Yes, but it is the proper way to do it.  I'd hate to see a profiles.xml and packages.xml for each and every windows update.  Trying to keep up with that would be a headache.  Plus, with windows update set to autoupdate I thought I had everything, but then when I installed my WSUS server it showed packages I needed on my desktops even though microsoft update showed I needed nothing.  And if you want to get technical, the microsoft baseline security analyzer shows even more problems (windows xp is very insecure by default).

Also, I'm not even really sure you need a CAL for every PC.  I know the WSUS documentation says that you do, but I purchased the volume licensing version of windows server standard 2003 R2 with 150 CALs, but during the install, it asked me how many CALs I had, and I could put it at 9999 CALs with no error, and no verification.

Florian Effenberger wrote:
Hi Adam,

  
I'd recommend a WSUS server for handling of windows updates instead of having WPKG do it. 
    

this requires a Windows server and the appropriate number of CALs. :-(

Florian

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