Need to remove a security patch from workstations (Win2000)

[dreamaz]

Hi All,

We have implemented a security patch Q329170 on our workstations which has caused widespread printing problems.

Soo, the current fix is to uninstall the patch which DOES work, but requires it to be uninstalled on the desktop level. Is there anyway to un-install the patch remotely (mapping a drive etc??)

Any assistance would be great.

Thanks,

dreamaz

 

[kjmattson]

Depending on your environment you can do it as part of a logon script. First you will need the uninstall string. Do a search of your registry for "uninstallstring" and continue to hit F3 until you find the uninstall string for that particular security patch. Then put that in a bat file. If your users all have adminstrative access to their machine then you can assign that bat file as a logon script in the users properties dialog. Or if you are running Active Directory you can assign it to computers as a start up script.

Kevin Mattson
MSCA, MCSE

http://www.deploy-tech.net

 

[dreamaz]

Hi,

Currently, users do not have admin access on the local machine. There has been a batch file which we made to remove the patch however, it requires us to remote-control the machine, logon as admin then run the patch.

I was hoping to avoid the remote-control part of it by someone removing the patch from workstations remotely from my desktop. is this possible? (map a drive to the machine as administrator and run some type of command to uninstall the patch. I have domain admins/local admin access on all the workstations

Thanks

Dreamaz

 

[dreamaz]

I Forgot to mention. This problem is occuring only on SOME desktops, other users have the patch installed and have no issues. Therefore, we cannot remove the patch from all desktops rather only users affected.

any help would be appreciated.

thanks