[zeugma]

Why am I having trouble finding the right part of the Microsoft web page?

You're using windows, yet you expect microsoft to make something easy for you? :-) You should know by now that's not the microsoft way.

[Incorrigible]

 

http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/cd/order.asp

Order the Windows Security Update CD

Updated Date: April 16, 2004
 

The Windows Security Update CD will be shipped to you free of charge. This CD includes Microsoft critical updates released through October 2003 and information to help you protect your PC. In addition, you will also receive a free antivirus and firewall trial software CD.

This CD is only available for Windows XP, Windows Me, Windows 2000, Windows 98, and Windows 98 Second Edition (SE).

Please allow 2-4 weeks for delivery.

To get started, please choose your location (language) from the appropriate drop-down menu. Customers outside the US and Canada: Please select a location and language below to order a CD. (CD availability varies by country.)

[Vulpes]

I think you will want to look into Software Update Service (SUS) and Windows Update Service (WUS) on Microsoft's site

[NJ_gent]

I believe Microsoft has a seperate page for Corporate customers to download individual updates for network-based installations. That may no longer be available, however, as they'd prefer to get you using Software Update Services (SUS). That being said, you can also order a CD from Microsoft, but I believe that costs a small fee, and it will obviously be out of date rather quickly.

If the computers in the satellite offices are Windows 2000 or above, your best option is to configure automatic updates to automatically download and install available updates at a specified time when you know the computers will be active. I generally prefer to set this towards the end of the work day, as it sometimes requires a reboot. If you're dealing with 98/ME machines, you can get the critical updates notifier (available under the recommended updates on the Windows Update site), which will prompt the users to download available critical updates. The successor to SUS, WUS, should be available shortly, if it is not already. You can read more about that here.

[Myrddin]

The Windows Update site maintains downloadable images for corporate LAN deployment. Your situation is very common. Surf the update site and find the corporate LAN download images.

Check here as a starting point.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Good info.

[Golden Eagle]

I think this is the information you need:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;323166

You'll need your own cd burner software after you've downloaded the patches. Hope it works for you, we do it all the time.

[snooker]

There is a set of MS windows programs that do this. I think most of them are included on the corporate distribution for windows. If you have a lot of clients, you should qualify for the disk. Let's you cache updates locally to save comm charges.

Here is the latest Windows CE disk beta. Not sure if what you need is on it, but the download is free so it's easy to look.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=7C6265E9-3189-47B8-B317-B1280A24E349&displaylang=en

Or search the corporate, install, diag and troubleshooting part of the MS site.