October 2009
Intermediate to advanced
1760 pages
93h 25m
English
Most updates in your organization should be installed using WSUS 3.0 SP2 or Configuration Manager 2007 R2. However, at times you might need to install, script, or remove updates manually. This section provides an overview of Windows Update files and describes how to work with updates.
Windows 7 uses MSU files for installing updates, which are Microsoft Update Standalone Packages. MSU files are not executable as are updates for versions of Windows prior to Windows Vista. However, they function quite similarly to executable files because you can double-click them to install an update.
SECURITY ALERT For security purposes, MSU files should be treated as executable ...