SUS Clients

I have downloaded the SUS server package, and the intranet
site works fine. Downloaded the client .msi file, and it
won't install, it keeps telling me it 'requires win2000
sp2 or windows xp to be installed'. Have tried on 2000
machines, xp sp1 machines and a xp sp2 machine, all the
same. Anyone tested this before?

Andy wrote:

> I have downloaded the SUS server package, and the intranet
> site works fine. Downloaded the client .msi file, and it
> won't install, it keeps telling me it 'requires win2000
> sp2 or windows xp to be installed'. Have tried on 2000
> machines, xp sp1 machines and a xp sp2 machine, all the
> same. Anyone tested this before?
Hi

SP1/2 for WinXP and SP3/4 for Win2k installs the WU/SUS client as
default, and the separate WU/SUS client (WUAU22.msi) is not needed and
will not install (it gives the misleading error message that you
mention if you try). So, if you have WinXP SP1/2 and/or Win2k SP3/4
clients, the only thing you need to do is to configure them to point
to your SUS server to get started.

Fyi, there is a separate newsgroup for SUS:

microsoft.public.softwareupdatesvcs

news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...wareupdatesvcs

URL to the group softwareupdatesvcs for those who uses the Web
interface to access the newsgroups:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserv...wareupdatesvcs

A Web site about SUS with a FAQ and a SUS forum:
http://www.susserver.com/

More SUS Web sites:
http://www.cites.uiuc.edu/sus/faq.html
http://www.faqshop.com/sus/default.htm


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