Windows Update, Good vs. Evil
Scott H. pointed out that they typically disable Windows Update on their production servers. Makes perfect sense to me. On the other hand, I want Windows Update to pull updates for EVERYTHING on my dev box. I don't want to look for Office patches, SQL patches, MapPoint patches, etc., etc. I want a Just Patch Everything button.
I'm curious what people think about Windows Update. Good? Evil? Both?
We have a policy of keeping our dev servers up to date via Windows Update to ensure the latest patch/hotfix/service pack/whatever doesn't bite us when IT updates the staging & production servers.
See Windows Server 2003, and something called...being a Security Expert from Scott H.
Having worked at Corillian with Scott H for a while I understand their need to control this to the nth degree, but whether everyone needs this level of lock-down is questionable.