Shavlik HfnetChk Pro Plus 5.91 here also, for patching of what Andy shows below, plus all of the M$ bunch.
Z Edward E. Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP,Security+,Network+,CCA Phone: 401-639-3505 -----Original Message----- From: Andy Ognenoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2008 2:12 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: What do you use for 3rd party software updates Shavlik HFNetChk Pro Plus is what I use for all patching. Some of the 3rd party apps it supports: WinZip Acrobat Reader Adobe Acrobat Acrobat Elements Acrobat Distiller Firefox Adobe Flash (IE) Adobe Flash for Firefox RealPlayer Apple QuickTime Apple iTunes Thunderbird Sun Java Runtime Environment BlackBerry Desktop Manager Skype VMware Player VMware ACE Management Server VMware Server VMware Workstation BlackBerry Server Citrix Presentation Server - Andy O. ________________________________________ From: Carl Houseman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2008 1:02 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: What do you use for 3rd party software updates I know some of you push Flash player, Adobe reader, etc. updates out through Group Policy. How do you track whether machines were successful at installing the updated software, and/or identify machines that are at risk with older versions? It seems every 3rd party program is bundling a auto-updater application and sooner or later you don't want every client machine pulling those updates from the Internet. For example, Oracle Applications qualifieds a certain version of JRE, and like it or not, a site might want to delay installing the latest JRE, or maybe test it before allowing clients to install it. Would we not prefer WSUS-like solution that can report and confirm that machines have been updated? Does such a vendor-independent thing exist yet? I mean, just about the time Microsoft comes along with a NAC server and NAC client (which I assume only verify software update status of MS products), the battle has moved to the 3rd party products. Carl ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
