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If you trust MS...Autopatch might be
an answer. We use several versions of Windows everything from win95 in a few PC's, win98se in a large percentage of PC's, Windows NT, and 2000 in the newer PC's. Already some of the current round of patches have caused user problems. They loose their desktop information (stuff they depend on to maker their work simpler and faster) So rather than doing all the PC's Automatically we have a tech do them and he/she is there to help the user if the patch messes something the user depends on to get his/her work done.

As for the purpose of IT. I can only speak for myself as a Mac tech. My job it to put our any fires that come up in a fast a fashion as possible to allow production to continue.

I'm not certain a Patch is the best way to accomplish that goal? After all a patch is in essence taking productivity out of the user/companies time in order to try and prevent some sort of possible issue in the future...and I guess that is good preventative medicine. However our two PC techs usually are enough to keep the day to day work flow on the PC's going nicely. When it comes patch time and worm time....necessary work like recovering crashed Windows, or hard drives or back nic issues or any number of day to day issues suffer a delay due to the whole patching thing. And there for on two front productivity suffers, the patching itself, and the normal day to day work that get's put off in the mean time.
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why is it the same attack is used after the patch?  oldskool | 04/28/04
Message has been deleted.  Chad_z | 04/28/04
wow - what did chad do wrong?  oldskool | 04/29/04
The patch worked!  ShadeTree | 04/29/04
It's going to be a good billing month  Chad_z | 04/28/04
My firm is a total fortress...  Mike Cox | 04/28/04
RE: My firm is a total fortress...  wackoae | 04/28/04
And in the real world:  kray_z | 04/29/04
Yeah, mine too...  cuervo-gold | 04/29/04
Admit it!  TWRX | 04/29/04
not great, but not bad  shallow_diver | 04/29/04
Non-news . . . . Situation Normal: All F'ed Up....  Plain Logic | 04/28/04
Affirmative... SSDD!  Xunil_Sierutuf | 04/29/04
Same old story..  d_jedi | 04/29/04
Don't forget the final step...  Zogg | 04/29/04
In a home environment..  d_jedi | 04/29/04
Why home users don't do that  bidemytime | 04/29/04
Re: Why home users don't do that  d_jedi | 04/29/04
And  bidemytime | 04/29/04
think he was talking Service packs 100+ meg  V Sanders | 04/29/04
Better Solution...  rinaldo | 04/29/04
Tell me..  d_jedi | 04/29/04
Clever twisting there.  j.m.galvin | 04/29/04
You're just plain wrong!  ShadeTree | 04/29/04
Oops!  ShadeTree | 04/29/04
Help me out  j.m.galvin | 04/29/04
Not as many infections = not as large an installed base.  ShadeTree | 04/29/04
Not as many infections = Not poor quality, Swiss cheese...  MacCanuck | 04/30/04
NASA writes plenty of it.  rinaldo | 04/29/04
Heeee Haaaa ho ho ohhhhh my  quietLee | 04/29/04
Didn't the mars rover use win95?  Spoon Jabber | 04/29/04
Bad Example  Outside T. Box | 04/29/04
Two problems with your post.  Laff | 04/29/04
Re: Two problems with your post  d_jedi | 04/29/04
If you trust MS...Autopatch might be  Laff | 04/29/04
If you want to know why administrators wait  doctormoriarty | 04/29/04
Wish you'd tell this to Microsoft.  Yen_z | 04/29/04
Darn, 4 year olds are cracking the most flawed OS in history..  Xunil_Sierutuf | 04/29/04
I doubt seriously...  ShadeTree | 04/29/04
I Like The Story  Mike Rotch | 04/29/04
This is my favorite time of year...MS path time:)  Laff | 04/29/04
Let he who is without sin throw the first stone!  ShadeTree | 04/29/04
Hmm...D A E M O N's silent today  Expatriate US Geek | 04/29/04
Good, don't provoke him  Linux_Developer | 04/30/04
No worries here  Enterprise Analyst | 04/29/04
Intersting spin  quietLee | 04/29/04
I would like to see (wish item)  V Sanders | 04/29/04
RE: Worm worries grow with release of Windows hacks  cocococo013 | 11/16/09

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