Re: Windows Update to install ANYtime?

  • From: "William Robertson" <robertson.william@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "'[ISAserver.org Discussion List]'" <isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2003 16:14:35 +0200

Hmmm, I can understand that. But if I set the option to "not restart the
workstation if someone is logged on", then there is no problem. So what
about at least giving me the option to do so?

C'mon Jim, I know you can talk to someone to have this fixed... ;)

-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Harrison [mailto:jim@xxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: 02 October 2003 15:24 PM
To: [ISAserver.org Discussion List]
Subject: [isalist] Re: Windows Update to install ANYtime?

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Slippery slope there, Mr. Bill...

I think the reason they didn't provide that setting is because admins wanted
some predictable control regarding "when" the patches would be applied.
With an "anytime" setting, they'd be installed the instant they were
downloaded, possibly interfering with work in progress.


  Jim Harrison
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On Thu, 2 Oct 2003 15:11:18 +0200
 "William Robertson" <robertson.william@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
http://www.ISAserver.org


Hi there

 

Again I am sorry to bother the ISA fundi's of the world, but I got such
valuable insight from my last SUS post that I can't stop myself from doing
it again. ;)

 

Within the Autoupdate registry settings (or GPO settings) there is an option
to set the "Schedule Install Day" and "Schedule Install Time". Now I can set
the "Install Day" to any day by giving it a value of 0, but why do you think
Microsoft wouldn't include an option to set the "Install Time" to "anytime"
as well.

 

I know that the fixes themselves are downloaded to the workstation whenever
possible, but they are only installed once activated by the setting given in
the "Install Time" value. Now this is a bit if a pain, especially when
testing fixes etc.

 

Does anyone know if there is anyway to bypass this and force the Windows
Autoupdate client to install the fixes whenever possible?

 

Thanks

William R.

 



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