XP Service Pack

[sdr67]

Just ran the XP SP1 as a MSI install and it took 40 mins, I guess it is completing the archive process first. Does anyone know a method to stop the MSI from doing the archiving part of the install when using an MSI. Or a technique to install 1000+ workstations (and I havent got SMS!)

Ta

 

[linney]

See if there are any other solutions offered here.


Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - Q278503
Best Practices for Using Update.msi to deploy Service Packs

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q278503

http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/planning/incremental/sp1guide.asp

 

[johnsonm]

If you're using win2k server you can 'push out' updates- and I believe you can do it so it is invisible to the user (except for the noise that the hard drives' make while updating. I know I did it for IE6 SP1 and it works like a breeze (although I didn't push it out to the desktops because we use mainly win98 here) =/
-Mike Johnson

 

[sdr67]

thanks, I like the idea of pushing out updates automatically, althought thats what I thought msi's did? Looked through thise links and without a centrally installed copy the only other way of pushing out updates is throught the installer service (MSI's)- great.