I do this sometimes as well, but it stinks that you have to roll your own MSI's for the latest of Microsoft's own software.
Has Microsoft *ever* used the patch functionality so lovingly built into Windows Installer themselves? For office service packs, maybe, but that's it... > -----Original Message----- > From: Joel Musheno [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 2:23 PM > To: NT 2000 Discussions > Subject: RE: Remote deployment of hotfixes. > > > Im packing my own msi's right now, Im gonna see how it goes > for a while, its just time comsuming to weed out all of the > changes that are made by other programs during a hotfix > install, but its pretty nice to just drop it into group > policy and let it do its trick. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ryan Malayter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 3:12 PM > To: NT 2000 Discussions > Subject: RE: Remote deployment of hotfixes. > > > The same... we use login scripts under group policy. > > It would make sense for Microsoft to issue hotfixes in > easy-to-deploy .MSI format, but no.... > > -ryan- > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Chris Levis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 12:32 PM > > To: NT 2000 Discussions > > Subject: Remote deployment of hotfixes. > > > > > > In my organization (50 users) I have the logon script check > > the registry to see if the hotfix for a particular Q number > > has been applied, and if it hasn't the script will install it. > > > > I'm wondering what the rest of you do (especially in big > > companies) to keep all your systems patched. > > > > thx > > > > > > __________________________ > > Chris Levis > > Applied Geographics, Inc. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > 617-292-7125 x112 > > > > ------ > > You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ------ > You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ------ > You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ------ You are subscribed as [email protected] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
