XPost: alt.comp.hardware
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On Sat, 01 Apr 2006 22:27:22 -0500, Spuds
wrote:
>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.
True, but, we're talking about the poster doing it now,
plus, later if the owner only has dial-up, that IS the
method that'll have to be used unless you're suggesting they
bring the system back to the OP every time MS releases
another patch??
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