We currently have a maintenance window set up once a week during a time when
we're closed and have Windows Update set to run during that period with some
padding time before and after.
For example, if the maintenance window is 2:30 am to 6:30 am we set Windows
Update to run at 3:00 am. It works relatively well given that we close at 1:00
am at the latest and open at 7:30 am at the earliest.
However, the auto-download set up by DeepFreeze looks promising!
FWIW we're running 7.21.
Joel Marchesoni
Tech Support Analyst
Hunter Library, Western Carolina University
http://library.wcu.edu/
-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Lolis,
John
Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2015 11:21
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Automating Windows Updates on Deep Freeze computers
This is one of those things that I've been meaning to tackle myself. I guess
it's time.
I just did a search on your subject and found this:
http://support.faronics.com/Knowledgebase/Article/View/297/8/how-are-windows-updates-handled-on-deep-freeze-protected-computers
With the latest version (v7.5), they added a nice feature that will download
updates to a frozen system and retain them for updating when the system is
thawed.
John Lolis
Coordinator of Computer Systems
White Plains Public Library
100 Martine Avenue
White Plains, NY 10601
tel: 1.914.422.1497
fax: 1.914.422.1452
http://whiteplainslibrary.org/
On Wed, Jun 3, 2015 at 11:03 AM, Kyle Breneman tomeconque...@gmail.com
wrote:
Does anybody out there have a process in place that allows for
regular, automatic download and installation of Windows Updates on
computers that are running Deep Freeze? Currently we manually thaw
the computers, then check for, download and install any updates,
before manually freezing the computers again. With only 2 PCs, its
not a big deal, but it would be nice to know if there's a way to automate
this process.
Regards,
Kyle
