> On Jun 24, 2004, at 12:49 PM, Ian Dexter R. Marquez wrote: >> Yes, having windows update running freely on workstations is not advisable. (Got a first-hand taste of how it craps on one of my servers -- a domain controller to boot -- which barfed errors after installing a service pack from the net.) What I do in my network is have *dedicated* machines (one for each OS: XP, 2000, 98SE) download all patches from Windows Update in a given schedule, then have those patches made available through the LAN in shared directories. >
For deploying windows updates in your LAN, check http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/sus/default.mspx Anyway, windows na ito ... you could probably take this to another list :) hth. 'jopoy -- Jopoy C. Solano Network Administrator MIS/Internet Tel# Local 164 YM:jopoysolano Linux User# 345281 ----------------------- University of Baguio General Luna Road Baguio City Philippines 2600 Phone: +63(74)442-3540 Fax: +63(74)442-3071 http://www.ubaguio.edu -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
