Tip: HotFixes 1

[Crundy]

Here's a good tip to help you keep your hotfixes up to date:
download the Microsoft hotfix checking tool at:

http://www.microsoft.com/Downloads/Release.asp?ReleaseID=24168

and change your default script engine to cscript by issuing this command at the command prompt:
CSCRIPT.EXE //H:Cscript

By default, the checker will send output to the command line, but you can make it e-mail instead by creating a vbs file called email.vbs containing this text:

function Notify(sType, sBulletin, sTitle, sLink, sMachine)
Set objMsg = CreateObject("CDO.Message&quot
objMsg.From = "hfnotify@yourcompany.com"
objMsg.To = "you@yourcompany.com"
objMsg.Subject = "Missing hotfix detected!"
objMsg.TextBody = "Hotfix checker has detected a missing hotfix:" &vbcrlf & "Microsoft security bulletin (" & sBulletin & &quot " & sTitle & " Link:

http://www.microsoft.com"

& sLink
objMsg.Send
Set objMsg = Nothing
end function

and change the third line in the HFCHECK script to:
<script language=&quot;VBScript&quot; src=&quot;email.vbs&quot;/>

Then you can put HFCHECK into the windows scheduler, and you will get an e-mail notifying you when a new hotfix has been released

No more continuous checking of Microsoft's critical updates page!! ;-)