XP clients automatic updates

robhex · #1 09-09-2002, 07:50 AM

Please help,

Our server is a 2000 server, our clients are all on XP. How do clients WITHOUT an Internet connection update their PC with all the hotfixes/patches for XP?

The ideal situation would be to have a server download them from the Internet and then push out the updates across the LAN. If this is possible then how can I do it?

Thank you for any help.

Rob.

keeshond · #2 09-09-2002, 11:51 AM

You can manually download them from download.microsoft.com and then distribute them as you like (using a GPO, login scripts, SMS, a simple file share, etc.). I really dislike their download and support site, though. It'll take a bit of work finding all the appropriate XP patches manually. Microsoft's support site *used* to be helpful and simple. Over the years, it's DEvolved into clunkiness, with their search engine pissing me off every time I use it.

robhex · #3 09-10-2002, 12:03 AM

Thank you for both of your replies. I will try and setup some sort of server deployment facility today and see what happens.

Rob.