Re: Windows SUS

[Dave Schaefer <dpschaef () oaklandcc edu>]

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Is there any chance I can get a copy of this code?  I work for an educational instatution that doesn't want their 
computers rebooting while students are working on them.  Please let me know.  Thanks.

-Dave

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> Once SUS is properly configured (and approval has been
> granted to various necessary patches), the GPO is the
> only thing that must be configured to point the
> workstations to the proper local SUS server.
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> The only factor we had to worry about in my
> organization is the reboot issue:
>
> 1) If certain patches required rebooting, users get 5
> minutes before it automatically reboots their
> computers.  This would be okay if users weren't in any
> critical applications and happened to walk away from
> their computers during the reboot process
>
> 2) If a user never reboots his/her computer (e.g.,
> just leaves it logged on and "locked" overnight), the
> machine never refreshes and hence, is not deemed
> prepared for the next set of updates that come down
> from the SUS server
>
> We alleviated this problem by configuring SUS so
> workstations do not automatically reboot after patches
> are applied, using the SHUTDOWN.EXE command from the
> Windows Server Resource Kit, and writing a batch file
> that automatically reboots any computer that happened
> to be left in "locked" mode overnight.  This seems to
> keep users from becoming agitated from any
> disruptions...
>
> - Lee

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