RE: MS Software Update Services

From: Andrew Wang (andwang@online.microsoft.com)
Date: 12/17/02 

From: andwang@online.microsoft.com (Andrew Wang)
Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 11:54:56 GMT

Hi,

Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 (SP3) and Windows XP Service Pack 1 (SP1)
include the Automatic Updates component. You don't need to install the
client software separately.

You can check if the Automatic Updates server is running well on Windows XP:

1. Click Start, click My Computer, and then click Manage.
2. Expand Services and Applications, and then click Services.
3. Verify that Automatic Updates appears on the list of services. If it
appears, double-click the Automatic Updates entry, and check the Service
Status.

You also need to configure the client to use Software Update Service. On
the Windows client computer, ensure that the following values exist:

[HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate]
"WUServer"="http://>"
"WUStatusServer"="http://>"
[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU]
"UseWUServer"=dword:00000001
Note: <YourServer> should be replaced with the name of your Windows server
running Software Update Services.

In a non-Active Directory environment, an administrator can set registry
settings to configure Automatic Updates.
Note: You will need to manually create these registry keys.
You can set these registry keys in several ways:
" By manually editing the registry using Regedit.exe.
" By centrally deploying these registry keys using Windows NT 4-style
System Policy.
You can add the settings below to the registry at this location:
  HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU
NoAutoUpdate
Range = 0|1. 0 = Automatic Updates is enabled (default), 1 = Automatic
Updates is disabled.
Registry Value Type: Reg_DWORD
AUOptions
Range = 2|3|4. 2 = notify of download and installation, 3 = automatically
download and notify of installation, and 4 = automatic download and
scheduled installation. All options notify the local administrator.
Registry Value Type: Reg_DWORD
ScheduledInstallDay
Range = 0|1|2|3|4|5|6|7. 0 = Every day; 1 through 7 = the days of the week
from Sunday (1) to Saturday (7).
Registry Value Type: Reg_DWORD
ScheduledInstallTime
Range = n; where n = the time of day in 24-hour format (0-23).
Registry Value Type: Reg_DWORD
UseWUServer
Set this to 1 to enable Automatic Updates to use the server running
Software Update Services as specified in WUServer below.
Registry Value Type: Reg_DWORD
Note: When configuring Automatic Updates directly though the policy
registry keys, the policy will override the preferences set by the local
administrative user to configure the client. If the administrator removes
the registry keys at a later date, the preferences set by the local
administrative user will be used again.
To determine which server running Software Update Services your client
computers and servers go to for their updates, place the following two
settings in the registry at this location:
    HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate
" WUServer
Sets the Software Update Services server by HTTP name (for example,
http://IntranetSUS).
" Registry Value Type: Reg_SZ

" WUStatusServer
Sets the Software Update Services statistics server by HTTP name (for
example, http://IntranetSUS).
" Registry Value Type: Reg_SZ

Actually, you can also use Group Policy to configure the settings.

For detailed information, please read the article below:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/docs/SUSDeployguide.doc

Regards,

Andrew Wang
Online Support Professional
Microsoft Corporation

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

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