"Lawrence Garvin [MVP]" <onsitechsolutions@news.postalias> wrote in message
news:eyhQbTX5FHA.2192@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> Orin, it's probably not that you "got it first"... just that the low
volume of
> November updates allowed /all/ AU computers to update faster.
>

Thank you for the information.

Still I am so thrilled that I "got it first." This thing rarely happens to
me.

It is just a joke. I hope I did not offend any SUS user.


Orinello








> Here's what happens in this process:
>
> (1) Sometime on Patch Tuesday, usually afternoon Pacific Time, MS
publishes
> the content via WU/MU/SUS/WSUS.
>
> (2) Sometime during the next 22 hours after the publication of the
content,
> the WUA on your system performs it's approx-once-per-day check for
available
> updates. It finds the updates, and
>
> (3) Begins downloading them. It's this step here which when patch days
are
> very heavy could cause you to wait until Friday to actually get updates to
> install.
>
> (4) Once the updates are downloaded, then the WUA schedules them for
> installation at the next 'scheduled' installation window (3am by default -
so
> in the best of scenarios, this will normally be 3am /Thursday/ morning --
but
> there is a 1 in 3 chance that you could get the update fast enough for it
to
> install at 3am Wednesday morning.)
>
> If there are any delays in (3) at all, then you'll see them scheduled for
> installation at 3am Friday morning.
>
> If you don't use scheduled installations, then you'll likely see the
> Notification Area icon sometime late Wednesday evening, or on Thursday.
Again,
> if there are delays at (3), you may not see the notification until Friday.
>
> Note.. you can force the execution of the WUA detection cycle, by running
> 'wuauclt /detectnow' on Tuesday evening, which can also contribute to
getting
> them installed in that 3am Wednesday cycle, provided the download
completes by
> 3am.
>
> "Orin Oríg" <lusterlux@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> news:WFscf.7117$AS6.5391@newsread3.news.atl.earthl ink.net...
> >
> > "suckacheese" <suckacheese@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:7CF6C027-292E-4099-9A99-38AE05E70805@microsoft.com...
> >> Neither of my SUS servers at work will pick up the new patch. I see
that
> > it
> >> is available on Windows Update though. I also see that at
> >> http://www.microsoft.com/security, the latest security bulletin listed
is
> >> October.
> >>
> >> If you have information on this, please reply to the thresd.
> >
> >
> > I am using a stand-alone computer and I do not usually get a patch on
"patch
> > Tuesday." I usually get it on Fridays.
> >
> > I checked for the patch yesterday and Microsoft gave me this: KB896424.
It
> > said that this patch will resolve some issues on graphics.
> >
> > Maybe Microsoft changed the priorities on downloads. They gave the
> > stand-alone computers to install the patch first . . . perhaps they want
to
> > know if the patch has some flaws before they issue the patch to big
servers
> > . . .
> >
> > If this is the correct patch, I want Microsoft Corp. to know that I have
no
> > problems with it.
> >
> > Thank you and continue your good work (the one you promised to Federal
> > Judge Jackson to avoid the corporation break-up.)
> >
> >
> > Orinello
> >
> >
>
>