installing patches

#1 sentme_mail

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Posted 13 March 2003 - 06:27 PM

hi,
is there a way to download and install patches automatically?
thanks

#2 AndyFair

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Posted 13 March 2003 - 06:53 PM

Depends on what OS you're using...

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#3 sentme_mail

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Posted 13 March 2003 - 06:57 PM

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?

#4 DS3Circuit

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Posted 13 March 2003 - 10:48 PM

1. SMS

2. SUS

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

4. Walking around to each machine

#5 DosFreak

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Posted 13 March 2003 - 11:46 PM

UpdateExpert.

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

#6 DS3Circuit

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Posted 14 March 2003 - 02:59 AM

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 ....

#7 sentme_mail

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Posted 14 March 2003 - 01:47 PM

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?

#8 sentme_mail

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Posted 14 March 2003 - 06:07 PM

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

#9 sentme_mail

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Posted 14 March 2003 - 06:37 PM

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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Posted 14 March 2003 - 07:06 PM

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?

#11 sentme_mail

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Posted 15 March 2003 - 08:47 AM

thanks

#12 sentme_mail

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Posted 16 March 2003 - 02:26 PM

i use manual installation instead...

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thanks

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

#13 Xiven

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Posted 17 March 2003 - 01:57 AM

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.