MS is a little inconsequent when it comes to the place to see if a specific patch has been installed or not. You would end up digging out a large part of the registry.
WSUS is real easy to install just install MSDE as a database and the server it runs on does not have to be the biggest and fastest you got (depending on the number of connected clients).
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