Windows update

In our SBS2000 system there are about 8 workstations.

I discovered recently that over 95% of an internet trafic is from Windows
update related pages.

There are over 3Gb of data transferred during period of 1 month (!!!!).

All our workstations are set to automatic windows update. I cannot find any
way of stopping the automatic update or reducing the amount of data which is
transferred.

II-nd problem
When there is a new update availabe then some of the workstations (Win98)
show the message suggesting to load the update. If we use the button
'POSTPONE" then the message should come again after one day. Unfortunately
this does not work and the message is coming every few minutes

Does any body knows how to solve such problems with windows update?

Marek Staniewski

brains
Fri Aug 01 06:22:32 CDT 2003

On Fri, 1 Aug 2003 13:15:07 +0200, "Marek Staniewski"
<marek.staniewski@derco.com.pl> wrote:

>In our SBS2000 system there are about 8 workstations.
>
>I discovered recently that over 95% of an internet trafic is from Windows
>update related pages.
>
>There are over 3Gb of data transferred during period of 1 month (!!!!).
>
>All our workstations are set to automatic windows update. I cannot find any
>way of stopping the automatic update or reducing the amount of data which is
>transferred.

Control panel, Automatic updates - turn it off there.

>II-nd problem
>When there is a new update availabe then some of the workstations (Win98)
>show the message suggesting to load the update. If we use the button
>'POSTPONE" then the message should come again after one day. Unfortunately
>this does not work and the message is coming every few minutes
>
>Does any body knows how to solve such problems with windows update?
>
>Marek Staniewski
>
>

--
Hiram Hackenbacker

rayfong
Fri Aug 01 07:17:06 CDT 2003

You can also implement SUS and set all clients to get windows update from
your server.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=A7AA96E4-6E41-4F54-
972C-AE66A4E4BF6C&displaylang=en

Ray Fong
Microsoft SBS Product Support

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

>
>On Fri, 1 Aug 2003 13:15:07 +0200, "Marek Staniewski"
><marek.staniewski@derco.com.pl> wrote:
>
>>In our SBS2000 system there are about 8 workstations.
>>
>>I discovered recently that over 95% of an internet trafic is from Windows
>>update related pages.
>>
>>There are over 3Gb of data transferred during period of 1 month (!!!!).
>>
>>All our workstations are set to automatic windows update. I cannot find
any
>>way of stopping the automatic update or reducing the amount of data which
is
>>transferred.
>
>Control panel, Automatic updates - turn it off there.
>
>>II-nd problem
>>When there is a new update availabe then some of the workstations (Win98)
>>show the message suggesting to load the update. If we use the button
>>'POSTPONE" then the message should come again after one day. Unfortunately
>>this does not work and the message is coming every few minutes
>>
>>Does any body knows how to solve such problems with windows update?
>>
>>Marek Staniewski
>>
>>
>
>--
>Hiram Hackenbacker
>

Marek
Fri Aug 01 16:40:01 CDT 2003

I could not find this item (Automatic update) at the Control panel plate.
I does not appear on any other workstation.

May be this is existing only for newer systems than Windows 98?

Marek Staniewski

rayfong
Fri Aug 01 21:32:13 CDT 2003

go tot he Windows update website and install the "Windows Critical Update
Notification".

224420 Description of the Windows Critical Update Notification Utility
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=224420

Ray Fong
Microsoft SBS Product Support

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.


>
>I could not find this item (Automatic update) at the Control panel plate.
>I does not appear on any other workstation.
>
>May be this is existing only for newer systems than Windows 98?
>
>Marek Staniewski
>
>
>