Can you trust 'Windows Updates'?

[DaveB]

go on then, how do you use a linux box to install windows updates?

You download the updates from the MS site, they all follow the format http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=xxxxxx. A simple script could be used to retrieve them.

Set up Samba on the linux box to make the dowloaded patches available to MS boxes.

Get your MS boxes to dowload and install the updates from the linux box instead of the MS server.

Not saying it's practical or desirable, but it is doable.

[blacjac]

You download the updates from the MS site, they all follow the format http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=xxxxxx. A simple script could be used to retrieve them.

Set up Samba on the linux box to make the dowloaded patches available to MS boxes.

Get your MS boxes to dowload and install the updates from the linux box instead of the MS server.

Not saying it's practical or desirable, but it is doable.

I'd say that is using a windows box to install it myself.....