From: "Glenn Meadows" 

Good questions, all, and something I'm sure that everyone will face at that
time.  I agree that the tools that are out there are OK for NOW situations,
but  you're right, in what happens IF????

Does someone like Shavlik become the provider of a third party solution to
handle that, and as a third party source, their full software is a paid for
solution.

I don't know though if even the Shavlik covers NT4 in their automated method either.

One option, to get to my internal SUS server, would be to setup a VPN
between my box at your site, and our network, and let the updates happen
across that connection...odder solutions have been done....

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Glenn M.
"Geo"  wrote in message
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> Well no, I'm serious here. You've been using SUS internally and WU for
> your
> colocated boxes. Then one day MS turns off WU support for W2K and you
> still
> have your external boxes. Something happens to one and you restore it from
> backup, now how do you make sure it's fully patched?
>
> Second question, what happens to SUS when MS turns off support in WU for
> W2K, does SUS do some house cleaning and delete the now obsolete patches,
> does it update itself not to support W2K anymore or does it continue to
> allow you to patch W2K. You've committed to it but is this even spelled
> out
> anywhere?
>
> Yes I know, it's not an issue for you because you know I keep a full copy
> of
> all the manual patches and a procedure to install them manually but then
> what happens when I say screw it this is too difficult and give in to your
> suggestion that SUS is easier?
>
> Geo.
>
> "Glenn Meadows"  wrote in message
> news:420eb660$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> Carefully????? .
>>
>> --
>>
>> Glenn M.
>> "Geo"  wrote in message
news:420e9b15$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> > "Glenn Meadows"  wrote in message
>> > news:420e9743$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> >
>> >> I no longer run around the building applying patches and restarting
>> >> computers.
>> >
>> > You aren't the one who patches the murrey machine though.. so in 5
>> > years
>> > when W2K is obsoleted and you want to keep a couple W2K boxes around,
>> > maybe
>> > even reinstall one, how are you going to patch it?
>> >
>> > Geo.
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>

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