Is there a way to update all computers by updating only one in a network?

Question

I have a computer rental shop and most of the time my online games always has updates and I have to update each and everyone of my 10 computers. It takes a lot of time.
There must be a way to update one and then probably it will update all. It would be like all computer in the network would have the same content on thier harddisks without removing the harddisk and cloning them.

Answer 1

Stick all the PCs on a domain and from the domain controller PC you can push out all sorts of updates.

Answer 2

Not cheaply.



WSUS is good for windows updates, but if you are talking about game updates, your best bet would be to have an Altiris server. With Altiris, you can have it scan a computer that has been updated and it will build a package with all the changes, you can then push down that package to all the other PC's and it will change them the same way. YMMV though.

Answer 3

Cloning the disks wouldn't work, each macine needs to have a unique name and SID.



SMS can do what you want. WSUS is only for certain Microsoft updates.