as MS will pull the pin on Win2K on Tuesday 13/July/2010
here’s what I want to know if I can do?
when automatic updates is set to
– DL & notify, but don’t install
the updates are stored in
C:\WINNT\SoftwareDistribution\Download\…
waiting for approval or rejection
now basically the updates that are offered through WAU are for any system running that version of the OS
there are some which are component based such as .net framework updates or MDAC etc.
but the win security patches apply to all
here’s the Q.
if I were to bomb a system Monday and do a fresh win2K install up to SP4
get the system configured and ready to receive the updates
can I just Jack the whole …\SoftwareDistribution
folder tree and drop it on another system and have WAU recognize the updates and be able to apply them
currently I am in the middle of DL all the manual KB######*.exe files I can find but some are only available through WAU as I’ve found while going through the KB######*.log files
there are 127 installed on one system but so far I’ve found at least 5 or 6 only get installed through WAU
