This white paper provides step by step instructions to apply Microsoft patches with Lieberman
Software’s Task Scheduler Pro.
1. Applying Microsoft Patches with Task Scheduler Pro
The MSBlast worm, also called the RPC/DCOM vulnerability, requires that you install a specific version of the patch for each platform you are patching. Task Scheduler Pro allows enables you to copy the appropriate platform specific patch to each of your systems, execute the patch in an unattended manner, and reboot the systems remotely without any further action on your part. Task Scheduler Pro allows administrators to deploy patches across their enterprise much faster than distribution systems like Microsoft SMS. Patch tasks can be created on all of your systems simultaneously, and they begin executing on your systems almost immediately. In a virus outbreak situation, speed is essential.

2. Preparation - Download Patches
First download the patches you will need from the Microsoft web site and store them in a common and convenient location on your local machine. Task Scheduler Pro will copy these files to your systems. The following section provides lists of file names and specific links to the Microsoft web site to download each patch. For the sake of easy installation, these should be all stored in a common location on your local workstation.
When this guide was written the current files were named as follows:
Windows NT 4.0 Server File Name: Q823980i.EXE
Windows NT 4.0 Terminal Server Edition File Name: Q823980i.EXE
Windows 2000 File Name: Windows2000-KB823980-x86-ENU.exe
Windows XP 32 bit Edition File Name: WindowsXP-KB823980-x86-ENU.exe
Windows XP 64 bit Edition File Name: WindowsXP-KB823980-ia64-ENU.exe
Windows Server 2003 32 bit Edition File Name: WindowsServer2003-KB823980-x86-ENU.exe
Windows Server 2003 64 bit Edition File Name: WindowsServer2003-KB823980-ia64-ENU.exe

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