Email notification on new updates - how?

Hi,

I have two Windows 2003 Standard Servers to administer. Since I don't
have the time to look at every machine day by day, I would like to get
an email from each server, if there is a new update available via
windowsupdate.

I configured Windows Update to download and notify but not automatically
install update. I could not find any possibility to send an email so
far. I don't like to install a sus-service for only two servers.

Is there any solution for this problem? Do I need tools or is there a
way to get a specific message in the event log and then send an email
triggered by this log entry?

Thanks in advance and best regards,

Oliver.

Oliver Kuhl wrote:

> I have two Windows 2003 Standard Servers to administer. Since I don't
> have the time to look at every machine day by day, I would like to get
> an email from each server, if there is a new update available via
> windowsupdate.
>
> I configured Windows Update to download and notify but not automatically
> install update. I could not find any possibility to send an email so
> far. I don't like to install a sus-service for only two servers.
>
> Is there any solution for this problem?

You may want to sign up for Microsoft Security Update e-mail alerts,
click on the "E-mail Updates icon" in the link below.

http://www.microsoft.com/security/bu...s/default.mspx

This way you will get an indication that a security update is soon
to be downloaded to your servers (if the update is relevant for your
configuration).


> Do I need tools or is there a way to get a specific message in the
> event log and then send an email triggered by this log entry?

The latter is also possible...


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