 or
>> winXP'. They are all sp4 for 2k & 1a for xp, so should
be
>> able to install this.
>
>Hi
>
>You are mis-interpreting the error message (and you
aren't the first one, it's
>badly worded). Wuau22.msi can *only* be installed on
Win2k SP2 and Win XP Gold
>(SP0). All newer versions has the SUS client already
installed, you only need
>to configure the client to start using your SUS server
(for details, see
>chapter "Configuring the Automatic Updates client
software" in the "Software
>Update Services Deployment White Paper" downloadable from
>http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/windowsupdate/sus/de
fault.asp :-)
>
>
>Fyi, there is a separate newsgroup for SUS:
>
>microsoft.public.softwareupdatesvcs
>
>news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.softwareupda
tesvcs
>
>URL to the group softwareupdatesvcs for those who uses
the Web
>interface to access the newsgroups:
>
>http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/community/news
groups/dgbrowser/en-us/default.mspx?
dg=microsoft.public.softwareupdatesvcs
>
>A Web site about SUS with a FAQ and a SUS forum:
>http://www.susserver.com/
>
>More SUS Web sites:
>http://www.cites.uiuc.edu/sus/faq.html
>http://www.faqshop.com/sus/default.htm
>
>--
>torgeir
>Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
>Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version
of the 1328 page
>Scripting Guide:
>http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/scriptcenter/d
efault.mspx
>
>
>.
>



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