Managing self-updating Windows software in GPO-deployed packages

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Published on 2010-07-08T09:32:15Z Indexed on 2011/01/08 15:55 UTC
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Being very new to Windows software distribution for a small network (<50 clients) I was wondering how software packages like Adobe's Reader or Java are handled. I can deploy them as MSIs via group policies just fine. But what happens when the client software detects updates? What are common ways to handle this? Disable the software's autoupdate feature? Redeploy when the admin detects a new version?

Just fishing for knowledge, thanks for any hint.

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