OK, I wasn't thinking about the "check Microsoft" choice in the Windows Update app. What I read from your prior reply was that local admins had a way of installing unapproved patches from the WSUS server. Carl _____
From: Jon Harris [mailto:jk.har...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2010 2:15 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Installing Patches on Windows 7 when logged in as user not administrator Nope you can get it to look at the Microsoft site if you are the local admin. I have done it many times during testing but only the local admin can get it to do that and only the local admin will be able to try installing those updates. I don't have my notes any more but users can install updates supplied by WSUS without issue. Jon On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 11:27 AM, Carl Houseman <c.house...@gmail.com> wrote: ?? Even a local administrator won't see patches in a WSUS environment unless they're approved/authorized in WSUS. Carl _____ From: Jon Harris [mailto:jk.har...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2010 12:26 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Installing Patches on Windows 7 when logged in as user not administrator I have used this config and know that the user can install any patches you have authorized in WSUS and will not see any others without manually changing to the local administrator profile. Much nicer than Vista. Jon On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 5:12 PM, Andrew S. Baker <asbz...@gmail.com> wrote: You can use WSUS with the systems configured to install the patches, and all the user would control (if you desire), is when they get to reboot. Doesn't matter whether they have admin rights or plain old user rights. -ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 5:07 PM, System Manager <mgr...@whitman.edu> wrote: We are planning on deploying Windows 7 64-bit on staff computers and having them log in as user not as an administrator. If they attempt to install Windows patches, they are prompted for the Administrator password, which they do not know. Is there a way I can allow users to install Windows patches? Do any of the patch management software packages solve this problem? -- Kevin Kelly Director, Network Technology Whitman College ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
