Well have little info to go on here is it possible to patch 1000 Win boxes answer is yes. How to do it not knowing the network is another story as everyone here has valid answers. In most cases though I'm going with Ammo on this one Foot-Lan if you are only one foot gawd help you. Chances are in may be a mixed Win enviro and you may have to do a bit of each and expect 16 to 18 hour days. Is this about Redmonds latest patches? In short unless your network is set up to push changes from the servers even in a mixed enviro you got much foot work Is called walking in the IT macosson syndrone, ya never understand until you walk it