Loading MS Updates for clients

[Juliette]

Is there a way to load Microsoft updates to client
workstations on a LAN but not in a domain as the limited
user. We cannot setup these PC's as Administrators, must
be Limited and would like for the users to pick up
updates on their own, but as a limited user the system
will not allow updates. If administrator is only user
with rights we will have to remotely signon to each PC
and pickup the updates one by one. Thanks for any help.

[Torgeir Bakken (MVP)]

Juliette wrote:

> Is there a way to load Microsoft updates to client
> workstations on a LAN but not in a domain as the limited
> user. We cannot setup these PC's as Administrators, must
> be Limited and would like for the users to pick up
> updates on their own, but as a limited user the system
> will not allow updates. If administrator is only user
> with rights we will have to remotely signon to each PC
> and pickup the updates one by one. Thanks for any help.

Hi

You could consider implementing MS SUS (free), and use some registry settings
on your clients to point to the SUS server.

Microsoft Software Update Services (SUS)
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/windowsupdate/sus/default.asp

Patch Management Using Microsoft Software Update Services - Operations Guide
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/itsolutions/msm/swdist/pmsusog.asp

Note that the current version will only install critical updates and security
rollup packages (SRPs).

A new version is in the works:
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=ungsInEZDHA.2336%40TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gb l



There is a separate newsgroup for SUS:

microsoft.public.softwareupdatesvcs
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.softwareupdatesvcs


URL to the group softwareupdatesvcs for those who uses the Web
interface to access the newsgroups:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/community/newsgroups/dgbrowser/en-us/default.mspx?dg=microsoft.public.softwareupdatesvc s

A Web site about SUS with a FAQ and a SUS forum:

SUSserver.com
http://www.susserver.com/

More Web sites about SUS
http://www.cites.uiuc.edu/sus/faq.html
http://www.faqshop.com/sus/default.htm
http://computing.fusion13.com/SUS/Microsoft-Software-Update-Services-SUS.shtml



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torgeir
Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
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