Re: Automatic Update Default Settings
- From: "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 21:24:48 -0400
The problem is I have worked on three laptops lately and all were missing
security updates.
Missing security updates is not that same as Automatic Updates not having installed them yet. And the reason the updates are missing or AU hasn't installed them yet will vary from machine to machine and Windows version to Windows version.
That being said, you should be able to update any of the machines manually via Windows Update website (WinXP) or via running Windows Update manually (Vista). If you're unable to do so, we'd have to handle it on a per-machine basis.
The #1 reason for updates not installing, AU not working, and being unable to update manually is hijackware infections.
r wrote:
First thank for your response.
I know you can change the time. And if you had asked me two days ago I
would have responded the same as you.
The problem is I have worked on three laptops lately and all were missing
security updates. One was four months old and had 10 downloaded updates
waiting for manual install. One was brand new that I had just three days
before installed all updates. When next I see it had one update nedding to
be downloaded. The last was an older XP machine that was missing 40 upgrades
... none downloaded. All three machines had automatic updates running and
set at the 3AM default... and all three machines are seldom if ever on at
3AM.
I read your first link and it says in part: "Automatic Updates waits until
the scheduled day and time to install the updates." I have read another MS
Support document http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306525 that says: "Click to
select the day and time for scheduled updates to download and install. You
can schedule Automatic Updates for any time of day. However, your computer
must be on at the scheduled time for updates to be installed. "
I had another person give me the same response as you with a caveat that
says you may have to manually install updates that require "acceptance of
terms" action by the user. He thinks all updates issued after an
"acceptance of terms" update will hang in the "waiting to install" until the
first is installed manually.
Lastly I cannot find an MS article that says updates from the Automatic
Update will:
1. Download updates on boot up or at regular intervals on its own (although
I suspect they do, at least in Vista), or
2. At boot up or shut down will install downloaded upgrades without any
manual action on the users part.
So I am a little confused and worried about machines of my family that I
know are never on at 3AM. Either Auto Updates does not work as we think (IE
Windows will download and install updates upon boot up and shut down despite
the time and day settings in Auto Update) or two laptops of friends have
another problem(s) that does not allow auto updates to work as we expect.
"PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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The updates will be automatically installed when you next start your"PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
computer.
How to schedule automatic updates in Windows Server 2003, in Windows XP,
and in Windows 2000:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/327838
Should you wish to have more control over this, you can select the
Download but Notify or Notify Only setting. See...
How to configure and use Automatic Updates in WinXP:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306525
PS: You /can/ change that time, you know?
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
r wrote:Windows XP and Vista have a default setting to download and install
setting
set at 3AM.
If your computer is never on at 3AM what happens?
news:uEq3I2z0JHA.1492@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
The updates will be automatically installed when you next start your
computer.
How to schedule automatic updates in Windows Server 2003, in Windows XP,
and in Windows 2000:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/327838
Should you wish to have more control over this, you can select the
Download but Notify or Notify Only setting. See...
How to configure and use Automatic Updates in WinXP:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306525
PS: You /can/ change that time, you know?
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
r wrote:Windows XP and Vista have a default setting to download and install
setting
set at 3AM.
If your computer is never on at 3AM what happens?
.
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