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We are not using AD at this time nor have we ever implemented group policies. I would like to deploy SP2 in one shot and leave the workstation without the firewall or automatic updates. Any other suggestions?

Does anyone have a script to hack the registry preventing Automatic Updates from being enabled. I want to deploy WIN XP SP2 without the firewall turned on and automatic updates disabled. I have the firewall covered. However, I don't know how to use the SMS installer to create the registry...

Thank you for responding. I came across the same information in "MY IT FORUM" and followed the directions. It worked like a charm. Thanks again.

I would like to add that the SMS site server console also is NOT returning any detail from collections, advertisements, etc. I have re-booted the server. No change. I can access the SMS database and query table information with no problem. Another admin has access to the SMS console and is...

I have had to upgrade my workstation to WinXP SP2 since the 2/9 Microsoft security patches. I can launch the SMS Console but when I click on anything (collections, advertisements, etc.) all that shows is an hour glass. The firewall is off! Any ideas???

Does anyone have any idea why my SMS console will hang with an hour glass when I click on anything (collections, advertisement status, etc.) since I've upgraded to WINXP SP2? I have the firewall disabled. Microsoft has been killing me since the 2/9 updates!

If I have SMS scheduled to go out every Thursday at 12:45AM to check for new software updates and have a security scan scheduled for my user community on Thursday at 9:30 AM, when will the request/compliant statistics change? I have seen these same numbers for 3 weeks running. Is the...

I am a new user of SMS 2003 and am having a problem interpreting when an advertisement is actually installed on a client. I submitted the ad in portions to different collections and received over 150 success messages (10009). However, when I check "software updates" I see 186 requested with 30...