I want to deply the slammer patch to our 2003 domain using GPO.
I tried using the Wininstaller to create a MSI but it dosent seem to work.
Any other way i can do this.
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there are several ways as JConchie aboce said:
here are two more:
ZAP package how to( which may be a quuicker way to distribute single application or patch ):
http://www.fullarmor.com/n
Wininstall LE ( creating MSI packages for deplyoment how to ):
http://www.microsoft.com/w
Thanx for the help we went with SUS for our problem.
Now i have a problem with SUS (software update services) I installed
with the defaults and everything.
I can access the Admin website for SUS but not the default update page.
I can enter http://susserver/susadmin and get to the admin site fine.
But when i enter http://susserver i get nothing. Just an IE error page.
I applied all of the GPO settings that the specified in the deploy guide.
THe gpo is working because it disables auto updates from local machine.
But for some reason its not giving me the updates. I suspect it is because
i cant access the updates page. Any ideas?
I'm not able to hit either site at the moment....nothing wrong with your settings, I think........as long as the URLs are correct, I would think that the site is down for the moment. Don't know if MS has an alternative site, but suggest you contact them.
In the meantime, please award points and close the question.
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by: JConchiePosted on 2003-08-18 at 13:22:24ID: 9176319
Microsoft provides several patch management tools, some of which are available for free. For small businesses, Microsoft recommends using its basic Windows Update Service, the same service most consumers use to keep their Windows systems up to date. The autoupdate client for Windows Update is included in Windows XP and Windows 2000 Service Pack 3.
For larger organizations, or those that want to centralize patch management internally, Microsoft offers Software Update Services (SUS). SUS is basically a Windows Update Server housed on your corporate network. Using a Win 2000 Server and installing SUS software, which is a free download from Microsoft, you can point the autoupdate clients on all your systems to your internal server. The internal server synchs with Microsoft's Update Servers to provide up-to-date patch installations. One note: SUS only synchs critical updates for Windows. To configure the client systems to monitor the internal SUS server, the changes can be made through Group Policy or by manual registry changes on each system.
For larger companies, Microsoft released the SUS Feature Pack to its existing System Management Server (SMS) product. While organizations must purchase an SMS server and clients, the SUS Feature Pack is a free add-on. So for organizations already using SMS, the Feature Pack provides a cost-effective means of providing enterprise patch management. The feature pack uses HfNetChk, Microsoft's freely available patch tool licensed from Shavlik Technologies, as its engine to show patches that are installed on a machine and those that are missing. A wizard then lets administrators create SMS deployment packages to enable the missing patches to be installed on the necessary systems.
Microsoft offers some powerful patch management tools for free, but they are not designed to scale to very large corporations. SMS has the ability to support a large organization, but it is a bit of overkill if you are just looking for patch management. Additionally, the free Software Update Service only supports "Critical" updates, so you will miss out on any other deployments Microsoft releases.
The SUS download is at:
http://www.microsoft.com/d
You can find third party makers of patch deployment-to-multiple-wor
http://www.bigfix.com/webs
http://www.securitybastion
http://www.patchlink.com/
http://www.shavlik.com/