June 2007 - Posts

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Patch Management - More Than Just Deployment by spruitt

Many people think that patch management is just about deploying the patches, and doesn't require any further thought by anyone. If your company does that, it's leaving itself exposed to unnecessary...
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Patch Testing by spruitt

We apply patches to protect our computers from outside attacks, but we also need to protect our computers from the patches themselves. This isn’t just idle speculation – last year our company had a half...
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Patch Deployment Data Errors by spruitt

You’re only likely to run into errors in the patch definitions and deployment data if you have a fairly aggressive testing schedule. Any errors in the data released on Patch Tuesday are generally corrected...
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Patching "exception" workstations by spruitt

We all have computers whose users say "You can't patch my machine automatically. It has to be done manually." Or maybe they say "My machine can't be patched. The software is too...
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Settings for Distribute Software Updates Wizard by spruitt

Many people have come up with different settings for DSUW, based on their environment and personal preferences. Here are the settings I chose, with the reasons. The ITMU scanner is always run prior to...
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Using psexec to patch machines manually by spruitt

We all want to patch every computer easily, using SMS. We can't always do that, though. Some PCs have products that need patches but aren't supported by ITMU, and we don't wantto use SUSFP...
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