If you set a deadline to a past expiration date & the patch requires a reboot, it will boot automatically unless the users kill the wuauserv service. Most won¹t know how.
From: Sam Cayze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: NT System Admin Issues <ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 15:45:26 -0400 To: NT System Admin Issues <ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> Subject: RE: Out of Cycle Critical Windows Patch to be released today, stay tuned Soo... What's this whole 'Deadline' thing in WSUS, is this one of those times to use it? Does it overide users prograstinating about installs/reboots? No biggie, I can google it too, but it you have thoughts to share, it would be nice. S -----Original Message----- From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 2:12 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Out of Cycle Critical Windows Patch to be released today, stay tuned LOL this whole scenario is wrong: () Git-Er-Done and lets get patchin :) Z Edward E. Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP,Security+,Network+,CCA Phone: 401-639-3505 -----Original Message----- From: Phil Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 3:09 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Out of Cycle Critical Windows Patch to be released today, stay tuned My mistake.. I like your saying, I'll have to use that some time. -----Original Message----- From: Carl Houseman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 3:07 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Out of Cycle Critical Windows Patch to be released today, stay tuned I can click on "Windows XP Service Pack 3" in that bulletin and I am taken to a download page for the update. Same for WS03 SP2. Please don't insist on being wrong. Carl -----Original Message----- From: Phil Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 2:43 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Out of Cycle Critical Windows Patch to be released today, stay tuned http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS08-067.mspx Phil -----Original Message----- From: Carl Houseman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 2:33 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Out of Cycle Critical Windows Patch to be released today, stay tuned Q: How did you come to that conclusion? A: You're looking at the "bulletins replaced by" column. Reading is fundamental.. -----Original Message----- From: Phil Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 2:27 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Out of Cycle Critical Windows Patch to be released today, stay tuned Must not affect W03 sp2 or XP sp3, there's no update for them.. Phil -----Original Message----- From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 1:58 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Out of Cycle Critical Windows Patch to be released today, stay tuned Its out and its NASTY// MS08-067, publically being exploited right now, unauthenticted remote code execution against the server service, smells like a network worm with mass exploitation vulnerabilities to me. Happy patch Thrusday, just hope you don't get hacked by Friday... Z Edward E. Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP,Security+,Network+,CCA Phone: 401-639-3505 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
