Using SUS to deploy XP SP2

As a followup to Monday's post on using SMS to install XP SP2, the Software Update Services team have now released guidance on deploying Windows XP Service Pack 2 with SUS. This can dramatically cut the bandwidth requirements for a company and enable administrators to have more control over the process. If you don't need all of SMS's bells and whistles, but you still need to patch a bunch of machines, it's pretty much a no-brainer to get SUS — it's free to download, after all!