Updates installing order

Windows Server 2003, SP2, File server role.

I am planning to install updates (and restart) to the the file server.

It is some time I don't install them because of high availability
issue, so I have many updates to install.

What I want to do, is to install 4, 5 updates a time and collect
information after each restart to see potential problems and fix them
without a "one-bombing-updates-install" that sometimes produce a real
unpredictable scenario.

How can I safely deselect some updates and install only few of them a
time ? Do I have to start deselect them from the top or the bottom ?

In short, which is the order of the updates installation ?

Any help much appreciated.

Thanks for help.

[[Forwarded to Server Security newsgroup via crosspost, if only for the
entertainment value.]]

joker197cinque wrote:
> Windows Server 2003, SP2, File server role.
>
> I am planning to install updates (and restart) to the the file server.
>
> It is some time I don't install them because of high availability
> issue, so I have many updates to install.
>
> What I want to do, is to install 4, 5 updates a time and collect
> information after each restart to see potential problems and fix them
> without a "one-bombing-updates-install" that sometimes produce a real
> unpredictable scenario.
>
> How can I safely deselect some updates and install only few of them a
> time ? Do I have to start deselect them from the top or the bottom ?
>
> In short, which is the order of the updates installation ?
>
> Any help much appreciated.
>
> Thanks for help.

On Sep 28, 8:05*pm, "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABear...@gmail.com> wrote:

> [[Forwarded to Server Security newsgroup via crosspost, if only for the
> entertainment value.]]

Hi PA Bear,

I see that you posted the question also here: http://tinyurl.com/y9zdegp

I hope that someone can help me.

Regards.

joker197cinque wrote:
> PA Bear wrote:
>> [[Forwarded to Server Security newsgroup via crosspost, if only for the
>> entertainment value.]]
>
> Hi PA Bear,
>
> I see that you posted the question also here: http://tinyurl.com/y9zdegp

That's what crossposting means: A reply is posted in both newsgroups.

On Sep 30, 9:01*pm, "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABear...@gmail.com> wrote:

> That's what crossposting means: A reply is posted in both newsgroups.

Can you help me with my question?

Thanks.

joker197cinque wrote:

> Windows Server 2003, SP2, File server role.
>
> I am planning to install updates (and restart) to the the file server.
>
> It is some time I don't install them because of high availability
> issue, so I have many updates to install.
>
> What I want to do, is to install 4, 5 updates a time and collect
> information after each restart to see potential problems and fix them
> without a "one-bombing-updates-install" that sometimes produce a real
> unpredictable scenario.

Probably unnecessary. At least, I've never had any issues with installing all
available updates simultaneously to a new machine. YMMV.

> How can I safely deselect some updates and install only few of them a
> time ? Do I have to start deselect them from the top or the bottom ?
>
> In short, which is the order of the updates installation ?

It doesn't matter.

Certain major updates, such as service packs, new Internet Explorer versions,
and so on, should be installed separately from any other updates. (In fact I'd
recommend installing such updates manually rather than via Windows Update, and
make sure you reboot both before and after installation.)

Harry.