Two options: 1. Get support from management, and mandate that PC's be rebooted on the way out the door, and left on. That's what I did... it took a month or so, but eventually, it worked out. Every once and a while, someone forgets, and has to wait in the morning for the updates to install before they can really get going. But I do my updates in the middle of the night, and don't give the users the chance to interact... if they stay logged on, and there are updates, their machine reboots and they lose their work. Not my fault... they know the rules. 2. Write a script that queries the client API and reboots the computer if necessary. here is a starting point... have this run on your clients every hour or something: Set updateSession = CreateObject("Microsoft.Update.Session") Set updateSearcher = updateSession.CreateupdateSearcher() Set searchResult = updateSearcher.Search("IsInstalled=0") If searchResult.Updates.Count = 0 Then 'No reboot necessary WScript.Quit else if <the time is written down> then if <it was more than an hour ago> then Reboot the computer end if else Write the time down somewhere end if End If But you are really just better off getting your users to reboot at night. Glenn Sullivan, MCSE+I MCDBA David Clark Company Inc. ________________________________ From: windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dave stevens Posted At: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 11:28 AM Posted To: Windows 2000 Conversation: [windows2000] Re: WSUS configuration Subject: [windows2000] Re: WSUS configuration Ok, but with some of the users I am dealing with that in itself might become a problem. Andrew, the way you have yours setup, does it actually start updates @ 4.00pm, and again how do you set the pestering bit? Again has this worked ok for you guys? Hey Glenn, has it worked ok for you as well, cos I see a situation were user would wonder off home and not bother to reboot. I really wish there was a way to force reboot say 1hr after reboot should have taken place. That way it becomes a win-win situation, cos I got some user who dont understand the need to update thier pc, and are seriously moaning at the idea of having to reboot their pc. Dave Dogers <dogers@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: It would let the m postpone the reboot, but it will pester the user every so often :) (every 15mins is default I think) The way we have ours set is to auto install at 4pm with a 30min pestering time. This way, they only really get hassled once before they go home.. Andrew On 13/12/05, Dave stevens < london31uk@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:london31uk@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: Thanks Glenn. Would that option in GPO give the user the ability to suspend a reboot or is the user not prompted with the option? If it gives the user the option to reboot later, can a forced reboot be applied if the has not been rebooted after about 8hrs after patch applied.? Thanks Dave "Sullivan, Glenn" < GSullivan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:GSullivan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: Sure... The only time W SUS will only install one patch at a time is when the patch in question is required for the proper use of WSUS. So, the first time they all connect, your clients will probably install t he BITS update, and the Windows Installer update. But after that, they will download the whole lot (or what can be done in one sitting... for example, SP2 has to be done by itself.) As to the restart option, set this Group Policy option: No Auto-restart for scheduled Automatic Update installations - Enabled HTH, Glenn Sullivan, MCSE+I MCDBA David Clark Company Inc. ________________________________ From: windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dave stevens Posted At: Tues day, December 13, 2005 10:25 AM Posted To: Windows 2000 Conversation: [windows2000] WSUS configuration Subject: [windows2000] WSUS configuration Hi Guys, Just installed WSUS, and from what I can see loads of pc's on our network have not been patched in quite a while. 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