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software group policy behaviour

I want to incorporate software installation group policy into my environment.  I am familiar how to create the policy and assign it to an OU/  what I am questioning is how to actually do the implementation.  I will use XP SP2 asa an example.  I want to implement the sevice pack to all the XP pro machines so I would push the policy out to all the XP machines BUT some of them have the service pack on already, so how would I go about doing this/?  Will the policy recognize that the service pack is there already and not reinstall???

There are several other software policies that I want to implement but the software is already installed..

Again, I am familiar with the creation of the policy, just not the behaviour under certain circumstances……….
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to add to my post I want the poilicy to be assigned "install during logon".  My end users are assigned the "user" priveledge.  will this poilicy install with the user logged on as a "user"??
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Group Policy will work, but Use WSUS instead.

WSUS will allow you to specify which computers (arranged in groups) will get which updates or service packs, and only approved updates will be applied.

It is quite a bit more complicated than SUS, so make sure to read all about it before you start. I feel confident that you will find it extremely helpful.

Good luck,