On this same subject, here is a batch file that I have found useful
that I thought others might be interested in. It basically downloads
a hotfix given a Q-Number, which is useful for using with hfnetchk.

Usage: getx <q-number>
Example: getx Q307454

Note that for now it will only download Windows 2000 English hotfixes
(any service pack level up to SP3). So it has some limitations but
for the most part it works pretty well. Note also that the command
below is a single line, and should be adjusted for wrapping.

--Begin getx.bat--

wget -q
http://download.microsoft.com/download/win2000platform/Patch/%1/NT5/EN
-US/%1_W2K_SP3_x86_en.exe && (Echo Download complete.) || (wget -q
http://download.microsoft.com/download/win2000platform/Patch/%1/NT5/EN
-US/%1_W2K_SP2_x86_en.exe && (Echo Download complete.) ) || (wget
-q
http://download.microsoft.com/download/win2000platform/Patch/%1/NT5/EN
-US/%1_W2K_SP1_x86_en.exe && (Echo Download complete.)) || (echo
Error: file not found. Note that this utility only works with Windows
2000 English hotfix downloads)

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Mark Burnett
www.xato.net
www.iis-insider.com

On Thu, 15 Nov 2001 17:56:39 +0100, Riccardo Fontana wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>I don't know if this has already been discussed.
>
>Is there any tool or method to create a batch to perform an
>automatic
>installation (i.e. w/o any user input) of MS hotfixes and patches ?
>
>I'm trying to automate the installation of patches on my network
>with
>HFNetChk and some simple command like:
>
>at \\computer-name 23.00 c:\localpath\batch.cmd
>
>Where "batch.cmd" is a script generated from HFNetChk result.
>
>p.s.: This method rely on the presence of both patches and scripts
>on
>localhost because at-launched application run as SYSTEM, and there
>is no
>way to have them access a network share.
>
>
>Is there any better way to obtain the same results ?
>
>securing windows 2000 server

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