If you use a tool like SMS/SCCM or Altiris to deploy patches, you can have them verify whether the patches are installed.
Cheers Ken From: Carl Houseman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 17 April 2008 11:02 AM 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> ~
