Re: Turning off Auto Updates

TO tsgm:
RE: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU

I spoke to our outside IT consultant today regaridng your policy string
below and he said that if your home PC is truly not controlled by any group
policy put in place by anyone, e.g., you got the PC from your office or
another source as a purchase or a gift, than you should be able to remove
(delete) the AU in your Policies that pertains to Automatic Updates. Under
Policies, only delete the WindowsUpdate folder and the AU folder under it.
Only those 2 folders. Since there is a policy in place, than you must have
XP Pro OS on that PC.

Last night I was very suspicious about this dimmed out Automatic Updates on
my PC and I started to believe that a GP was put in place unbeknown to me so
I sent out an inquiry last night and got a reply back today that one was in
place. The IT consultants had tried PatchLink and didn't like that so he
next tried the Automatic Updates GP. He went ahead and removed the GP this
AM and from my PC at Start | Run I did gpupdate /force after the server
administrator removed the policy. Nothing is grayed out now and I wish you
good luck with yours!

C_B_S 5/2/07 9:50 am


"tsgm" wrote:

Here is the requested info, Freudi.

Key Name:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate
Class Name: <NO CLASS>
Last Write Time: 3/25/2007 - 2:56 PM

Key Name:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU
Class Name: <NO CLASS>
Last Write Time: 3/25/2007 - 2:56 PM
Value 0
Name: NoAutoUpdate
Type: REG_DWORD
Data: 0x0

Value 1
Name: AUOptions
Type: REG_DWORD
Data: 0x4

Value 2
Name: ScheduledInstallDay
Type: REG_DWORD
Data: 0x0

Value 3
Name: ScheduledInstallTime
Type: REG_DWORD
Data: 0x11

--
tsgm


"Ottmar Freudenberger" wrote:

"tsgm" <tsgm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> schrieb:

Yes, Freudi, the Automatic Updates in the Services is set to: Started -
Automatic - Local System.

Hm, can you find the following key in the registry (the heart and brain
of Windows, so handle with care)?
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate

If so, please export the content (via "File") and insert it into your
reply.

Bye,
Freudi

.