Update desktops from login script

[dvannoy]

i would like to update all my desktops to the latest MS SP. I would likt to add a line in my container login scripts that would install the service packs for me.

can someone help me with this?

also, how can I make it bypass the install of the SP if the user has already installed it?

Thanks in advance

 

[Jontmke]

Zenworks would be the primary choice for this.
If that is not an option, then make a batch file.
In the batch copy a file to the local hard drive, could be anything really. Then in the batch, actually before the file copy, look for this file (If exist then GOTO...etc.) and if it is there then end the batch. If it is not then continue with the install.

You do realise that Service packs are huge and will take a long time to run over the lan? And what if they all run at the same time? Talk about slowness!!

It might be easier to make a Ghost of one and re-Ghost the PC's. Set up half a dozen new ones, deploy them and then Ghost the ones you bring in. Keep recycling them until you get them all done.

Jon

There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge. (Bertrand Russell)

 

[TheLad]

You could create a group and enter an IF MEMBER OF statement in your login script, then add a selection of users each day to this group so only this selection gets the update and does not swamp your network/server. Also, best thing to do is to get the SP to install quietly (ie. with no user intervention required).

If you are going to do a batch file, copy a file to the C: once the SP has installed (call it C:\SP6INSTALL.TXT for example) so that the batch file can check for the file and if it exists, the SP does not get installed over and over again on the same PC.

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