Thane, I'm actually kinda surprised you don't just run an internal WSUS server for in-house patching. I've always preferred it over third party tools. Sure, it still requires multiple reboots, but at least pulling updates is nearly instantaneous. After a couple botched systems caused by Autopatcher, I just don't trust those tools to get the dependencies right.
It doesn't help much "in the field" so to speak, but could certainly assist in-house. Greg > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hardware- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thane Sherrington > Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 7:34 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [H] Offline Windows Updater > > Hi Brian, > Thanks for the tip, I'm definitely going to try this out. > > T > > At 09:06 AM 20/02/2008, Brian Weeden wrote: > >Having going through the a&&pain of multiple reboots and patching for > >a new windows install too many times myself, I wanted to pass along > >this little gem that I don't think has been mentioned here before: > > > >http://www.heise-online.co.uk/security/Do-it-yourself-Service-Pack-- > /features/80682 > > > >It's an offline updater for Windows, reminiscent of the now defunct > >Autopatcher. You download it, tell it which windows products (OS > >and/or Office), versions, and languages you want, and it will download > >all the patches and service packs and put them into one burnable CD or > >DVD. > > > >The download link for the latest version is here: > > > >http://www.heise.de/ct/projekte/offlineupdate/download_uk.shtml > > > >Lifesaver. > > > >--- > >Brian
