If you're not going to use the GPOs, technically you're sort of doing WSUS without AD
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc708449%28WS.10%29.aspx 2009/8/6 <[email protected]> > > We don't like to apply GPOs to our DCs here. But I would like our DCs to > get their Windows Updates from my WSUS server. All my other clients are set > up via GPO and group membership. > > I know I've seen a method to do it manually - some registry settings, and > running the client manually. But I'm having trouble finding it. Can anyone > help? > > This is for Win2000 DCs, and I want to set them to notify me about > downloads only; I will choose when to download them, and install them. > Auto-updating DCs just seems like such a bad idea .. LOL ... > > Thanks > > -- > Michael Leone > Network Administrator, ISM > Philadelphia Housing Authority > 2500 Jackson St > Philadelphia, PA 19145 > Tel: 215-684-4180 > Cell: 215-252-0143 > <mailto:[email protected]> > > > > > > -- "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." http://raythestray.blogspot.com ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
