an easier way of updating software on network computers?

bopol · 10-01-2007, 01:24 AM

please help... i manage a couple of computers here in the office and im really fed up w/having to manually go to each computer to update their software, more specifically, their virus definitions. is there a better way of doing this?like, ill just download from one computer then just send it out to the other computers at a more convenient time when the network is not very busy? could it also be automated? how do you do it?im not yet very adept at managing the network... would really appreciate any advice... thanks in advance!!!

Ops_Tech · 10-01-2007, 02:32 AM

LDAP might be a solution. Check out the link below which gives you a picture of what it is, and different versions available.

http://coewww.rutgers.edu/www1/linux.../lecture8.html

bopol · 10-01-2007, 02:45 AM

Thanks Ops Tech! im not very familiar w/unix though and our network here is not on active directory, and there is no real "server".. the network is just a small office network and i think having that root, branch, leaf (w/c is like making a domain in internet?) setup is too complicated to set up for our office...

nyway, ill try to learn read more on the link you gave me.. thanks for your idea!

EricB · 10-02-2007, 12:06 AM

get an A/V that updates itself or sync your av application data folders

bopol · 10-02-2007, 07:32 PM

the a/v installed already updates itself automatically but prob is that they tend to load the system because they update at the same time... i also want it to apply to other software updates, not just the a/v... but thanks for your suggestion

EricB · 10-02-2007, 07:48 PM

look for syncing software and sync the update folders.

bopol · 10-02-2007, 07:51 PM

il do that... thanks a bunch

10-01-2007, 01:24 AM	#1 (permalink)
bopol Newb Techie Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 20	an easier way of updating software on network computers? please help... i manage a couple of computers here in the office and im really fed up w/having to manually go to each computer to update their software, more specifically, their virus definitions. is there a better way of doing this?like, ill just download from one computer then just send it out to the other computers at a more convenient time when the network is not very busy? could it also be automated? how do you do it?im not yet very adept at managing the network... would really appreciate any advice... thanks in advance!!!

10-01-2007, 02:32 AM	#2 (permalink)
Ops_Tech Newb Techie Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 23	Re: an easier way of updating software on network computers? LDAP might be a solution. Check out the link below which gives you a picture of what it is, and different versions available. http://coewww.rutgers.edu/www1/linux.../lecture8.html

10-01-2007, 02:45 AM	#3 (permalink)
bopol Newb Techie Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 20	Re: an easier way of updating software on network computers? Thanks Ops Tech! im not very familiar w/unix though and our network here is not on active directory, and there is no real "server".. the network is just a small office network and i think having that root, branch, leaf (w/c is like making a domain in internet?) setup is too complicated to set up for our office... nyway, ill try to learn read more on the link you gave me.. thanks for your idea!

10-02-2007, 12:06 AM	#4 (permalink)
EricB Hard Core Techie Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 10,902	Re: an easier way of updating software on network computers? get an A/V that updates itself or sync your av application data folders __________________ The Ultimate Hard Drive Utility PowerMax 4.23. (It now has the ability to clean a Boot Sector virus on the quick erase option.) The best browser Netscape 8 Have you accidently delete something? Look here (trial. the better one) and here(free)

10-02-2007, 07:32 PM	#5 (permalink)
bopol Newb Techie Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 20	Re: an easier way of updating software on network computers? the a/v installed already updates itself automatically but prob is that they tend to load the system because they update at the same time... i also want it to apply to other software updates, not just the a/v... but thanks for your suggestion

10-02-2007, 07:48 PM	#6 (permalink)
EricB Hard Core Techie Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 10,902	Re: an easier way of updating software on network computers? look for syncing software and sync the update folders. __________________ The Ultimate Hard Drive Utility PowerMax 4.23. (It now has the ability to clean a Boot Sector virus on the quick erase option.) The best browser Netscape 8 Have you accidently delete something? Look here (trial. the better one) and here(free)

10-02-2007, 07:51 PM	#7 (permalink)
bopol Newb Techie Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 20	Re: an easier way of updating software on network computers? il do that... thanks a bunch

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