The Settings dialog box in the Custom Updates Publishing Tool contains the Import List, Synchronization, Data Source, Trusted Publishers, and Advanced tabs. You can use these tabs to configure the automatic updates and import locations for software updates catalogs, enable and configure Systems Management Server 2003 catalog synchronization, set the database location for the Custom Updates Publishing Tool, remove publishers that are no longer trusted, configure whether to check digitally signed software updates catalogs for certificate revocation, and disable the per-user MSI warning.
The dialog box contains the elements described in the following table.
- Import List tab
- Provides the ability to add, remove, modify, or find software
updates catalogs. The following elements are available:
- Automatically check for updates to my catalogs on
startup: Specifies that during startup, the Custom Updates
Publishing Tool will automatically check for newer versions of the
software updates catalogs that have been added to the Import List
and display the results on the Custom Updates
Publishing Tool Start Page. If there is a newer version of a
catalog, it can be imported from the startup page.
- Import List: Contains a list of all catalogs that have
been added to the import list. The catalogs in the list can be
imported in bulk by using the Import Software Updates Catalog
Wizard.
- Add: Opens the Add Catalog Dialog
Box containing the Choose Path, Name,
Description, Support Contact, Require approval of
unsigned catalogs from this location during import, and
Always flag these updates for publishing options.
- Find: Opens the Discover and Add
External Catalogs Dialog Box which retrieves the discovery list
of all vendor catalogs that have been registered with Microsoft and
provides the ability to add discovered catalogs to the import file
list.
- Edit: Opens the Modify Catalog Dialog
Box which allows you to modify the highlighted software updates
catalog. The Path, Name, Description,
Support Contact, Require approval of unsigned catalogs
from this location during import, and Always flag these
updates for publishing settings can be modified.
- Remove: Deletes the highlighted software updates catalog
file from the import list.
- Remove All: Deletes all software updates catalog files
from the import list.
- Automatically check for updates to my catalogs on
startup: Specifies that during startup, the Custom Updates
Publishing Tool will automatically check for newer versions of the
software updates catalogs that have been added to the Import List
and display the results on the Custom Updates
Publishing Tool Start Page. If there is a newer version of a
catalog, it can be imported from the startup page.
- Synchronization tab
- Provides the ability to enable and configure the Custom Updates
Publishing Tool for the synchronization role. The following options
are available:
- Configure publishing tool for synchronization role:
Enables synchronization between the publishing tool and a Systems
Management Server (SMS) 2003 site server.
- Site Server Name: Specifies the SMS 2003 site
server NetBIOS name. The site server name is validated when
clicking OK or Apply. The required field indicator
displays if validation is unsuccessful and a new site server name
must be entered.
- PkgSource location of the scan tool package: Specifies
the package location used by the Inventory Tool for Custom Updates.
If the inventory tool is installed in the default location, the
package source is installed in the %ProgramFiles%\Custom
Update Scan Tool\PkgSource local folder and shared as
CSTPackageSrc. For a remote site server, enter
\\<ServerName>\CSTPackageSrc for the
package source location.
- Details: Displays the following synchronization settings
information:
- Status: Specifies whether a connection to the site
server was successful. Click Apply to verify the
connection.
- Site Server: Specifies the configured site server
name.
- Site Code: Specifies the site code for the site server.
This information is automatically retrieved.
- Pkg Source: Specifies the package source location
configured for the Inventory Tool for Custom Updates.
- Package ID: Specifies the package ID used by the
Inventory Tool for Custom Updates. This information is
automatically retrieved.
- Status: Specifies whether a connection to the site
server was successful. Click Apply to verify the
connection.
- Configure publishing tool for synchronization role:
Enables synchronization between the publishing tool and a Systems
Management Server (SMS) 2003 site server.
- Data Source tab
- Provides the Custom Updates Publishing Tool database
information. The following elements are available:
- Server Name: Specifies the server name or server and
instance names in the text box. The publishing tool connects to
this server to access its database. For example,
MyServerName or MyServerName\InstanceName. If the
server name is entered without an instance name, the default
instance is used. The server name is validated when clicking
OK or Apply. The required field indicator displays if
validation is unsuccessful and a new server name must be
entered.
- Test Connection: Tests the connection to the server
specified in the Server Name text box. A message dialog box
appears indicating whether the connection test succeeded or
failed.
- Current Connection Details: Displays the following
publishing tool database details:
- Server name: Specifies the configured data source server
name.
- Database: Specifies the publishing tool database name.
This information is automatically retrieved.
- Integrated security: Specifies whether the database uses
integrated security.
- Connection timeout: Specifies when the timeout should
occur when connecting to the database.
- Server name: Specifies the configured data source server
name.
- Server Name: Specifies the server name or server and
instance names in the text box. The publishing tool connects to
this server to access its database. For example,
MyServerName or MyServerName\InstanceName. If the
server name is entered without an instance name, the default
instance is used. The server name is validated when clicking
OK or Apply. The required field indicator displays if
validation is unsuccessful and a new server name must be
entered.
- Trusted Publishers tab
- Provides the option to remove trusted publishers added during the Import Software Updates Catalog Wizard. If you clicked Always Accept catalog from publisher during the import process, the publisher is added to the Trusted publishers list. Select a publisher and click Remove to remove a publisher that is no longer trusted.
- Advanced tab
- Provides the option to control certificate revocation list
(CRL) checking and warnings about Windows Installer packages that
were installed per-user. The following elements are available:
- Enable certificate revocation checking for digitally signed
catalog files: Specifies that digitally signed software updates
catalogs are on the CA approved list. This option is not enabled by
default because of the additional overhead to the import process
that occurs when the tool determines whether the catalog is on the
revocation list. For more information, see the Certificate
Revocation and Status Web page
(http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=65980).
- Do not display warnings about per-user MSIs: The
inventory tool can detect Windows Installer packages only if they
are installed per-system. Every time you add an MSI rule, the
inventory tool displays a warning to indicate that if the MSI has
been installed per-user, it may not be detected unless you
configure additional detection rules, such as file version or
registry key values. Disabling this setting is not recommended
because you might inadvertently configure the inventory tool to
detect an MSI without configuring the additional detection rules
and might mistakenly assume that the MSI has been properly
detected. This setting is stored separately for each user of the
SMS Administrator console.
- Enable certificate revocation checking for digitally signed
catalog files: Specifies that digitally signed software updates
catalogs are on the CA approved list. This option is not enabled by
default because of the additional overhead to the import process
that occurs when the tool determines whether the catalog is on the
revocation list. For more information, see the Certificate
Revocation and Status Web page
(http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=65980).
- OK
- Saves the changes and exits the dialog box.
- Cancel
- Exits the dialog box without saving any changes.
- Apply
- Saves the changes and remains in the dialog box.