XPost: alt.comp.hardware   
   From: Spuds@yourmomshouse.org   
      
   On Sun, 02 Apr 2006 03:18:33 GMT, kony  wrote:   
      
   >On 1 Apr 2006 18:10:20 -0800, "Seymour Butts"   
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >>It's getting to be a real pain having to manually install 40+ (and   
   >>growing daily) hotfixes from Microsoft everytime someone brings me an   
   >>unpatched XP/SP2 system. I know MS is working on an SP3 or rollup in   
   >>the near future but is there an unofficial rollup or even script that   
   >>is available to save me a half hour of aggravation everytime I gotta   
   >>bring an SP2 system up to date? I don't need a slipstream or patching   
   >>program to put them into the OS install, that does me no good. Just a   
   >>simple 1-click and install all post-sp2 hotfixes.   
   >>   
   >>Thanks   
   >   
   >   
   >What's wrong with just enabling automatic updates, leaving   
   >the system sit idle so it's downloading them at peak speed   
   >automatically, then rebooting at which point it displays   
   >something akin to a shield on the reboot window signifying   
   >you have things ready to install?  It's about as hands-off   
   >as it gets, and if your users "need" to have updates done   
   >for them, they might benefit more from the updates being   
   >automatic, risking the small chance an update could cause a   
   >problem, rather than the larger security risk of NOT having   
   >the updates in a timely manner.   
      
   Not an optimal solution if the user was on a dialup connection.  Downloading   
   all the patches since SP2 takes eons.   
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