Recommendations for windows update deployment s/w?

Any recommendations for windows update s/w? Currently we do not have a
windows update server, all OS updates have to be installed at the computer.
Any trial packages that are good to try until we are able to expense a
windows update server or sms (or that would be good to use in place of
sms/wus)? Currently we just need Windows updates to go out to clients.

cbass wrote:
> Any recommendations for windows update s/w? Currently we do not
> have a windows update server, all OS updates have to be installed
> at the computer. Any trial packages that are good to try until we
> are able to expense a windows update server or sms (or that would
> be good to use in place of sms/wus)? Currently we just need
> Windows updates to go out to clients.

If you have a Windows 2000 Server or Windows 2003 server - WSUS is free.
I take it you do not have either server OS/machine?

Turn on automatic updates on all the machines.
Don't want to physically touch each machine?
Send out instructions and/or push a script.

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