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Perfessor
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 Posted - 09/22/2008 : 3:04:20 PM
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Is there any inexpensive (read - free [or at least cheap enough for my CFO]) programs out that work with Win2K3 that works like SMS to automatically download and push updates out to workstations? I've got both XP and 2K workstations here.
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Rambler
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Perfessor
Old Timer
USA
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Posted - 09/22/2008 : 6:41:05 PM
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| Will that work on standard edition? I have Win2K3 SP2. |
Scott
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Rambler
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Douggg
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Posted - 09/23/2008 : 10:20:14 AM
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| You can run WSUS on a VM. |
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brbandeira
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Australia
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Posted - 09/23/2008 : 10:49:09 AM
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After installing WSUS, just configure the client machines GPO in Active Directory
Administrative Templates
Windows components
Windows Update |
Bruno Freire
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joe_elway
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Perfessor
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USA
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Posted - 09/23/2008 : 5:41:52 PM
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| Thanks, all. I'm hoping to set it up to be as unintrusive as possible. Will this force a log off it the user forgets to log off? |
Scott
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brbandeira
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Australia
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Posted - 09/23/2008 : 11:14:29 PM
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| You have something like that if the computers are in an AD domain with GPO. Check all the GPO’s options to see if they give you what you need. |
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mitachu
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Posted - 09/24/2008 : 1:01:18 PM
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If you're not going to force a reboot then be aware that certain patches will only take effect once a reboot is done. Others will prevent further patches from being applied until a reboot.
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Perfessor
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USA
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Posted - 09/24/2008 : 2:51:14 PM
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| If I can force a reboot, I will. I just wasn't sure if it would force a log off or not. Most users "forget: to log off at night. Some shut down, I'm trying to break them of that habit during the week. |
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JSCLMEDAVE
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Posted - 09/24/2008 : 4:02:46 PM
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quote:
Originally posted by Perfessor
If I can force a reboot, I will. I just wasn't sure if it would force a log off or not. Most users "forget: to log off at night. Some shut down, I'm trying to break them of that habit during the week.
I used to run this Scheduled BAT routine at my last site for those users that would forget to logoff at night.
REM Prepares networked workstations for nightly processes
REM Makes sure that all workstations are logged off
REM
REM Last updated: 06/18/2004
REM Last Update BY: LTB
REM
shutdown /r /f /m \\PCNAME26 /T 02 /c "scheduled maintenance"
Just repeat this line for all of the PCs that you have. The 02 is the seconds that the MSG "scheduled maintenance" will appear before it logs off. There is no one here when this goes off so I am not worried about the 2 seconds...
I created this as a .bat file, then use scheduled task to run it every night at 7pm from the DC...
shutdown ? will give you the info...
You can also use PSSHUTDOWN from Sysinternal. There is a nice script and some info on it here - http://web2.minasi.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=15836 |
Tim-
"Will the woman who left her 9 kids at Wrigley field please come and claim them? - they're beating the Cubs 5-0"
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mitachu
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Posted - 09/24/2008 : 4:25:38 PM
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I had a little script that started up at boot time and read a CSV file containing a list of computer names and a shutdown time for each one. It read the file until it found the line for itself and then created a scheduled task to call the shutdown.exe command. It worked pretty well and allowed me to be granular on what time machines shut themselves down.
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brbandeira
Old Timer
Australia
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Posted - 09/24/2008 : 8:25:44 PM
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I think these GPO options can be useful for you for now
Computer Configuration
-Administrative Templates
---Windows Components
-----Windows update
-------Specify intranet Microsoft update service location
-------Configure Automatic Updates – “Auto download and schedule the install”
Then, force users so they manually restart the clients:
-------Re-prompt for restart with scheduled installations – set it to 5 min.
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Edited by - brbandeira on 09/24/2008 8:26:49 PM |
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Server pushed updates
