Configuring Automatic Updates by Editing the Registry
In a non-Active Directory environment, you can edit registry settings to configure Automatic Updates.
Note: You must manually create these registry keys.
You can use either of the following methods to set these registry keys:
- • Manually edit the registry by using Registry Editor (regedit.exe).
- • Centrally deploy these registry keys by using the Windows NT 4.0-style System Policy functionality.
To use Registry Editor, follow these steps:
- Click Start, click Run, and then type regedit in the Open box.
- Locate and then click the following key in the registry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU
- Add any one of the following settings:
- • Value name: NoAutoUpdate
Value data: 0 or 1
- • 0: Automatic Updates is enabled (default).
- • 1: Automatic Updates is disabled.
Registry Value Type: Reg_DWORD
- • Value name: AUOptions
Value data: 1 to 4
- • 1: Keep my computer up to date has been disabled in Automatic Updates.
- • 2: Notify of download and installation.
- • 3: Automatically download and notify of installation.
- • 4: Automatically download and scheduled installation.
Registry Value Type: Reg_DWORD
- • Value name: ScheduledInstallDay
Value data: 0 to 7
- • 0: Every day.
- • 1 through 7: The days of the week from Sunday (1) to Saturday (7).
Registry Value Type: Reg_DWORD
- • Value name: ScheduledInstallTime
Value data: n, where n equals the time of day in a 24-hour format (0-23). Registry Value Type: Reg_DWORD
- • Value name: UseWUServer
Value data: Set this value to 1 to configure Automatic Updates to use a server that is running Software Update Services instead of Windows Update. Registry Value Type: Reg_DWORD
- • Value name: RescheduleWaitTime
Value data: m, where m equals the time to wait between the time Automatic Updates starts and the time it begins installations where the scheduled times have passed. The time is set in minutes from 1 to 60, representing 1 minute to 60 minutes) Registry Value Type: Reg_DWORD
Note: This setting only affects client behavior after the clients have updated to the SUS SP1 client version or later.
- • Value name: NoAutoRebootWithLoggedOnUsers
Value data: Reg_DWORD: 0 (false) or 1 (true). If set to 1, Automatic Updates does not automatically restart a computer while users are logged on. Registry Value Type: Reg_DWORD
Reference:
Microsoft KB Article ID : 328010
- Configuring Automatic Updates by Editing the Registry
- Windows Security Page
- Windows 7 Updates to Avoid
- Annoyances of Windows Vista and Windows 7
- KB971033
- Microsoft Windows Telemetry and Privacy
- Windows Genuine Advantage
