Applying multiple patches

[Mich]

Is it OK to apply several patches and not reboot for a day/week?

I'm pushing patches out using SMS2003 and requesting that the users reboot before they go home. My time could be cut way back if I could push all of these patches at once and wait for the reboot instead of pushing one a day.

 

[redlikeme]

Being a change managment nut myself, I prefer to apply a patch, and reboot if required by that patch.

This way, when things go wrong, you know what patch caused what problem.

Hope this helps.

 

[Grenage]

I'm with redlikeme on this.

When you install 10 hotfixes at once and the machine blue-screens on bootup it can be a painfull process if you do not know which caused it.

 

[Georgi1chuikov]

that depends on the patch. If it is just an overwrite of files then a reboot is proably not needed. If it re-writes reg entries then you will need it. The newer installshields are pretty good about knowing when this is needed.

 

[Xemus]

Have you looked into Qchain? Sounds like it's exactly what you need.
Direct from Microsoft, check it out.

http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...port/kb/articles/Q296/8/61.ASP&NoWebContent=1