WSUS/RDP like the others said. I've seen some scripts you can run against all machines that will force a download, install and reboot. I still prefer a hand's on approach. Call me old fashioned, but I like to watch the progress bar to see how long the updates take, and monitor any abnormal activity on the system. Just in case.
Sam -----Original Message----- From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, March 16, 2012 11:05 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: In case anyone didn't see this on the Patch Management list... What do you guys use to patch servers? I'm still in the "RDP to the server and run Windows Update" camp. I'd love a free solution to do this en-mass, if somebody knows one. --Matt Ross Ephrata School District ----- Original Message ----- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 08:03:50 -0700 Subject: Re: In case anyone didn't see this on the Patch Management list... > Unfortunately, I can't move quite that fast. We're pretty much a 24x5 > shop, with offices overseas, and I have to give more notice than > "patching now, please log off". At least I have most weekends to do > this kind of thing... > > Kurt > > On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 07:24, Kennedy, Jim > <[email protected]> wrote: > > I am all done! Neeener neener. :) > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Friday, March 16, 2012 10:24 AM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: Re: In case anyone didn't see this on the Patch Management > list... > > > > Yeah, I'm pushing this out as fast as I can - I'll be patching > > servers > tonight, and the rest of the workstations next week. > > > > On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 07:14, James Rankin <[email protected]> wrote: > >> ...http://news.softpedia.com/news/Windows-RDP-Vulnerability-Exploit > >> -Co > >> de-Confirmed-259060.shtml > >> > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > --- > > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > > or send an email to [email protected] > > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > --- > > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > > or send an email to [email protected] > > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
