We patched over a thousand servers and several thousand desktops/laptops last night. Yay for out of band late night enterprise patching.
The only issue so far has been client based connectivity issue with Outlook to Exchange and this was specific to some of our laptops. They have McAfee HIPS (Host Intrusion Prevention) enabled and it seems Outlook used to initiate connections on a specific port before now does so randomly. As a result they had to change the policy to to accommodate a broader range of ports to the Exchange servers. It makes sense as the patch is RPC related. Steven On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 8:05 AM, Phil Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Look at your client DNS settings. > > > > > > Phil > > From: Rod Trent [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, October 24, 2008 10:20 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Out of Cycle Critical Windows Patch ? > > > > You need Nightwatchman… > > > > http://www.1e.com/SoftwareProducts/NightWatchman/Index.aspx > > > > From: Doige, Clayton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, October 24, 2008 10:16 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Out of Cycle Critical Windows Patch ? > > > > Ah, but how many of those users shut their machines down lol > > > > Clayton Doige > > IT Project Manager > > CME Development Corporation > > T: 020 7430 5355 > > M: 07949 255062 > > E:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > W:www.cetv-net.com > > From: David Lum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 24 October 2008 15:07 > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Out of Cycle Critical Windows Patch ? > > > > I hit 400 our our desktops last night, here's what went out: > > ---------------------------- > > > > All Staff: > > > > In order to apply a critical update to our computers, a patch will be > applied tonight at 7:00pm Pacific Time. > > > > It is critical that you log off after saving and closing all applications > before 7:00pm tonight. Do not turn off your computer. > > > > Please contact the Service Desk with questions or concerns. > > > > I patched my other networks, and the only issues I saw was one 2K3 R2 server > I had to restart the LogMeIn service, andother server (SBS 2K3) I had to go > manually hit the power button because it didn't power up – looks unrelated > but the NIC didn't want to maintain the IP it had been assigned. > > David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER > NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION > (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764 > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rod Trent [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, October 24, 2008 6:34 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Out of Cycle Critical Windows Patch ? > > > > Here's one: > > > > "Do it, or else!" > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Roger Wright [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, October 24, 2008 9:29 AM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: RE: Out of Cycle Critical Windows Patch ? > > > > Anybody have something prepared for all users that you can share with > > the group? > > > > > > > > Roger Wright > > Network Administrator > > Evatone, Inc. > > 727.572.7076 x388 > > _____ > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Bill Lambert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, October 24, 2008 9:10 AM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: RE: Out of Cycle Critical Windows Patch ? > > > > Is there any press on this? In the past something this big made it to > > the evening news. > > > > Bill Lambert > > Concuity > > 847-941-9206 > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Oliver Marshall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, October 24, 2008 5:52 AM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: Out of Cycle Critical Windows Patch ? > > > > Chaps, > > > > The update that was sent out last night, has that caused any issues > > elsewhere? We've had a spate of calls from users about problems today, > > several servers which were set to auto-update for various reasons have > > had varying levels of failure. 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