Sorry my late response... I was ill :-) Yes, I know WUS (see my sign *g*), but this isn´t what I need... :-) What I like is a small batch/programm which I can start via taskmanager. This programm should stop some tasks, patch the windows 2003 OS and restart the complete server. Perhaps there is a Windows comand which I can use to force these "Autoupdate" to scan and reinstall the patches?!?!