Re: How do I make Windows/Microsoft Update really honestly automatic?

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Torgeir Bakken (MVP) wrote:

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About 10 AM Redmond USA time, but note that if needed, Microsoft will
release security updates outside the second Tuesday every month, so
you should configure the computers to download and install every day
(at a time that suits you and the users)


Thanks for your help Torgeir

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You will need to set the correct settings for this to happen (not
including the e-mail part as there is nothing built-in that can make
that happen automatically).

1.
How do you configure the settings now? Are you using Control
Panel --> Automatic Updates?


Yes, while logged in as administrator


2.
On one of the computers that doesn't behave as you thought it should,
could you please export to a file the registry key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU
and post the content of the file here?

I have looked for this key and it is not there - HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows has no \windowsupdate at all. I searched for windowsupdate and no dice either.

Does it matter that I have upgraded to Microsoft Update?

Could we find the information using the policy snapin thingie?



3. Will we ever see a version of Windows that can install stuff
without having to reboot?



Microsoft is working on some technology that will reduce the need for
reboots in many cases, and hopefully we will at least see some
improvements in Vista (Longhorn).




I hope so.
.

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