Depends really where I administer, because of some programs we use are mission critical if they go down we have 3000 users unable to do any work, Microsoft's patches could disrupt this if there is conflict with the update and the programs, so no we don't use automatic updates, all our updates are applied manually and logged after being tested upon the test network.
One word of advice, If you are going to use auto updates make sure that it is done when there are fewest users using systems. I also have to agree SMS is the way forward it will save engineers a lot of time patching, especially workstations on remote sites, only issue is slow links i.e 128k mark _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
