lcohen999 Posted September 30, 2005 Share Posted September 30, 2005 I have a Broadcom NIC and (after help on this board, thanks again) it was determined that I need to upgrade this driver. I have 80 pcs to update.Is it possible to get this driver out either with a .vbs, gpo or WSUS.I just synced my WSUS server and that driver does not show up there.Any assistance would be appreciated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ixion Posted September 30, 2005 Share Posted September 30, 2005 cant think of anything off the top of my head but please keep up posted with anything you find! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilifrei64 Posted September 30, 2005 Share Posted September 30, 2005 as far as I know.. no you cannot.. WSUS can only distribute Windows Update content. MS ads signitures to their files to approve them.. I would not imagine they would enable this functionality because it would be like opening a door for a virus writer to try and exploit this and deploy it to every computer in the enterprise..I would say use Group Policy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcohen999 Posted October 1, 2005 Author Share Posted October 1, 2005 how would I use Group Policy to push the driver? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravashaak Posted October 1, 2005 Share Posted October 1, 2005 (edited) You could use group policy to trigger a script (startup scripts runs under system context, so it would likely be best) which silently installs the driver. However, if you have a mix of systems, and only SOME of them need the driver, then I'd recommend first creating an OU solely for these systems and then dropping all systems needing this driver update into the new OU, then assign your startup script to the new OU. A reboot of these systems would then trigger the script and the driver update would install. However, I'd recommend coding the script to also sense whether or not the system had already been updated to the new driver version myself (either through a registry check or some sort of file version comparison). Tools such as reg.exe and filever.exe would be helpful in these cases. - Ravashaak Edited October 1, 2005 by ravashaak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravashaak Posted October 1, 2005 Share Posted October 1, 2005 Another thing you could potentially do would be to push the script to the target systems via PSEXEC from sysinternals.com. Please note that if you try this method, I'd recommend thoroughly testing it first as not all installers react well to remote installation via PSEXEC. - Ravashaak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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