installing patches

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hi,

is there a way to download and install patches automatically?

thanks

[AndyFair 0]

Depends on what OS you're using...

 

AndyF

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i need to choose about 10 different patches to download and update on 20 windows 2000 computers, is there a faster way to do it?

[DS3Circuit 0]

1. SMS

 

2. SUS

 

3. A login script that calls qchain.exe to install multiple hotfixes.

 

4. Walking around to each machine

[DosFreak 2]

UpdateExpert.

 

Remember to test the patches first. Never know what they actually are until you test them.

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APK ...

 

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IF I have a watch that runs, I don't bother fix it!

 

Ahhh a man who doesnt believe in having "bleeding edge" technology .... our employer believes in having the "latest and the greatest" and suffer the repercussions later.

 

Pretty good double edged sword ....

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i recieved this error on my SUS:

Manual Sync Started- Friday, March 14, 2003 5:41:23 PM Failed

Updates Added:

None

Updates Removed:

None

Reissued Update(s):

None

Errors:

Unable to connect to server "http://www.msus.windowsupdate.com/". Verify

that your proxy settings are configured correctly. (Error 0x80072EE7: The

server name could not be resolved by DNS.)

 

any idea?

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i think its a configuration problem, has anybody successfully installed and configured SUS?

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the system is connected to the internet.

 

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i think its a configuration problem, has anybody successfully installed and configured SUS?

 

Maybe...

 

Humor/indulge me, & ping or tracert that URL address & see what happens!

 

 

APK

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Pinging www.msus.windowsupdate.com [207.46.197.119] with 32 bytes of data:

 

Request timed out.

Request timed out.

Request timed out.

Request timed out.

 

Ping statistics for 207.46.197.119:

Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),

Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:

Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms

 

how about you?

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thanks

[sentme_mail 0]

i use manual installation instead...

 

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Did those other URL/UNC names work (the ones other than www.msus.windowsupdate.com)?

 

* Or, did using IP address numbers (substituted in place of UNC/URL names for the address) work instead??

 

(I am just curious, I may run into this one day myself, & need to know the workaround...)

 

 

APK

[Xiven 0]

I'm pretty sure Microsoft must be blocking ICMP requests, since I can't even ping windowsupdate.microsoft.com but I can still get to it via HTTP. Or something's really screwed with their setup.