Greg your the Man! Thanks for the reg key info and the "wuaclt /detectnow" info. I remember there was a command line way to force it to check but too lazy to look for it. So you answered my laziness for me.
I think a combination of nLite customized xp install to include something's in the install like perl or whatever scripting language can really automate this whole process so the computer keeps checking for updates on start up until there are none left and deletes itself and changes reg keys back to normal. 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 11:23 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [H] Offline Windows Updater Some other useful notes: "net stop wuauserv" stops the Automatic Updates (AU) service so it will pick up the new config. Change to start, obviously, to restart it. "wuauclt /detectnow" forces AU to detect if updates are needed immediately. c:\windows\WindowsUpdate.log provides a verbose log file of AU activity. Greg > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hardware- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thane Sherrington > Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 1:13 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [H] Offline Windows Updater > > At 03:04 PM 20/02/2008, Greg Sevart wrote: > >Oh, absolutely. You also don't need a domain and group policy--you > just use > >a .reg file to add the WSUS server info, then delete the key when > you're > >fully patched. We use it internally to bring new machines up to date > >-before- joining the corporate domain. > > Awesome. This is going to be a huge time saver for me. I owe you. > > T Protected by Websense Messaging Security -- www.websense.com
