NextWish Posted September 21, 2004 Share Posted September 21, 2004 Software Update Services, is an amazing application but it's restricted so it can only be installed on server operating systems.SUS actually works perfectly fine on Windows XP and Windows 2000 Professional (As long as you are running aleast Service Pack 2), the restriction actually exists in the MSI installer.I have written a patcher which removes this restriction, allowing SUS to be installed on any Windows XP Professional / Windows 2000 Professional (SP2+) workstation.From day to day, I work as an onsite tech and I have SUS installed on a laptop.Armed with my SUS Utility and laptop, this allows me to have a roaming copy of Windows Update which I can use to update workstations which dont have internet connectivity.http://www.nextwish.org/geek.php?page=suspatcher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCT Posted September 21, 2004 Share Posted September 21, 2004 wow.. way 2 spam.. 1 post & already your spamming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NextWish Posted September 21, 2004 Author Share Posted September 21, 2004 I've been ninja'ing over here for quite some time just never had the need to signup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NextWish Posted September 21, 2004 Author Share Posted September 21, 2004 Software Update Services, is an amazing application but it's restricted so it can only be installed on server operating systems.SUS actually works perfectly fine on Windows XP and Windows 2000 Professional (As long as you are running aleast Service Pack 2), the restriction actually exists in the MSI installer.I have written a patcher which removes this restriction, allowing SUS to be installed on any Windows XP Professional / Windows 2000 Professional (SP2+) workstation.http://www.nextwish.org/geek.php?page=suspatcherFeedback is more than welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCT Posted September 21, 2004 Share Posted September 21, 2004 btw.. your link doesnt work 4 me, 404 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCT Posted September 21, 2004 Share Posted September 21, 2004 dude give it a rest lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NextWish Posted September 21, 2004 Author Share Posted September 21, 2004 btw.. your link doesnt work 4 me, 404It takes 24 horus for the planetmirror to rsync in and update.Use the OzForces Link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCT Posted September 21, 2004 Share Posted September 21, 2004 i dont want it, i was just saying your link didnt work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedy_86 Posted September 21, 2004 Share Posted September 21, 2004 Hey NextWish I tried this tool on a Win XP machine with SP2 on it as well as on a W2K machine with SP4 and it didn't work on both of them.Couldn't you give me an idea?? It always says it can't open the PatchedSUSSetup.msi but I don't see it at all.I suppose the problem might be in either the msi2xml.exe, the sed.cmd or the xml2msi.exe but most probably the problem is in the msi2xml.exe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NextWish Posted September 21, 2004 Author Share Posted September 21, 2004 Hey NextWish I tried this tool on a Win XP machine with SP2 on it as well as on a W2K machine with SP4 and it didn't work on both of them.Couldn't you give me an idea?? It always says it can't open the PatchedSUSSetup.msi but I don't see it at all.I suppose the problem might be in either the msi2xml.exe, the sed.cmd or the xml2msi.exe but most probably the problem is in the msi2xml.exeDo you have ICQ / MSN etc?ICQ: 22069278MSN: webmaster@nextwish.orgI'd be interested in going through and finding out whats going on.I have tested the patcher on Windows 2000 SP4 (via vmware) and Windows XP Pro.What directory are you installing to, does the directory contain spaces etc?Try installing to C:\SUSInstall ; does that work? etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NextWish Posted September 21, 2004 Author Share Posted September 21, 2004 Hey NextWish I tried this tool on a Win XP machine with SP2 on it as well as on a W2K machine with SP4 and it didn't work on both of them.Couldn't you give me an idea?? It always says it can't open the PatchedSUSSetup.msi but I don't see it at all.I suppose the problem might be in either the msi2xml.exe, the sed.cmd or the xml2msi.exe but most probably the problem is in the msi2xml.exeI think I found the problem,I've rolled a new version, grab it from hereLet me know if that fixes your problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedy_86 Posted September 21, 2004 Share Posted September 21, 2004 I'm not really sure about the IIS- configuration but it seems to work. At least the installation started. For the installation i just used the D:\SUS. Couldn't you tell me where the problem was? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedy_86 Posted September 21, 2004 Share Posted September 21, 2004 Sorry I didn't answer your offer for live-support but as I'm working right now I am not allowed to lurk around the I-Net all the time. And anyway I couldn't have made anything with MSN or ICQ because they are blocked by our Firewall.I gotta say it works just fine for me now. I'm really curious what the problem was.Well thanks for fixing the problem so quickly. Could it have been because I use a multilingual XP and a german w2k version?Sry should have edited the other post ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Posted September 21, 2004 Share Posted September 21, 2004 nice one, should come in handy at some point, thanks Threads Merged Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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