Integrate 3rd. party software update with Configuration Manager 2007 and Secunia Part I
In the following weeks I will blog about the some of the different 3rd. party software update solution we can integrate with Configuration Manager. I will focus my articles on: Installation of the product Richness of the update catalog Configuration Manager integration Approving Updates Deploying Updates Reporting How to get started First I will test [...]
Category: Custom Updates, Software Updates | 2 Comments
Wauw 220 percent complete
Just downloaded a few HP Bios updates with ConfigMgr 2007 and SCUP 4.5 today. Being an old football player I have often heard from my coach that I should “give 100%”. In my world 100% is pretty much but apparently not when you are downloading HP updates. 220 percent – not bad
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Shavlik now integrates with ConfigMgr. Software Updates
Most of you already have knowledge about the power of SCUP used together with ConfigMgr. System Center Custom Updates (SCUP) gives you the possibilities to include 3rd. party updates in your normal Configuration Manager software update deployments. One of the downsizes to SCUP is that it requires high level of knowledge about each update you [...]
Category: Custom Updates, Software Updates | 4 Comments
Hide software update notifications
When configuring software updates with ConfigMgr. one of the challenges that I run into the most; is hiding software update notifications from some clients while allowing a full notification on other computers. You can solve this challenge in two different ways. Hide all software update deployments and create a package that will display notifications on [...]
Category: Software Updates | 1 Comment
Tripple check your software updates this month
As some of you might already be aware of; MS10-015 (KB977165) might cause a BSOD. As far as I have read the problem is not the update itself, but caused by an existing infection on the computer. For updates on this issue be sure to check – http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2010/02/11/restart-issues-after-installing-ms10-015.aspx
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Software Updates – Waiting for another installation to complete
Looking at the compliance reports I see that most of updates are installing ok but some are constantly saying “Waiting for another installation to complete” The updates won’t install and end-users are constantly getting an error saying the another installation process is already running. It’s not another running process causing the problem, so restarting services [...]
Category: Software Updates, Troubleshooting | 3 Comments
Disable Adobe Reader JavaScript
Adobe has just informed about a critical vulnerability in Adobe Reader 9.2 and earlier versions – which is well… all Adobe Reader versions An update to fix the vulnerability will be released mid January 2010. You can read the bulletin here – http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa09-07.html Disable Adobe Reader JavaScript manually 1. Launch Adobe Reader. 2. Select Edit>Preferences [...]
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Status report for Software Update deployments
Spending some time in other communities often gives me a lot of good ideas to reports and queries. A little while ago in the System Center Technet community I stumbled over a very need report created by a user called Qu4rk. His report shows a status of each update deployment, with a count of the [...]
Category: Config Mgr. Inventory and Reporting, Software Updates | 6 Comments
How to remove Software updates from a deployment
From time to time you will need to remove one or more software updates from a deployment. To remove the update from the deployment you can: Identify the update by reviewing the updatesdeployment.log on one the clients. If the deployment process is visible, you can also identify the failure by looking at the Updates installation [...]
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Creating a search folder with all required security updates in Configuration Manager 2007
Having a list of all required updates can be very usefull. I this example I will create a search folder containing all required security updates. Open the Config Mgr. console, navigate to Computer Management, Software Updates, Update Repository, Search Folders Create a new search folder. In the search folder select Required and enter the numbers [...]
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