Hi! Please forgive what may be a "newbie" question - I don't know
vbscripting, so this may be a simple fix (I hope so!)

I have 4 WinXP machines that are used for computer forensics investigations,
and are therefore kept off the internet. I'd like to get them updated, since
they were only running SP1a. I was able to update SP2 by downloading the
200-something MB update, but I want to be able to get the rest of the updates
on a fairly regular basis, and I thought that the WUA may be a solution.

I copied the example file found here
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...es_offline.asp
and ran it at a command line like the article said. I do have the Script
Agent Installed, and I think that I installed the WUA correctly (it was a cab
file, so I extracted the files into a folder on the drive - if this isn't
correct, I'm not sure what to do with it.)

When I run the vbs file from the command line, I get Error 0x8024402C -
according to the MS site means "Same as ERROR_WINHTTP_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED - The
proxy server or target server name cannot be resolved" - I have no idea what
that means. When I run it from the GUI - it tells me line 6 is null, if that
helps any.

Sorry for the epistle - thought giving as much info as possible might help.
If there is something else you need to know, please tell me. Thanks for any
advice/help you can give. If there is a better way for me to do this, please
let me know that too :-)

-Tara

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main email is tara.e.johnson at gmail dot com

In news:224AA40E-F3B3-454C-9FE1-DF65FEF2E8C2@microsoft.com,
Tara Johnson <TaraJohnson@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
> Hi! Please forgive what may be a "newbie" question - I don't know
> vbscripting, so this may be a simple fix (I hope so!)
>
> I have 4 WinXP machines that are used for computer forensics
> investigations, and are therefore kept off the internet. I'd like to
> get them updated, since they were only running SP1a. I was able to
> update SP2 by downloading the 200-something MB update, but I want to
> be able to get the rest of the updates on a fairly regular basis, and
> I thought that the WUA may be a solution.
>
> I copied the example file found here
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...es_offline.asp
> and ran it at a command line like the article said. I do have the
> Script Agent Installed, and I think that I installed the WUA
> correctly (it was a cab file, so I extracted the files into a folder
> on the drive - if this isn't correct, I'm not sure what to do with
> it.)
>
> When I run the vbs file from the command line, I get Error 0x8024402C
> - according to the MS site means "Same as
> ERROR_WINHTTP_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED - The proxy server or target server
> name cannot be resolved" - I have no idea what that means. When I
> run it from the GUI - it tells me line 6 is null, if that helps any.
>
> Sorry for the epistle - thought giving as much info as possible might
> help. If there is something else you need to know, please tell me.
> Thanks for any advice/help you can give. If there is a better way
> for me to do this, please let me know that too :-)
>
> -Tara

Hi - I suggest you look into SUS or WSUS - free.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserv...s/default.mspx

Well, I think I may have found a better solution to my dilemma on how to
update my computers - Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (v 2)- but now I
am sort of running into problems with it.

I am using the Command Line version of MBSA, as that has the HFNetChk tool
built into it (the type of tool I was originally looking for, it turns out).
When I run the program, I get the following error:

Result: Computer has an older version of the client and security database
demands a newer version.

I just downloaded new versions of the .cab file today, at the same time as
the MSBA software, so I'm not really sure what I am doing wrong. Any input
is appreciated.

Thanks,
Tara

Has anyone seen this before? I just downloaded the MNSA software today
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main email is tara.e.johnson at gmail dot com

Tara Johnson wrote:

> Well, I think I may have found a better solution to my dilemma on how to
> update my computers - Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (v 2)- but now I
> am sort of running into problems with it.
>
> I am using the Command Line version of MBSA, as that has the HFNetChk tool
> built into it (the type of tool I was originally looking for, it turns out).
> When I run the program, I get the following error:
>
> Result: Computer has an older version of the client and security database
> demands a newer version.
>
> I just downloaded new versions of the .cab file today, at the same time as
> the MSBA software, so I'm not really sure what I am doing wrong. Any input
> is appreciated.
Hi,

Please see the answers to the tree questions listed below at the
MBSA 2.0 FAQ Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sec.../mbsa2/qa.mspx


Q. What happens if I do not have Windows Update Agent deployed when I
scan?

Q. Why does MBSA 2.0 require a client agent on the target computer?

Q. MBSA uses files that it downloads from the Internet, but the
computer I want to use to scan my network doesn't have Internet
access. How can I use MBSA in this case?


And a fyi:

You may want to post any future question in the MBSA newsgroup.

WebNews link to the MBSA newsgroup:
http://www.microsoft.com/communities...ine _analyzer




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torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting, Porsgrunn Norway
Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of
the 1328 page Scripting Guide:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scr...r/default.mspx

Thanks! I'll take a look at those.

And I didn't know there was an MBSA newsgroup (I didn't see it when I was
searching through the newsgroups) - I'll go there next.

I really appreciate the help.

-Tara
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main email is tara.e.johnson at gmail dot com


"Torgeir Bakken (MVP)" wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Please see the answers to the tree questions listed below at the
> MBSA 2.0 FAQ Web site:
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sec.../mbsa2/qa.mspx
>
>
> Q. What happens if I do not have Windows Update Agent deployed when I
> scan?
>
> Q. Why does MBSA 2.0 require a client agent on the target computer?
>
> Q. MBSA uses files that it downloads from the Internet, but the
> computer I want to use to scan my network doesn't have Internet
> access. How can I use MBSA in this case?
>
>
> And a fyi:
>
> You may want to post any future question in the MBSA newsgroup.
>
> WebNews link to the MBSA newsgroup:
> http://www.microsoft.com/communities...ine _analyzer
>
>
>
>
> --
> torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting, Porsgrunn Norway
> Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of
> the 1328 page Scripting Guide:
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scr...r/default.mspx
>

THANK YOU!

Looking through those 3 questions helped fix my problem. I really
appreciate it.

Thanks again,
Tara
--
main email is tara.e.johnson at gmail dot com


"Torgeir Bakken (MVP)" wrote:

> Tara Johnson wrote:
>
> > Well, I think I may have found a better solution to my dilemma on how to
> > update my computers - Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (v 2)- but now I
> > am sort of running into problems with it.
> >
> > I am using the Command Line version of MBSA, as that has the HFNetChk tool
> > built into it (the type of tool I was originally looking for, it turns out).
> > When I run the program, I get the following error:
> >
> > Result: Computer has an older version of the client and security database
> > demands a newer version.
> >
> > I just downloaded new versions of the .cab file today, at the same time as
> > the MSBA software, so I'm not really sure what I am doing wrong. Any input
> > is appreciated.
> Hi,
>
> Please see the answers to the tree questions listed below at the
> MBSA 2.0 FAQ Web site:
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sec.../mbsa2/qa.mspx
>
>
> Q. What happens if I do not have Windows Update Agent deployed when I
> scan?
>
> Q. Why does MBSA 2.0 require a client agent on the target computer?
>
> Q. MBSA uses files that it downloads from the Internet, but the
> computer I want to use to scan my network doesn't have Internet
> access. How can I use MBSA in this case?
>
>
> And a fyi:
>
> You may want to post any future question in the MBSA newsgroup.
>
> WebNews link to the MBSA newsgroup:
> http://www.microsoft.com/communities...ine _analyzer
>
>
>
>
> --
> torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting, Porsgrunn Norway
> Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of
> the 1328 page Scripting Guide:
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scr...r/default.mspx
>