I've had my minion researching this, and he tells me that Adobe has a document which addresses this. He says there are some warnings about what patches you apply in what order. The gist is, IIRC:
(1) Each patch only applies to the immediately previous patchlevel (you cannot skip patches) (2) You cannot apply an x.y.0 patch to an AIP which has been patched with x.b.c patches (c != 0) AIP = Administrative Installation Point, created with MSIEXEC /A Also, as the link James Rankin posted implies, you have to create a new AIP for each version and publish each new AIP in the GPO. One cannot, unfortunately, just keep a single AIP patched and have the clients automagically see it and update. So the idea is: Create an unpatched AIP x.0.0 When an x.y.0 MSP release comes out, make a copy of AIP x.(y-1).0 and patch it for x.y.0 When an x.y.z MSP release comes out, make a copy of AIP x.y.(z-1) and patch it for x.y.z If you're just starting, you have to run through all patch levels making copies and patching in sequence. Combined with some other complications (involving language packs, as well as installs of older Reader versions), we decided to just roll our own script, which should be done Real Soon Now. I hate Adobe. -- Ben ~ 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
