Dave
Tue Dec 07 11:46:05 CST 2004
As I understand it, WUS is being designed to eventually cover all major MS
products, and will have a fairly flexible feature set with regards to
targeting deployments, and reporting.
I'm looking forward to it. I am using the Shavlik free version, but mainly
for verifying and reporting. Most of my updating is currently done with
SUS, scripts, or manually.
There is a lot of information on WUS available on MS, check it out
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/wus/default.mspx
"Brad Pears" <donotreply@notreal.com> wrote in message
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> The Shavlik product does look impressive. However, I wonder if SUS 2.0
> will
> be able to provide a lot of what 1.0 can;t (as compared to Shavlik).. DO
> you
> know anything on ver 2.0 at all? Is it worth waiting for to get a free
> tool
> instead of paying for one like Shavlik?
>
> Brad
> "Dave Stoecker" <david_stoecker@hotCOFFEEmail.com> wrote in message
> news:OtpFoA92EHA.1300@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>> No, sorry it doesn't do 9x. I'll spare you the "get rid of them" speech.
>> Oops, just did it ;?)
>> DS
>>
>> "Brad Pears" <donotreply@notreal.com> wrote in message
>> news:e$I8Lt82EHA.1396@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> > Does the shavlik tool work for Win9X machines?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> > Brad
>> >
>> > "Dave Stoecker" <david_stoecker@hotCOFFEEmail.com> wrote in message
>> > news:uwPZGD82EHA.2016@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>> >>
>> >> "Brad Pears" <donotreply@notreal.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:%23sWqmJ72EHA.2572@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> >> > Since patch management is becoming more and more of a headache all
> the
>> >> > time,
>> >> > I am looking at SUS. I have a couple questions...
>> >> >
>> >> > 1) I've heard this is a free tool. Is this the case?
>> >>
>> >> Yes.
>> >>
>> >> > 2) Has anyone here loaded it and does it work well? We have Win98
>> >> > and
>> >> > XP
>> >> > clients and Win2K/WIn2K3 servers
>> >>
>> >> Yes, many of us use it. Works great. Doesn't do 9x platform or
>> >> other
>> >> server components. (exchange for example)
>> >>
>> >> > 3) Are there any pitfalls to look out for - i.e. should I wait until
> MS
>> >> > has
>> >> > released the new version they are wrking on (ver 2.0)
>> >>
>> >> It will install URLScan if not already loaded. This could affect
>> > other
>> >> web apps, but can adjust settings if so.
>> >> No need to wait - there is a migration (not upgrade) path to the
> new
>> >> version when it is ready.
>> >>
>> >> Also, check out Shavlik HFNetChk limited version - 1 server / 10
>> >> workstations for FREE
>> >>
http://www.shavlik.com - its a great product.
>> >>
>> >> >
>> >> > Thanks,
>> >> >
>> >> > Brad
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >>
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