1. An information processing system, comprising: a computer network; at least one file server connected to the computer network; and at least one computer connected to the computer network; wherein the at least one file server further includes a memory holding a software program and a processor executing instructions specified by the software program to: a. issue commands over the computer network to interrogate the at least one computer to determine a system configuration thereof, b. receive from a network manager a specified procedure, a set of criteria selected from a set of possible hardware and software configurations and a specified relationship between the set of criteria and the system configuration, c. compare the set of criteria with the system configuration to find an actual relationship there between, and d. update software on the at least one computer in accordance with the specified procedure, when the specified relationship is the same as the actual relationship found in the comparison.