RE: autoupdate clients

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From: Jason Hall [MSFT] (v-jashal_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 05/05/04


Date: Wed, 05 May 2004 19:06:58 GMT


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>Sender: "jason" <jason@invocation.org>
>Subject: autoupdate clients
>Date: Wed, 5 May 2004 10:21:31 -0700
>Lines: 14
>I want my clients (with power user privileges) to
>automatically download and install patches on the windows
>2000 pro sp4 workstations. I'm currently installing SUS
>and want to install the patches. I don't want to give
>administrative privileges to the users.
>
>No active directory, actually a nt4 pdc.
>
>i'll configure my clients either with the ADM file or via
>registry, no problem with this.
>
>Is that possible?
>
>thanx a lot.
>
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Of course, with Group Policy, it would be a snap.
Here is the registry keys that control how a 2K/XP machine deals with SUS
updates.....

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HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate
  "WUServer"=http://austinm3-w2k
  Sets the MSUS server by HTTP name. String value.

  "WUStatusServer"=http://austinm3-w2k
  Sets the MSUS intranet statistics server by HTTP name. String value.

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HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU
  
  "NoAutoUpdate"=dword:00000000
  Dword Value. 0 = Automatic Updates client is enabled (default), 1 =
Automatic Updates client is disabled.
  
  "AUOptions"=dword:00000004
  Value is either 2, 3, or 4. 2 = Notify for download and install, 3 =
Automatically download and notify for install,
  4 = Automatically download and schedule the install. All options notify
the local administrator. Dword value.

  "ScheduledInstallDay"=dword:00000000
  Range is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. 0 = Everyday, 1 through 7 = day of the
week, Sunday=1 … Saturday=7. Dword value

  "ScheduledInstallTime"=dword:00000014
  Value is in 24-hour format (0-23). Dword value. This clients time not
GMT time.

  "UseWUServer"=dword:00000001
  Set this value to 1 to enable the Automatic Updates client to use the
Microsoft Software Update Services server as
  specified in WUServer. Dword value.

  "RescheduleWaitTime"=dword:00000005
  (new to SP1) Range is 1 to 60. Number of minutes to wait after system is
started up to install updates that were missed at the
  scheduled install time because the user had turned the computer off.

  "NoAutoRebootWithLoggedOnUsers"=dword:00000000
 (new to SP1) if not configured or set to 0 defaults to old behavior of
giving the user 5 minutes before restarting the system
  otherwise in short prevents the reboot from occurring after 5 minutes
when someone is logged on.

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HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU

  "NoAutoUpdate"=dword:00000000
  Dword Value. 0 = Automatic Updates client is enabled (default), 1 =
Automatic Updates client is disabled.

  "AUOptions"=dword:00000004
  Value is either 2, 3, or 4. 2 = Notify for download and install, 3 =
Automatically download and notify for install,
  4 = Automatically download and schedule the install. All options notify
the local administrator. Dword value.

  "ScheduledInstallDay"=dword:00000000
  Range is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. 0 = Everyday, 1 through 7 = day of the
week, Sunday=1 … Saturday=7. Dword value

  "ScheduledInstallTime"=dword:00000014
  Value is in 24-hour format (0-23). Dword value. This clients time not
GMT time.

  "UseWUServer"=dword:00000001
  Set this value to 1 to enable the Automatic Updates client to use the
Microsoft Software Update Services server
  as specified in WUServer. Dword value.

  "RescheduleWaitTime"=dword:00000005
  (new to SP1) Range is 1 to 60. Number of minutes to wait after system is
started up to install updates that were missed
  at the scheduled install time because the user had turned the computer
off.

  "NoAutoRebootWithLoggedOnUsers"=dword:00000000
  (new to SP1) if not configured or set to 0 defaults to old behavior of
giving the user 5 minutes before restarting the system
  otherwise in short prevents the reboot from occurring after 5 minutes
when someone is logged on.

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