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HFNetChk - Security Patch Checking Tool

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by svc

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Recently, Microsoft announced the availability of HFNetChk, a tool that scans Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 systems and reports on installed and missing security patches.

This looks like a step in the right direction to help fellow system admins in keeping their servers up-to-date. Of course one should also subscribe to the various security-based email lists and apply the patches that are appropriate. However, has anyone had a chance to use this utility?

Here's the URL that describesHFNetChk:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/redir/homepage/hl1b.asp

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by bcarpen

We have run it several times and it works very well. The only hassle is that we have to enable remote registry on all machines we want to check and then manually disable.
Great prototype tool.

by unaventura

I have used it on all my servers in a script. Tool is great. The old tool MS provided was very poor no remote capability. One thing to keep in mind some information like missing Security patch is wrong but the other 99.9% its on the money.

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