:-P
By the time you add in the bosses computers, coworker computers,
...etc..heck I at least have to take my bunny slippers off my feet to
count the machines.
But WSUS can be set up in many ways... most of the time you want the
patch to be deployed at some ungodly hour [3 a.m.ish] so that there
isn't anyone in the office should the patch need a reboot. Obviously an
SP like that does. Now then...what I have noticed in SBSland is we're
having to retrain the old habit of leaving files open on the machines
[Vista will close, temp save, patch, reboot and reload right where you
were at...but XP sp2 does not]
If the patch does not require reboot you can make the selection to
"silently" deploy once the patch is approved.
I say silently in quotes as when I attempted to "silently" deploy last
patch Tuesday's batch which did not need rebooting of the machines with
Shavik during the day with people on the boxes [yes while Outlook was
open] a couple of users did buzz me and ask "you doing something with
the network?" as they could sense a slowdown of their computer.
So ya might want to warn folks when attempting to "silently" deploy the
patches because the savvy ones can tell you are messin' with them.
Brian Desmond wrote:
I suppose its feasible when you can count your office installs on one hand. ;)
I'd overflow Excel if I allocated a row for each workstation.
Thanks,
Brian Desmond
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Molkentin, Steve
Sent: Tue 1/24/2006 9:49 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] OT - Deployment of Office SP2
Susan, that's definitely a mental image to have to shake... ;)
Steve - I may be off track here, but I thought that when WSUS installed
something, it meant that you COULDN'T open things... It may download in
the background while people are using the machine, but not install until
agreed time (usually at a time when users aren't logged on).
That said, you are saying things that suggest a problem... What's gone
wrong?
themolk.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP]
Sent: Wednesday, 25 January 2006 7:20 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] OT - Deployment of Office SP2
I patch in my jammies remotely from home...there wasn't
anyone in the office to complain :-)
Steve Shaff wrote:
Just a follow-up question.. Did anyone try to launch Outlook
while the
install was happening? Is so, was there any problems or
prompts that
the end-user received?
Thanks to all.
S
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Susan Bradley,
CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP]
Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 11:08 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] OT - Deployment of Office SP2
You know about the LIS issue?
You need to ensure that the 2003 local installation source wasn't
mooshed or horked
E-Bitz - SBS MVP the Official Blog of the SBS "Diva" :
Getting prompted
for your Office 2003 CDroms?:
http://msmvps.com/blogs/bradley/archive/2005/10/27/73167.aspx
http://office-watch.com/office/archtemplate.asp?v10-n35
Microsoft is blaming most of the SP2 problems on the Local
Installation
Source - LIS. This is the cache of Office 2003 installation
files kept
on your hard drive (usually in the /MSOCache hidden folder)
to speed up
any repair processes needed. If you do a 'Disk Cleanup' in
Windows the
LIS appears as 'Office setup files'.
Steve Shaff wrote:
Group,
Off Topic Question - I realize that this is a WSUS question
and this
is an AD forum. SO, I hope that I do not offend anyone or
get banned
for asking this question...
I just wanted to know what everyone's experience has been when
deploying
SP2 for Office 2003 using WSUS. I would like to know if it was a
silent
install, any problems, and/or any suggestions that someone may have.
Thanks,
Steve
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