From: "Geo" 

Why do I need a patch server? Downloading the latest service packs and all
the separate patches and sticking them on a memory stick works great, I can
take patches anywhere with me, no server, no network, no internet, no
nothing required except either a usb port or a CD drive. This is simple and
simple is good (which is why I want it even simpler).

The pain comes from having to install so many different patches where there
really isn't any reason for it. MS sometimes makes a single exe that
patches multiple issues (IE, OE, ISA server, SQL server are all
cumulative), so I fail to understand why when they are releasing 6 patches
at once they can't just roll them all into one exe and issue one patch for
the month.

Geo.

"Glenn Meadows"  wrote in message
news:42fa1082$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> Install a WSUS server in that location, and let it download the patches
> once, and then deploy them over the local lan to each machine.  You could
> remotely approve the patches to install when you're ready.
>
> WSUS has made my life VERY easy here, with 30+ machines.  It's virtually
> automatic.
>
> Is there a server in that location that could have that added?  WSUS is a
> free tool to do just that.  PCA onto the server, approve the patches to
> install, and then at whatever schedule you've set each machine to check
the
> local server for updates (typically early AM 2-4 AM), they get patched.
>
> Works for me.
>
> --
>
> Glenn M.

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