WSUS basic question

WSUS beginner.

WSUS lists, it looks like, every update ever released for client
workstations, such as XP.

My question is - my client workstations already have nearly all of these
updates. Should I approve these updates, just to have everything approved?

I guess I want to know if WSUS is intelligent enough to say "Hey, this
update isn't needed on this client - I'll skip it".

Any help?

Thanks
PM

Hi,

You should approve all the patches. You (or someone else) might one day miss
a computer that does not have all the patches installed before you put it on
the network. In this case, client will go and update itself...

Clients will only download the patches that they are missing and not all the
patches that are approved on WSUS.

There is also a newsgroup microsoft.public.softwareupdatesvcs dedicate to
software updates including WSUS.

I hope this helps,

--
Mike
Microsoft MVP - Windows Security

"PM" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> WSUS beginner.
>
> WSUS lists, it looks like, every update ever released for client
> workstations, such as XP.
>
> My question is - my client workstations already have nearly all of these
> updates. Should I approve these updates, just to have everything
> approved?
>
> I guess I want to know if WSUS is intelligent enough to say "Hey, this
> update isn't needed on this client - I'll skip it".
>
> Any help?
>
> Thanks
> PM