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Give it the option to update it automatically, so it will find any update and download it
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Give it the option to update it automatically, so it will find any update and download it

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Create a short cut with the location of the windows xp update .exe file. Drop the shortcut in the startup folder. This will let the update run as when the user logs in.<br />
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For the best results you may want to use WSUS:<br />
<a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/wsus/default.aspx" rel="ugc">http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/wsus/default.aspx</a><br />
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Allows &quot;administrators to deploy the latest Microsoft product updates to computers running the Windows operating system&quot;.<br />

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Create a short cut with the location of the windows xp update .exe file. Drop the shortcut in the startup folder. This will let the update run as when the user logs in.

For the best results you may want to use WSUS:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/wsus/default.aspx [http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/wsus/default.aspx]

Allows "administrators to deploy the latest Microsoft product updates to computers running the Windows operating system".


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I think the WSUS server idea would be the best but after a step by step install I keep getting ERROR:OCS Inventory NG Agent encountered an error.exit code is 4 &nbsp; oh, and along with the wonderful....No client computers have ever contacted the server! I only got a C in Rocket Science
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I think the WSUS server idea would be the best but after a step by step install I keep getting ERROR:OCS Inventory NG Agent encountered an error.exit code is 4   oh, and along with the wonderful....No client computers have ever contacted the server! I only got a C in Rocket Science

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Read here for the client issue<br />
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<a href="http://blogs.technet.com/sus/archive/2009/02/19/troubleshooting-guide-for-issues-where-wsus-clients-are-not-reporting-in.aspx" rel="ugc">Troubleshooting guide for issues where WSUS clients are not reporting in</a><br />

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Read here for the client issue

Troubleshooting guide for issues where WSUS clients are not reporting in [http://blogs.technet.com/sus/archive/2009/02/19/troubleshooting-guide-for-issues-where-wsus-clients-are-not-reporting-in.aspx]


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I really need a way to run Windows update across the network.Is there a way to do this as users log on or exactly what would be the best?
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I really need a way to run Windows update across the network.Is there a way to do this as users log on or exactly what would be the best?

What's the best way to run windows update as users log on?

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