Little-Miss Posted September 18, 2009 Posted September 18, 2009 Best way? Is it using the Software Installation and Maintenance feature of Group Policy?
JOrdan01070 Posted September 18, 2009 Posted September 18, 2009 we have a wsus running on one of are servers and that rolls out the updates and hot fixes for me, then i configure a group policy computer configuration > admin templates > windows Components/windows update to the wsus server and it does it for me. 2
SC-UK Posted September 18, 2009 Posted September 18, 2009 Another vote for WSUS, it is much much better than it used to be and very easy to use. Tom 2
Little-Miss Posted September 18, 2009 Author Posted September 18, 2009 Well i havent got WSUS setup just yet...its on my to do list. I just need to put out this one fix for the SP3 profile issue. When you try to log on to a Windows XP SP3-based computer by using a roaming profile, the roaming profile cannot load.
powdarrmonkey Posted September 18, 2009 Posted September 18, 2009 I have some black magic for this; do you want it? 1
Little-Miss Posted September 18, 2009 Author Posted September 18, 2009 I have some black magic for this; do you want it? erm...yes?!? 1
budgester Posted September 18, 2009 Posted September 18, 2009 I have some black magic for this; do you want it? Well if it requires chickens I am totally out off them at the moment.
budgester Posted September 18, 2009 Posted September 18, 2009 However I do have a couple of favours to call in from the Elder Gods.
powdarrmonkey Posted September 18, 2009 Posted September 18, 2009 Poke me on Monday and I'll send you the scripts. 1
Little-Miss Posted September 18, 2009 Author Posted September 18, 2009 ooh, will do! (puts pentagram and candles back in the cupboard..)
powdarrmonkey Posted September 21, 2009 Posted September 21, 2009 (edited) Ok, here: 1. set yourself up a Hotfix folder in your netlogon share, and in there a folder for each hotfix (I suggest you use the hotfix number, so \\domain\netlogon\hotfix\958058 for this one). You can use some other share if you want, but in netlogon you don't have to think about permissions. Pop the hotfix executable in there. 2. Script attached to put alongside the exectuable, just change the variables inside it to match your environment and the hotfix you're deploying. Remove the .txt extension. 3. Call from the startup scripts of your favourite group policy object, sacrifice a goat and make some coffee. Edit: and whoever neg-repped... helpful enough now? hotfix-template.cmd.txt Edited September 21, 2009 by powdarrmonkey 2
Little-Miss Posted September 21, 2009 Author Posted September 21, 2009 Mwah!!! did you really get neg rep?!!?
Little-Miss Posted September 21, 2009 Author Posted September 21, 2009 now....do i sacrafice the goat whilst making coffee?!
powdarrmonkey Posted September 21, 2009 Posted September 21, 2009 now....do i sacrafice the goat whilst making coffee?! Nono, if you do both at the same time a bolt of lightning will strike you when three hags meet on the heath. And yes, I did:
Little-Miss Posted September 21, 2009 Author Posted September 21, 2009 Wasn't me guv'na! Bit mean really... A hag has turned up moaning about her SatNav not working...
powdarrmonkey Posted September 21, 2009 Posted September 21, 2009 A hag has turned up moaning about her SatNav not working... foreigners!
Little-Miss Posted September 21, 2009 Author Posted September 21, 2009 wow i broke something!! lol Im sure it wasnt the script, just how i set it up in the GPO. I set it to run on computer start up..should it have been user? When computer loaded my Admin desktop, icons and all were behind the login box! Very intresting indeed!!!
powdarrmonkey Posted September 21, 2009 Posted September 21, 2009 It should be in computer startup; as it applies the policy during startup you see 'Running startup scripts..' and the hotfix window thing will appear on top, do its thing and go away again. Don't know why you got icons behind your login dialog, an effect of that hotfix maybe?
Little-Miss Posted September 21, 2009 Author Posted September 21, 2009 It was wierd, i never saw the "running start up scripts". Just went straight to ctrl alt del screen. It was kinda like the script kicked in half way through me being logged on....
cookie_monster Posted September 21, 2009 Posted September 21, 2009 @ powdarrmonkey, I have some black magic for this; do you want it? Do you have any black magic that makes the patch work? I've deployed this patch to an affected room of XP SP3 boxes but i'm still seeing the issue
powdarrmonkey Posted September 21, 2009 Posted September 21, 2009 @ powdarrmonkey, Do you have any black magic that makes the patch work? I've deployed this patch to an affected room of XP SP3 boxes but i'm still seeing the issue What, the knowledgebase fix itself? Nope, sorry.
Little-Miss Posted September 21, 2009 Author Posted September 21, 2009 Thats odd! Fingers crossed it's playing nice for me on the one machine ive put it on....
powdarrmonkey Posted September 21, 2009 Posted September 21, 2009 It was wierd, i never saw the "running start up scripts". Just went straight to ctrl alt del screen. It was kinda like the script kicked in half way through me being logged on.... Ah, that's more like it - there is a group policy for running startup and logon scripts synchronously, which forces them to have been executed before a user can log on. By default, they are run in the background while the user does their thing, which saves time but can cause confusion when magical things just happen...
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