Hi

It'd be great if you could slip this in...

regards

Kris

Link: http://www-304.ibm.com/jct01004c/system … nd=5000008

same problem here... not a big issue as i dont need sound on my servers but anyway...

wsus is handy if you want to install the updates without doing a clean load.

JBL wrote:

oh...and I should mention, WSUS is a bit of a pain in the ass to setup for deployments that might not be staying on that network.  Plus WSUS still makes you reboots and is picky about what is installed in the same pass etc...

That is why I like Autopatcher (plus you can pick and choose your options with autopatcher and then save them and do an unattended "update" with it on Windows first boot.

it's not a pain at all.  i have a script that forces the machine to check my wsus box for updates then it pauses. once the updates have been installed or even just downloaded you unpause (hit the any key) and it resets the windows update settings back to how they were.

it's doesnt force you to reboot. it just says blah has finished installing would you like to restart.

as a part of my unattended im pretty sure the only updates i install are .net 1.1 and the service pack for it, the new windows installer and the BITS patch. then when i wsus it it downloads 60ish updates.

twig123 wrote:
mr kris wrote:
twig123 wrote:

I myself am also looking for a better way to deploy my OS's rather from CD/DVDs. I service ~150 PC's a month, and it is a pain to make the cd's every month with the latest updates.

one word, well it's an acronym actually smile
wsus
that'd help with the update side of things...
i have stuffed around with it a bit. Bâshrat the Sneaky used to have a batchfile that'd put the driver locations into winnt.sif

I have a problem with wsus... "You also must install Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine (MSDE) Release A, WMSDE, SQL Server 2005, or SQL Server 2000 with SP3"... I have none of those. I have XP Pro currently installed, but I also have access to Server 2000 & Server 2003 Licences (not currently installed).

i have wsus installed on a 2kserver virtual machine using vmware and it works a treat...  i wouldnt reccomend using 2003, it's excessive if all you want it for is wsus.

all up wsus and all the other bits (sql, .NET etc) are around 300mb to get it going

little bit of advice with wsus. dont be lazy and let it automatically approve everything like i did. you'll end up downloading 7gb and 6.5gb of that are obsolete updates...

only approve updates that are detected by wsus as needed by systems...

the easiest way to update machines with wsus is to run a batch file so it forces windows to check the wsus machine for updates. if you want i will post my script thing on here...

twig123 wrote:

I myself am also looking for a better way to deploy my OS's rather from CD/DVDs. I service ~150 PC's a month, and it is a pain to make the cd's every month with the latest updates.

one word, well it's an acronym actually smile

wsus

that'd help with the update side of things...

i have stuffed around with it a bit. Bâshrat the Sneaky used to have a batchfile that'd put the driver locations into winnt.sif

hi

has anyone tested the new powerpacker with the new driverpacks/base? and had it working?

here is my post from the powerpacker forums:

hi...

finally got around to testing it today...

found a problem, it may be just me...

slipstreamed driverpacks using the latest base and latest driver packs as of today into a fresh xp source and tested. all good.

but when i use the mysettings.ini with powerpacker the driverpacks api thing comes up but it finishes up a little to quickly and there is no driverpack files (the 7z ones) copied to my multi folder.

anyone else come accross this or something similar.