HFNetChk 3.86

One particularly important element of operating a secure system is staying up to date on security patches. It s critical to know which patches have been applied to your system and, more importantly, which haven`t. HFNetChk that will significantly aid system administrators in this task. HFNetChk is a command-line tool that enables an administrator to check the patch status of all the machines in a network from a central location. The tool does this by referring to an XML database that is constantly updated by Microsoft.

You can use HFNetChk to assess patch status for the Windows NT 4.0, WIndows NT Terminal Server, Windows 2000, Windows XP operating systems, as well as hotfixes and service packs for IIS 4.0, IIS 5.0, SQL Server 7.0, SQL Server 2000 (including MSDE), Exchange Server 5.5, Exchange Server 2000, Windows Media Player, Front Page Server Extensions, Microsoft Java Virtual Machine, Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC), and Internet Explorer 5.01 or later.