WINDOWS UPDATE WILL NOW DOWNLOAD (SEE FIGURE 8

8. Windows Update will now download (see Figure 8.80) and install theselected updates. More often than not, you will be required to restartthe computer after the installation to complete the process. Restartingthe computer allows files that were in use to be updated. That’s allthere is to using Windows Update to update a single computer.

Figure 8.80

Windows Update Downloads and Installs the UpdatesUsing Windows Update is a simple, easy way to update a single computer or a fewcomputers. But if you have more than a few computers to update or want to control whenand how the updates are applied to your computers, you need to use one of the othermethods we discuss in the next few sections.

Windows Update Catalog

The Windows Update Catalog and the Software Update Services have replaced what wasonce known as Corporate Windows Update. Corporate Windows Update allowed you tobrowse through all the available updates for your operating system, download the ones youwanted, and then deploy them using any available means, such as scripting or SMS.Windows Update Catalog pretty much performs the same function as the now defunctCorporate Windows Update site. Software Update Services (SUS) takes the concept a stepfurther by automatically downloading the updates to the SUS server and staging them foryou until you are ready to deploy them.We examine SUS in the next section, but for nowlet’s see how the Windows Update Catalog can be used to locate and download updates ofour choosing in Exercise 8.11.