500 computers converting from Windows Update to Microsoft Update.

I am a network administrator. I have 500 2k SP4, XP SP3 & Vista SP1 computers
running under me. They use Windows Update. I want them running Microsoft
Update. What should I do, other than sitting in front of each of them, logs
in, loads Windows update, manually clicks the microsoft update buttom; or to
reclone all 500 computers?"

Egaskrad wrote:
:: I am a network administrator. I have 500 2k SP4, XP SP3 & Vista SP1
:: computers running under me. They use Windows Update. I want them
:: running Microsoft Update. What should I do, other than sitting in
:: front of each of them, logs in, loads Windows update, manually
:: clicks the microsoft update buttom; or to reclone all 500 computers?"


Presumably you're using WSUS -
On the web:
http://www.microsoft.com/communities...pdate_services

In your newsreader:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...pdate_services
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TaurArian [MVP] 2005-2010 - Update Services
http://taurarian.mvps.org
======================================
Disclaimer: The information has been posted "as is" with no warranties
or guarantees and doesn't give any rights.

Go back to school?

Egaskrad wrote:
> I am a network administrator. I have 500 2k SP4, XP SP3 & Vista SP1
> computers running under me. They use Windows Update. I want them running
> Microsoft Update. What should I do, other than sitting in front of each of
> them, logs in, loads Windows update, manually clicks the microsoft update
> buttom; or to reclone all 500 computers?"

Please explain.

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:

> Go back to school?
>
> Egaskrad wrote:
> > I am a network administrator. I have 500 2k SP4, XP SP3 & Vista SP1
> > computers running under me. They use Windows Update. I want them running
> > Microsoft Update. What should I do, other than sitting in front of each of
> > them, logs in, loads Windows update, manually clicks the microsoft update
> > buttom; or to reclone all 500 computers?"
>
>

"TaurArian" wrote:

> Egaskrad wrote:
> :: I am a network administrator. I have 500 2k SP4, XP SP3 & Vista SP1
> :: computers running under me. They use Windows Update. I want them
> :: running Microsoft Update. What should I do, other than sitting in
> :: front of each of them, logs in, loads Windows update, manually
> :: clicks the microsoft update buttom; or to reclone all 500 computers?"
>
>
> Presumably you're using WSUS -
> On the web:
> http://www.microsoft.com/communities...pdate_services
>
> In your newsreader:
> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...pdate_services
> --
>
> TaurArian [MVP] 2005-2010 - Update Services
> http://taurarian.mvps.org
> ======================================
> Disclaimer: The information has been posted "as is" with no warranties
> or guarantees and doesn't give any rights.
>

No, we are not using WSUS, yet. We have had some major upgrades with the
domain controllers and I want to make sure that everything is stable before I
tried out anything new.