SW, I just don't get it
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As a mod I will say it is hard to be a community mod, we are still small here but we still watch everything and try to stay out of the way. I hope you have noticed around here we don't really moderate much other than bad language. Even @PSX_Defector only gets words [moderated] out, his whole post stays, and for anyone that knows him or his reputation, you know what should have been there.
Moderation is not about being PC but it sounds like that is what it has turned into. I do want to point out we don't want to become the "over there" bashing society here though.
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@CHaynes2013 said:
@Bill-Kindle I understand if his English isn't near perfect, but I was commenting on his demeanor of "everyone can go screw themselves, I'm out of here!"
I think it's a gross overgeneralization by mods to just go around deleting posts. But then again, I probably shouldn't be bitching about mods, it's not exactly productive.
If you have problems with moderation over there, reach out the the moderator or CM over there.
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@DenisKelley said:
As you probably are aware, you just setup a different Group Policy for those PCs you wish to test.
No I'm not, can you explain? What I have done is setup different groups within WSUS - one for Accounts dept, one for Sales dept and one for everyone else. That way I can approve for Accounts dept first, and then assuming that goes well, I can approve for Sales dept and then everyone else. So I'm staggering the installations, so that if there is a problem, I only have to deal with a handful of PCs rather than every PC.
One thing I'm not sure about with this process is how I should approve updates for other departments once I've approved for Accounts dept. How do I view which updates have been approved only for Accounts, so that I can then select them and approve for other users?
You can probably tell I'm a newbie when it comes to WSUS.
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The thread seems pretty benign now. Did Frank redact something?
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On WSUS... We use InTune for WSUS functionality for our disparate systems that are never in the same locations.
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@CHaynes2013 if you are straight up implying that someone might be drunk because you cannot understand them, yes that deserves to be removed. While understanding that this and SW are mainly English speaking sites you have to keep in mind if you don't know the person or they are from a different nationality their English will be moderate at best. The bigger question is why are you getting upset by having your "are you drunk" post removed? It adds nothing to the conversation or line of question. The user in question as @Bill-Kindle has said has a different way of communicating than we do. If you don't know the person don't make such public comments about his use of HIS second language. Play nice and you won't be moderated. Mod's delete posts for reasons, if you have an issue with it raise it with them, don't come to a different site just to complain about the other because they are doing something that you don't approve of.
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@Carnival-Boy said:
@DenisKelley said:
As you probably are aware, you just setup a different Group Policy for those PCs you wish to test.
No I'm not, can you explain? What I have done is setup different groups within WSUS - one for Accounts dept, one for Sales dept and one for everyone else. That way I can approve for Accounts dept first, and then assuming that goes well, I can approve for Sales dept and then everyone else. So I'm staggering the installations, so that if there is a problem, I only have to deal with a handful of PCs rather than every PC.
One thing I'm not sure about with this process is how I should approve updates for other departments once I've approved for Accounts dept. How do I view which updates have been approved only for Accounts, so that I can then select them and approve for other users?
You can probably tell I'm a newbie when it comes to WSUS.
It is somewhat similar to what you are doing, but in Active Directory, I have different computer OUs. I have one for Servers, one for PCs, and one for WSUS test. Since they are in different OUs, I can apply a unique WSUS group policy to them. The best guide I've used is the WSUS Step-by-Step guide. I realize the new O/S have a newer WSUS version, but the concepts should be similar. Browse the setup here: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=913. Rob over on SW also has a how-to he wrote with a bunch of good advice. http://community.spiceworks.com/how_to/show/1390-wsus-gpo-settings-for-the-real-world
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@DenisKelley Similar to what I've done too. Been working great so far. I also followed a lot of Rob's advice.
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@david.wiese That's the thing. My 'are you drunk' comment wasn't removed (that entire thread got deleted). Again, even in that comment, I said his demeanor (meaning posting two topics about basically telling off his entire office) made him seem drunk, not his grammar.
I am well aware that SW isn't completely English speaking, and I don't get on people for grammar. The part that bugs me was that something I said in a completely different thread was removed, but the mod cited me posting that previously.Also, can we stop with the "why don't you talk to them?" If you had read my post, you would clearly see that I did go to them. I didn't come here to complain, I just happened to notice someone else complain about a mod deleting their post, and I said "that happened to me too. What's up with the mods"
@scottalanmiller Frank didn't respond to either of my comments. He didn't redact or change anything as far as I can tell. -
@scottalanmiller said:
On WSUS... We use InTune for WSUS functionality for our disparate systems that are never in the same locations.
Scott, do you test first? And what if the client doesn't have the resources to do a test?
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@technobabble this is the SMB. We don't test internally, not a good use of resources. Something bad could happen but the risk is very low. Neither us nor any client has gotten a bad patch in a decade and a half.
In the SMB clients don't test patches. It's unheard of. No one will pay for that and most if the time I agree. It's a nice theory but when out in a business cost perspective just not commonly worth it. Just too unlikely to be a problem and too easy to fix.
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Thanks!
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I test them in a VM but I don't do each and every one individually, I just run them on patch Tuesday using a special WSUS group, then test them for 1-2 days, if nothing major shows up I consider it good enough. It's not really thorough but it's good enough. There are a few here and there I have to block as it breaks apps. I haven't seen one that was a complete failure (IE reboot loops etc) since XP or earlier. They've gotten a lot better.
