Re: [ActiveDir] OT: Patch Management

2006-01-07 Thread Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP]
yuck ...scripting ;-) The phone home can be lowered if your network can handle it... so don't do that if you have a large LAN. SBS..yes... :-) I still say the interface for WSUS is just more confusing ...but then again, I track and have always tracked security bulletins by YY-Number a

Re: [ActiveDir] OT: Patch Management

2006-01-07 Thread RM
On Fri, 06 Jan 2006 10:24:42 -0800, "Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >WSUS takes 24 hours to sync, then for clients to check in, then you >have to approve if you don't want auto approve...then the workstation >have to do their thing...then you have to view

RE: [ActiveDir] OT: Patch Management

2006-01-06 Thread Noah Eiger
] Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 10:25 AM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] OT: Patch Management E-Bitz - SBS MVP the Official Blog of the SBS "Diva" : Patching Webcast for your viewing pleasure: http://msmvps.com/blogs/bradley/archive/2005/12/22/79673.aspx At the

Re: [ActiveDir] OT: Patch Management

2006-01-06 Thread Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP]
Shavlik? Seriously. I'm trying to learn here. Thanks. RH -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP] Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 1:08 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subje

RE: [ActiveDir] OT: Patch Management

2006-01-06 Thread Rocky Habeeb
I'm trying to learn here. Thanks. RH -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP] Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 1:08 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: Re: [Active

Re: [ActiveDir] OT: Patch Management

2006-01-06 Thread Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP] Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 12:43 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] OT: Patch Management Sorry one other thing.. when I want to have instant gratification and contr

RE: [ActiveDir] OT: Patch Management

2006-01-06 Thread Rocky Habeeb
to get my WSUS system up. RH __ -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP] Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 12:43 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] OT: P

Re: [ActiveDir] OT: Patch Management

2006-01-06 Thread Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP]
Sorry one other thing.. when I want to have instant gratification and control... I patch ..right then and force a reboot of all workstations/servers, etc. There's no waiting for them to check in, or scripting a faster checkin [horrors] to get a faster patch deployment. Also it had SBS specifi

Re: [ActiveDir] OT: Patch Management

2006-01-06 Thread Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP]
Oh.. let's see.. patches Adobe and Flash and many of the other third party stuff I have in my office. Not to mention [I think] easier interface that WSUS as it only shows patches you need and lists them with the year-patch number that I know not the KB number I don't. Besides.. as a SBSer who

RE: [ActiveDir] OT: Patch Management

2006-01-06 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Title: OT: Patch Management The specs requirements listed seem to be overkill to me. Also, you can work around that by approving the updates in groups, or applying them to computers in phases.   The integration with GPO and the fact you can set it up and roll the whole thing out from your cha

Re: [ActiveDir] OT: Patch Management

2006-01-06 Thread Za Vue
We tested on wkstations and servers and decided it was not worth the hefty price. My opinion is that it is too slow, tested on a duel CPU P4 system. (Personally I think the GUI is ugly) We ran into firewall issues as well. I have a dedicated W23K server for WSUS, no problem. Microsoft worksta

Re: [ActiveDir] OT: Patch Management

2006-01-06 Thread Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP]
Uh... we run WSUS on a SBS box...the specs/mins aren't that outrageous for us. Za Vue wrote: Pretty much all patch management applications require a server. -Z.V. Pohlschneider, Chris wrote: Does anyone have recommendations for patch management software that could be installed on a deskto

Re: [ActiveDir] OT: Patch Management

2006-01-06 Thread Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP]
Shavlik runs from my Desktop. Za Vue wrote: Pretty much all patch management applications require a server. -Z.V. Pohlschneider, Chris wrote: Does anyone have recommendations for patch management software that could be installed on a desktop type system to manage a network with 120 nodes f

Re: [ActiveDir] OT: Patch Management

2006-01-06 Thread Za Vue
Title: OT: Patch Management Pretty much all patch management applications require a server. -Z.V. Pohlschneider, Chris wrote: Does anyone have recommendations for patch management software that could be installed on a desktop type system to manage a network with 120 nodes for upd

RE: [ActiveDir] OT: Patch Management

2003-08-14 Thread Rod Trent
SMS with the SUS Feature Pack. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mitch Reid Sent: Friday, August 08, 2003 3:26 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [ActiveDir] OT: Patch Management Hi, we finally 'found' some money to purchase software that wi