Windows Update Agent/Updating Offline Computers

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Hi! Please forgive what may be a "newbie" question - I don't know
vbscripting, so this may be a simple fix (I hope so!)

I have 4 WinXP machines that are used for computer forensics investigations,
and are therefore kept off the internet. I'd like to get them updated, since
they were only running SP1a. I was able to update SP2 by downloading the
200-something MB update, but I want to be able to get the rest of the updates
on a fairly regular basis, and I thought that the WUA may be a solution.

I copied the example file found here
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...wua/using_wua_to_scan_for_updates_offline.asp
and ran it at a command line like the article said. I do have the Script
Agent Installed, and I think that I installed the WUA correctly (it was a cab
file, so I extracted the files into a folder on the drive - if this isn't
correct, I'm not sure what to do with it.)

When I run the vbs file from the command line, I get Error 0x8024402C -
according to the MS site means "Same as ERROR_WINHTTP_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED - The
proxy server or target server name cannot be resolved" - I have no idea what
that means. When I run it from the GUI - it tells me line 6 is null, if that
helps any.

Sorry for the epistle - thought giving as much info as possible might help.
If there is something else you need to know, please tell me. Thanks for any
advice/help you can give. If there is a better way for me to do this, please
let me know that too :-)

-Tara
 
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Tara Johnson said:
Hi! Please forgive what may be a "newbie" question - I don't know
vbscripting, so this may be a simple fix (I hope so!)

I have 4 WinXP machines that are used for computer forensics
investigations, and are therefore kept off the internet. I'd like to
get them updated, since they were only running SP1a. I was able to
update SP2 by downloading the 200-something MB update, but I want to
be able to get the rest of the updates on a fairly regular basis, and
I thought that the WUA may be a solution.

I copied the example file found here
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...wua/using_wua_to_scan_for_updates_offline.asp
and ran it at a command line like the article said. I do have the
Script Agent Installed, and I think that I installed the WUA
correctly (it was a cab file, so I extracted the files into a folder
on the drive - if this isn't correct, I'm not sure what to do with
it.)

When I run the vbs file from the command line, I get Error 0x8024402C
- according to the MS site means "Same as
ERROR_WINHTTP_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED - The proxy server or target server
name cannot be resolved" - I have no idea what that means. When I
run it from the GUI - it tells me line 6 is null, if that helps any.

Sorry for the epistle - thought giving as much info as possible might
help. If there is something else you need to know, please tell me.
Thanks for any advice/help you can give. If there is a better way
for me to do this, please let me know that too :-)

-Tara
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Hi - I suggest you look into SUS or WSUS - free.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/updateservices/default.mspx
 
Well, I think I may have found a better solution to my dilemma on how to
update my computers - Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (v 2)- but now I
am sort of running into problems with it.

I am using the Command Line version of MBSA, as that has the HFNetChk tool
built into it (the type of tool I was originally looking for, it turns out).
When I run the program, I get the following error:

Result: Computer has an older version of the client and security database
demands a newer version.

I just downloaded new versions of the .cab file today, at the same time as
the MSBA software, so I'm not really sure what I am doing wrong. Any input
is appreciated.

Thanks,
Tara

Has anyone seen this before? I just downloaded the MNSA software today
 
Tara said:
Well, I think I may have found a better solution to my dilemma on how to
update my computers - Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (v 2)- but now I
am sort of running into problems with it.

I am using the Command Line version of MBSA, as that has the HFNetChk tool
built into it (the type of tool I was originally looking for, it turns out).
When I run the program, I get the following error:

Result: Computer has an older version of the client and security database
demands a newer version.

I just downloaded new versions of the .cab file today, at the same time as
the MSBA software, so I'm not really sure what I am doing wrong. Any input
is appreciated.
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Hi,

Please see the answers to the tree questions listed below at the
MBSA 2.0 FAQ Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/tools/mbsa2/qa.mspx


Q. What happens if I do not have Windows Update Agent deployed when I
scan?

Q. Why does MBSA 2.0 require a client agent on the target computer?

Q. MBSA uses files that it downloads from the Internet, but the
computer I want to use to scan my network doesn't have Internet
access. How can I use MBSA in this case?


And a fyi:

You may want to post any future question in the MBSA newsgroup.

WebNews link to the MBSA newsgroup:
http://www.microsoft.com/communitie...g=microsoft.public.security.baseline_analyzer
 
Thanks! I'll take a look at those.

And I didn't know there was an MBSA newsgroup (I didn't see it when I was
searching through the newsgroups) - I'll go there next.

I really appreciate the help.

-Tara
 
THANK YOU!

Looking through those 3 questions helped fix my problem. I really
appreciate it.

Thanks again,
Tara
 
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