XPost: alt.comp.hardware
From: jcmorris@mitre.org
"Seymour Butts" writes:
>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.
Not much of a problem. Assuming that you've downloaded all of the
appropriate patches, build a script that installs all of the current
ones using the no-interaction and no-reboot options (most patches
do this with the switches /PASSIVE and /NOREBOOT but you need to
check each patch to verify this). At the end run the current version
of QCHAIN to flush out any conflicts, then reboot. (I usually also
set the /NOBACKUP switch; I don't want users uninstalling patches.)
If you know that the target system is unpatched you can make the
installation of each patch unconditional. If you're using the
script to update systems that might be partially patched, you can
add tests for each patch to see if it's present and run the installer
only if necessary.
And at the end, consider running Windows Update as a sanity check.
If everything's up to date it won't install anything, but if something
odd has interfered with a patch installation process, using Windows
Update should detect the incomplete installation and repair it.
There are a few patches -- typically service packs -- which must be
followed by a reboot before additional updates are performed. Be
sure to read the KB articles about the patches you want to install.
Joe Morris
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