>From Brian's post this Monday- "I couldn't stand Shavlik when I was using it to patch 250 or so servers. Slower than anything and the UI was awful over any sort of realistic RDP connection."
Also in the same thread, Joe said " Shavlik is what we're currently using. Looking to move away from it, possibly." -----Original Message----- From: Free, Bob Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 4:28 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Patch management software question, again... If you read one of Brian's recent posts to this list he created the tool below because of his dislike for that particular product... -----Original Message----- From: Alex Eckelberry [mailto:al...@sunbelt-software.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 4:24 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Patch management software question, again... Check out shavlik -----Original Message----- From: Free, Bob [mailto:r...@pge.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 7:15 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Patch management software question, again... http://briandesmond.com/tools/simplepatch/#PatchingWithSimplePatch could get you there with a little work. It has a /NoReboot option available. The price is right for your environment and the warranty is exquisite. -----Original Message----- From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov] Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 2:49 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Patch management software question, again... Anyone know of a patch management software that will allow you to check a box to NOT have the software reboot your machine, AND will also give you a report of servers that needed a reboot but weren't rebooted? Joseph L. Heaton Windows Server Support Group Information Technology Branch Department of Fish and Game 1807 13th Street, Suite 201 Sacramento, CA 95811 Desk: (916) 323-1284 ~ 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/> ~