nLite has it's place when making custom install XP CD's. Autopatcher was quite good and is not dead but rather they've been forced to change tack by scripting the downloads (to come direct from M$ servers) needed to create the packages. Right now it looks like the downloader has some issues with stalling and I would not be surprised if M$ is causing that on purpose.
Personally I still start with the AP August 2007 core if I reinstall or patch a system because it's just that much less I have to download. I'll have to look into this other patcher but I think they made themselves known on the AP forums & were brushed aside. Mesdaq, Ali wrote: > I would 2nd not using 3rd party tools for this kind of stuff unless its > a up to business par. I worked for a company who was the pioneer of > windows patch management and trust me its a VERY hard thing to do right > I would be very hesitant to trust some free tool. But if you could > install with a xp sp2 install then connect to your own internal WSUS > server for updates post install patching could go from 2hrs to 20min. > > One cool tool I found and actually used was nLite. Anyone else here use > that before? I only used it once but worked good that one time. But I > can't really vouch for it as a tool to run your business on but if > anyone wants to play with it and let us know what you think I would love > to hear. > > Thanks, > ------------------------------------------ > Ali Mesdaq (CISSP, GIAC-GREM) > Security Researcher II > Websense Security Labs > http://www.WebsenseSecurityLabs.com > ------------------------------------------ > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Greg Sevart > Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 5:48 AM > To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com > Subject: Re: [H] Offline Windows Updater > > 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: hardware@hardwaregroup.com >> Subject: Re: [H] Offline Windows Updater >> >> Hi Brian, >> Thanks for the tip, I'm definitely going to try this out. >> >> T >> ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs
