On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 06:49:11 -0500, "Jim Macklin"
<p51mustang[threeX12]@xxxhotmail.calm> wrote:
>"Robert Aldwinckle" <> wrote in message
>news:%...
>| "B. Tkatch"
>< K> wrote in
>message
>| news:...
>| > [For some reason I do not have the ooriginal and it's
>reply. So,
>| > repostg.]
>|
>| For the benefit of OE users please try to use the
>identical Subject:
>| line when you do this. FYI this one has a trailing
>space which makes
>| it sufficiently different that OE users have to sort by
>Subject in order
>| to group this with your previous thread (which BTW was
>responded to
>| by Obi-Wan Kenobi).
>|
>|
>| ---
>|
>|
>| >
>| >>> I'd like to offer a service to people around here to
>install Windows
>| >>> Updates foir them. Most people running 98/98se with
>various levels of
>| >>> patching, and no or a slow internet connection.
>| >>>
>| >>> Is there a way to find out which updates they need?
>| >>>
>| >>> I was even thinking of using a cell phone to connect
>to the Internet,
>| >>> connect to WindowsUpdate to get the list, but then
>install of a CD or
>| >>> the like. Doies this seem possible?
>| >>>
>| >>> Brian
>| >>>
>| >>>
>| >>Use Windows Update to get the list and then write down
>the codes (usually
>| >>Q****** or KB******). Search the MS Knowledge Base for
>these codes and find
>| >>the article that goes with them. There should be a
>download link that you
>| >>can use. You can burn them to a CD and take them to the
>PC that needs them.
>| >>
>| >>BE WARNED--Charging for this type of service could
>violate a Microsoft
>| >>Policy. You may want to look into this. Also, keep
>track of what CD goes to
>| >>which computer. Installing the wrong patches could be
>lethal to a computer...
>| >
>| > Thanx for the reply. I'll check it out. Though, I must
>admit to being
>| > bewildered at how i could violate a policy by providing
>a service. I
>| > do not mean to charge for the product, just the download
>and
>| > installation of it.
>| >
>| > It isn't feasable to keep track of what goes on which
>computer. What I
>| > would really want is a search agent that tells me which
>update to
>| > install on which computer. Then, as you pointed out,
>check the KB
>| > articles for the downloads, but I should already have
>them all on a
>| > CD.
>| >
>| > I'm basically wanting to help people with preventative
>maintenance,
>| > for people otherwise unable or unwilling to do so.
>| >
>| > B.
>|
>|
>
>Best and easiest way is to use the Windows Security CD, it
>has all the critical patches for all Windows versions and is
>current to about a year ago now. Then get the newer
>Critical updates.
Interesting. I didn't know of this. They have them for all versions of
Windows? Then only XP is a problem, as i could download the IE patches
myself. And for XP, perhaps I could use SUS.
Thanx for the info.
B.
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